Competent Authority, Proper Training, and Adequate Resources: An Ethical Dilemma

Abstract

As the military takes on more unconventional missions, such as non-combatant evacuation, infrastructure rebuilding, disaster relief, environmental clean-up, humanitarian intervention, medical relief, drug wars, border patrol, prison duty, arms control verification, and other missions, we have to ask ourselves - are we, the military, the right ones to take on these missions? The issue of competent authority, propertraining, and adequate resources are the root of an ethical dilemma the Army faces daily. When things go wrong, due to a lack of competent authority, proper training, and adequate resources, whom should we hold accountable?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 2005
Accession Number
AD1111439

Entities

People

  • Nichele Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Basic Training
  • Deficiencies
  • Disasters
  • Education
  • Ethics
  • Evacuation
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Infrastructure
  • Intervention
  • Law
  • Leadership
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • North Carolina
  • Regulations
  • Standards
  • Training
  • Transportation
  • Verification

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.