Unethical Behavior in Units Before and During Operation Iraqi Freedom

Abstract

Ethical conduct by noncommissioned officers within the United States Army is one of the cornerstones of good leadership. Officers and NCOs are responsible for establishing good ethical climates within their units. The pressure to accomplish the mission or achieving unit goals sometimes causes leaders in some units to act unethically as well as issue unethical commands to subordinates. Leaders must demonstrate ethical conduct daily and never succumb to unethical practices. Operational readiness rates for vehicles within a unit must be reported accurately to ensure Soldiers lives are not put in jeopardy and leaders must set proper examples of ethical behavior in combat. Once unethical behavior has been identified every effort should be made to correct the behavior and to prevent further acts of the same. In Operation Iraqi Freedom officers and leaders of the US Army are put in situations/daily were their ethical behavior is on display. This paper will examine two situations during Operation Iraqi Freedom in which unethical behavior took place and what should have happened in its aftermath. Ethical conduct by noncommissioned officers within the United States Army is one of the cornerstones of good leadership. Officers and NCOs are responsible for establishing good ethical climates within their units. The pressure to accomplish the mission or achieving unit goals sometimes causes leaders in some units to act unethically as well as issue unethical commands to subordinates. Leaders must demonstrate ethical conduct daily and never succumb to unethical practices. Operational readiness rates for vehicles within a unit must be reported accurately to ensure Soldiers lives are not put in jeopardy and leaders must set proper examples of ethical behavior in combat. Once unethical behavior has been identified every effort should be made to correct the behavior and to prevent further acts of the same.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 2005
Accession Number
AD1111844

Entities

People

  • Clyde H. Iii Brown

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Hand Grenades
  • Iraqi-War
  • Leadership
  • Maintenance
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Operational Readiness
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Organizational Psychology.