Favoritism in the Army, the Silent Ethical Dilemma

Abstract

As Noncommissioned Officers in the United States Army, we are charged with leading Soldiers and developing our units. To do this, we must always ensure that we adhere to the Army values and ethics. If we fail to do this and allow favoritism and partiality to creep into our dailyactivities with our Soldiers, our Soldiers and units will pay a very high price. We as leaders cannot be fooled into thinking that the incentives and rewards that we want to bestow on our Soldiers will not be seen as favoritism by others, even the perception of partiality from a leaderwill demoralize a unit and cause distrust from our Soldiers. As leaders, we must always be vigilant in our efforts to ensure fairness for all Soldiers within our rank.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 26, 2007
Accession Number
AD1133017

Entities

People

  • Vernon C Ii Brown

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Destroyers
  • Dictionaries
  • Friendship
  • Leadership
  • Motivation
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Perception
  • Physical Fitness
  • Precision
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Separatism
  • Standards
  • Thinking
  • United States

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.