General Creighton Abrams: Ethical Leadership at the Strategic Level.

Abstract

According to the Department of the Army FM 100-1, the professional Army ethic is a shared set of values, the guiding beliefs, standards, and ideals that characterize and motivate the Army. Ethical leaders internalize and practice the professional Army ethics elements or values of integrity, duty, loyalty, and selfless service outlined in the Department of the Army FM 22-100. Furthermore, ethical leaders model the professional soldier's core qualities of commitment, competence, candor, and courage discussed in FM 100-1. This paper examines the values and soldierly core qualities that comprise the Army ethos. Furthermore, it provides examples of these values and qualities that made General Creighton Abrams an ethical leader. General Creighton Abrams demonstrated ethical leader competencies throughout his career.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363255

Entities

People

  • Frank B. Weaver

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • Leadership Training
  • Military History
  • Military Police
  • Military Science
  • Personality
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.