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TUI University

Navy Ethics

Michael D. Runels

Module 1 Session Long Project

ETH301: Business Ethics

Dr. Steven Gold

12/31/2010

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The purpose of this essay is to discus my opinion on the Navy’s fraternization policy’s and how they affect everyone that works for or around the Navy.

The Navy’s Fraternization Policy

I work for the US Navy. The Navy has many policies rules regulations concerning the proper governance of its most important asset it’s employees; the men and women of the US Navy. The Navy employs over 340,000 sailors in addition to more than 200,000 civilian employees. Since its birth on Oct 13, 1775 the US Navy has become the most advanced naval force that the world has ever seen. The Navy now has over 280 war ships and over 3,700 airplanes. The Navy is a worldwide organization. It
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The Navy falls under the Uniform Code Of Military Justice. The Navy’s fraternization policy is a large multifaceted program. It’s important to start by defining how the rules are defined in reguards to fraternization . Personal relationships between Chief petty officers in pay grade E-7 to E-9 and junior personnel in pay grade E-l to E-6, who are assigned to the same command, that are unduly familiar and that do not respect differences in grade or rank are prohibited. Likewise, personal relationships that are unduly familiar between staff/instructor and student personnel within Navy training commands, and between recruiters and recruits/applicants that do not respect differences in grade, rank, or the staff/student relationship are prohibited. Such relationships are prejudicial to good order and discipline, and violate long-standing traditions of the Navy

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