Political Activity Violations
Ethics Essay: Political Activity Violations
R. Salvadore Miletello
Senior Enlisted Academy
Class 201 Brown
Political Activity Violations Poor choices with regards to politics in the work place can lead to punitive counseling. Political ideologies and ideas are inappropriate in the work place. Senior leadership should understand that unethical political choices pose a negative impact to those around them. Utilizing the Navy Cores Values and Navy Ethos as a guide will curve the behaviors to steer in the wrong direction. This research essay will address real life ethical decision-making scenario and give discussion involving the impact, that resulted.
Background
Two Junior Officers pushed out emails over government computers that were …show more content…
Navy Core Values, Navy Ethos and Sailor's Creed bind us to make the correct choices by putting aside our personal agendas. The two junior officers willfully wrote political emails that were their personal beliefs. Navy Ethos states "Integrity is the foundation of our conduct; respect for others is fundamental to our character; decisive leadership is crucial to our success". In this case, the two junior officers focused on their ideas of politics and conducted themselves completely against what we should believe and stand for as stated in the Navy Ethos. Favoring someone in a political position and discussing those ideas in government email are not in keeping with the Navy Core Values. Leaders like this are an embarrassment to the Armed Forces, peers and subordinates. These actions can cause dissension amongst the ranks, affect moral and negatively influential to others. How can these two juniors officers not expect that someone would disagree with them? What were their thought process when attacking the retired officer for correcting them? These two junior officers lost respect and confidence from those who knew them and anyone who witnessed the email exchange. Their decisions were flawed and brought discredit upon
R. Salvadore Miletello
Senior Enlisted Academy
Class 201 Brown
Political Activity Violations Poor choices with regards to politics in the work place can lead to punitive counseling. Political ideologies and ideas are inappropriate in the work place. Senior leadership should understand that unethical political choices pose a negative impact to those around them. Utilizing the Navy Cores Values and Navy Ethos as a guide will curve the behaviors to steer in the wrong direction. This research essay will address real life ethical decision-making scenario and give discussion involving the impact, that resulted.
Background
Two Junior Officers pushed out emails over government computers that were …show more content…
Navy Core Values, Navy Ethos and Sailor's Creed bind us to make the correct choices by putting aside our personal agendas. The two junior officers willfully wrote political emails that were their personal beliefs. Navy Ethos states "Integrity is the foundation of our conduct; respect for others is fundamental to our character; decisive leadership is crucial to our success". In this case, the two junior officers focused on their ideas of politics and conducted themselves completely against what we should believe and stand for as stated in the Navy Ethos. Favoring someone in a political position and discussing those ideas in government email are not in keeping with the Navy Core Values. Leaders like this are an embarrassment to the Armed Forces, peers and subordinates. These actions can cause dissension amongst the ranks, affect moral and negatively influential to others. How can these two juniors officers not expect that someone would disagree with them? What were their thought process when attacking the retired officer for correcting them? These two junior officers lost respect and confidence from those who knew them and anyone who witnessed the email exchange. Their decisions were flawed and brought discredit upon