The U.S. Army has 187,000+ soldiers deployed to 140+ countries. Few of them are engaged directly in combat operations. Instead, most of them are advising and training foreign military forces.
Very often, those foreign military forces behave unethically, at least as we outsiders perceive the situations.
Commanders owe their soldiers clear guidance on how they expect them to approach the intercultural ethical challenges they will encounter. Advisers are most effective when they have a shared understanding of when to intervene, when to influence and when to ignore a counterpart’s behavior.
My August 2017 column in ARMY magazine addressed this topic.
Divergent Ethics: Facing a Foreign Partner who has a Different Moral Code
I welcome and invite feedback and discussion.
Pete
Very often, those foreign military forces behave unethically, at least as we outsiders perceive the situations.
Commanders owe their soldiers clear guidance on how they expect them to approach the intercultural ethical challenges they will encounter. Advisers are most effective when they have a shared understanding of when to intervene, when to influence and when to ignore a counterpart’s behavior.
My August 2017 column in ARMY magazine addressed this topic.
Divergent Ethics: Facing a Foreign Partner who has a Different Moral Code
I welcome and invite feedback and discussion.
Pete
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