Leadership & Ethics
Lesson XX
Core Values and Personal Ethics
Lesson 2 Agenda
Individual Core Values
 Navy and Marine Corps Core Values
 Aligning Systems of Values
 “Integrity”
 “Chance Second Chances”
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 Money
in the Bank (Deposit vs.. Withdrawal)
Enabling Objectives
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Discuss individual values and how they
relate to the corporate core values.
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Describe the core values and their
component parts.
Individual Values
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Ideals or principles held dear.
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Sources?
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Are constant
Are concerned with virtue
Family, friends/peers, community, church, school,
scouts, teams, fellow professionals, etc.
What do individual values do?
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Set behavior
Define you as an individual
Set your priorities
Set Command Precedence
Ethics (A Webster Approach)
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The discipline dealing with what is good
and bad and with moral duty and obligation
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A set (or a theory/system) of moral
principles or values
Ethics (What They Mean to Us)
Translate values into action
 Are concerned with justice
 Set boundaries for your behavior
 Does Society Value Ethics? How?
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Navy/Marine Corps
Core Values
 Honor
 Courage
 Commitment
Honor
 Honesty
 Integrity
 Responsibility
Honor
Keen sense of ethical conduct
 Integrity: Firm adherence to a code of
espoused values
 Honesty: A fairness and straight
forwardness of conduct
 Responsibility: A sense of moral, legal,
mental and professional obligation
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Courage
 Loyalty
 Patriotism
 Valor
Courage
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Mental, moral, or physical strength to resist
opposition, danger, or hardship;
The moral strength to act with integrity and honor
even in the face of opposition.
Loyalty: Faithfulness to a cause, ideal, custom, or
government
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Why is loyalty important?
Where is your final loyalty as an officer?
What is patriotism?
What is valor?
Governor Zell Miller on Courage
“Courage is Resistance of Fear, Mastering
of Fear, not Absence of Fear” – Mark
Twain
 Mickey Mantle
 Prisoners of War – SERE training
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Commitment
 Competence
 Teamwork
 Concern
(respect) for people
 Follow-through
Commitment
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Is…
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state of being obligated or emotionally
compelled.
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What is competence?
 Competence
is having the capacity to function
or develop in a particular way.
 Includes technical as well as leadership
capacities.
What is the Relationship
Between Individual Values,
Societal Values, Navy/Marine
Corps Core Values, and Ethics?
Aligning Systems of Values
Know the Core Values
 Ensure your values are in alignment
 Demonstrate personal integrity
 Require ethical behavior/Teach it as
necessary
 Hold people accountable for unethical
behavior
 Reduced Ethics = Reduced Readiness
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“Integrity”
-Admiral Arleigh Burke
Definition
 Varies among individuals
 How and where to acquire
 Who’s responsible
 Integrity in the Corps
 What to do when you see it compromised
 Examples (MEU CO, Rules of
Engagement)
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“Chance Second Chances”
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-LT David Adams
Institutional leadership
Stockdale: “Zero Defect Mentality”
Disastrous Consequences
Underwriting honest mistakes
Exchanging candor for political correctness
Replacing Careerism with Commitment
The importance of Institutional Leadership
Looking in the Mirror
Next Lesson
Colonel Neal Jones
 Vietnam Veteran
 Prisoner of War
 Tulane Alumni (Athletic Director)
 Conduct of War Chapter Read 3,4, and 5
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