Ethics Flashcards
Many of the pressures will test your commitment to the core values. Some pressures include:
(1) Emergency decision making
(2) Shift work
(3) Long duty hours
(4) Dealing with the criminal element
(5) You as a security force member need to let core values guide your actions.
Navy Core Values
Honor, Courage, Commitment
Primary ethical value that is about being truthful, straightforward, and candor.
Honesty
Is the forthright offering of unrequested information. It is necessary in accordance with the gravity of the situation and nature of the relationships. It’s required when a reasonable person would feel betrayed if the information were withheld.
Candor
Primary ethical value that is about being faithful to one’s convictions. Following principles, acting with honor, maintaining independent judgment and performing duties with impartiality help to avoid conflicts of interest and hypocrisy.
Integrity
Primary ethical value that is the bond that holds security personnel together and the balm against dissension and conflict. It is not blind obedience or unquestioning acceptance of the status quo. It requires careful balancing among various interests, values and institutions in interest of harmony and cohesion.
Loyalty
Primary ethical value that is about accepting responsibility for your decisions and resulting consequences. This includes avoiding even the appearance of impropriety because appearances affect public confidence. Promotes careful, well thought-out decision-making and limits thoughtless action.
Accountability
Primary ethical value that includes open-mindedness and impartiality. Security personnel must be committed to justice in performance of their duties. Decisions must not be arbitrary, capricious or biased. Individuals must be treated equally and with tolerance.
Fairness
Primary ethical value that is about courtesy and kindness, both to those we serve and to those we work with; help to ensure individuals aren’t treated solely as a means to an end. It’s the counterbalance against the temptation to pursue mission at any cost.
Caring
Primary ethical value that states to treat people with dignity, to honor privacy and to allow self-determination. If this is lacking, it leads to a breakdown of loyalty and honesty within government and brings chaos to international community.
Respect
Primary ethical value that is critical that security personnel only make commitments that are within their authority.
Promise Keeping
Primary ethical value that states security personnel are expected to engage personal judgment in performance of duties within limits of their authority so that the will of people is respected in accordance with democratic principles. Justice must be pursued and injustice must be challenged.
Responsible Citizenship
Primary ethical value that states security personnel are expected to set an example of superior diligence and commitment. Expected to be all they can be and to strive beyond mediocrity.
Pursuit of Excellence
10 Primary Ethical Values
(1) Honesty
(2) Integrity
(3) Loyalty
(4) Accountability
(5) Fairness
(6) Caring
(7) Respect
(8) Promise Keeping
(9) Responsible Citizenship
(10) Pursuit of Excellence
Navy Security Force (NSF) Mission
Support shore based and fleet deployed Commanding Officers with continued professional expertise in force protection, physical security and security force.
