Murphys Laws of Combat Operations

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Murphys Laws of Combat Operations

• Never forget that your weapon was made by the
  lowest bidder.

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What Do You Want From This Course?

• What I Will Need to Know As an ENS/2nd LT in the
  Fleet or Manager in business.
• Leadership Principles and Techniques
• General Use Information for the JO (Law, UCMJ,
  Correspondence, Reports)
• What Seniors Expect
• How to Make Timely, Ethical Decisions
• How to Be an Effective Leader
• Differences Between Leading As an Officer and As
  an Enlisted
• Officer Professional Development

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Naval Science 4Leadership and Ethics

• Lesson 2
• Navy Core Values and
• Personal Ethics

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Objectives

• Schedule Presentations (Route Sheet)
• Comprehend the vital nature of core values to the
  role and responsibilities of a leader.
• Know the importance of having a solid baseline of
  Navy Core Values in your ever-changing
  environment.

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Objectives

• Comprehend the relationship between individual
  values and the corporate Navy and Marine Corps
  Core Values.
• Demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of source
  documents that support Navy Core Values.

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Individual Values

• Ideals or principles held dear.
• Are constant
• Are concerned with virtue
• Sources?
• Family, friends/peers, community, church, school,
  scouts, teams, etc.
• What do individual values do?
• Set behavior
• Define you as an individual
• Set your priorities

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Ethics (A Webster Approach)

• The discipline dealing with what is good and bad
  and with moral duty and obligation
• A set (or a theory/system) of moral principles or
  values

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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 and Marine Corps Core Values

• Moral Compass
• Honor
• Courage
• Commitment

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Honor

• Keen sense of ethical conduct
• Integrity Firm adherence to a code of espoused
  values
• Responsibility or your actions
• Honesty A fairness and straight forwardness of
  conduct
• Honest recommendations, Deliver bad news
• Responsibility A sense of moral, legal, and
  mental obligation

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Courage

• 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
• Why is loyalty important?
• Where is your final loyalty as an officer?
• What is Valor? Bravery? Heroism?

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Commitment

• Determination/Dedication
• Compelled to Improve the quality of our work, our
  people, and ourselves.
• 24/7
• What is competence?
• Having the capacity to function or develop in a
  particular way.
• Includes technical as well as leadership
  capacities.

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What is the Relationship Between Individual
Values, Societal Values, Navy/Marine Corps Core
Values, and Ethics?
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Integrity

• Admiral Arleigh Burke
• Key Points?
• No absolute definition since there are widely
  diverse perspectives
• Individuals are responsible for their own
  integrity
• Integrity of the group is no greater than the
  lowest common denominator
• Integrity is variable and tends to degrade over
  time - if not reinforced

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Murphys Laws of Combat Operations

• The complexity of a weapon is inversely
  proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator.