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In the News: Marriott School professors author new ethics guide for Special Forces

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Brigham Young University wrote an article on Merit Leadership’s new ethics field guide, customized exclusively for the US Special Forces. The article highlights Brad Agle and Aaron Miller’s relationship with the Special Forces, the chaplains and colonels who are involved in project, and how the book is training the Green Berets, Navy SEALS and other […]

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Appeal to Higher Loyalties

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Appeal to Higher Loyalties For this next post in our rationalization series, we will address “Appeal to Higher Loyalties”. The Business Ethics Field Guide describes this principle in the following manner: “Ethical dilemmas often require you to choose one value over another. This makes appealing to your higher loyalties a particularly effective neutralization technique. You’ll

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Condemnation of Condemners

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Condemnation of Condemners: As the fourth installment in our series of posts dissecting the techniques of neutralization, we will address “condemnation of condemners”. As defined in The Business Ethics Field Guide, “condemnation of condemners” refers to finding fault in the entities or people who might criticize us. To understand this concept better, here are some

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