The Concept of Ethical Obligations
Courtney Sholar
Strayer University
Assignment #2Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course
PAD 500 – Modern Public Administration
Dr. Angelique Goliday
Winter 2013
Contents Courtney Sholar 3 Date: February 15, 2012 3 Abstract 4
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency was a Diplomat rather than a Spymaster. He was a part of the inner circle verses being for the better of CIA. He failed to have a strategic plan when dealing with having the job. He failed to up hold the mission and values of the CIA. He was one of the people responsible for the demise of the CIA. He did not uphold id ethical obligations. References 10
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Courtney Sholar
Date: February 15, 2013
Abstract
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency was a Diplomat rather than a Spymaster. He was a part of the inner circle verses being for the better of CIA. He failed to have a strategic plan when dealing with having the job. He failed to up hold the mission and values of the CIA. He was one of the people responsible for the demise of the CIA. He did not uphold id ethical obligations.
The Concept of Ethical Obligations
The Central Intelligence Agency is recognized for having employees with remarkable ethics and commendable honest by mandating that all workers take announced and unannounced polygraphs test to see have they practiced any deviant or criminal behavior (White 2008). The agency is built on faithfulness and honesty so any crime is unethical, even having using someone’s discount to have smaller lunch bill is demised by the agency. This agency is the father of the great old saying “Big Brother is always watching (White 2008). George Tenet took on the role as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1997. Being the Director of such an important and agency such as the CIA, Tenet knew that he would be faced with many difficulties (White 2008). The Director responsibilities was included marinating the spy side of the agency and human intelligence (White 2008). George Tenet faced ethical dilemmas that impacted his rationale in being a great leader. According to the Richard White, the author of George Tenet and the last Great Days of the CIA, Tenet first faced problems when he came into office because he did not have a strategy to deal with the issues of world affairs and the point that he did not seek a plan did not make things better (White 2008). George Tenet was a Diplomat rather than a spy master, due to the secrecy of the agency work. George Tenet was a member of the inner circle; he was given the Director position under the leadership of Bill Clinton but was not replaced when George W. Bush was elected in 2001. Since, The CIA heads the Department of Defense, he was one of the responsible for taking the country to war in search of “Slam Dunk and Weapons of Mass Destruction,” (White 2008). George Tenet faced many ethical concerns but he did not use good judgment in handling those concerns. The Director of the CIA cannot go back and forward between the Arafat and the prime minster of Israel Netanyahu. He provided them with conform stating that they were an entity and that everyone was on the same page and that they can trust each other ( White 2008).
Tenet faced an ethical concern when he found out that India was started nuclear testing weapons to surprise the central intelligence agency and the United States intelligent community. Once, confronted that he knew about the plans, he lied but later passed the blame off on other people (White 2008).
