Ethical Performance and Moral Injury
The SOE and SOF hold themselves to a high standard of ethical performance. This is important not only to preserve the trust of the nation, but also to protect the force from moral injuries. How can SOF leadership best identify, address, and learn from ethical lapses? Are there metrics that can be collected to measure ethical performance? In what ways can ethical behavior be inculcated within the SOE and SOF? Are there ethical concepts that are not adequately taught to SOF? What is the relationship between ethics training, ethical performance, and the mitigation of moral injury? How can SOF ethics education be used to mitigate post-combat trauma?
- Aether: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower special issue (Fall 2023): Moral Injury
- Behn, Lt. Col. Beth, "The Stakes are High: Ethics Education at US War Colleges," AWC Strategic Studies Paper, 2018, subsequently published as an AU Press Maxwell Paper, 35 pgs.
- Nelson, Col. Ross F., "The War Inside: The Unfamiliar concept of Moral Injury," AWC Strategic Studies paper, 2019, 28 pgs.