The Value of Respect: What Does it Mean for an Army?
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Article Title | The Value of Respect: What Does it Mean for an Army? |
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ERA Journal ID | 18886 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Collins, Pauline |
Journal Title | Journal of Military Ethics: normative aspects of the use of military force |
Journal Citation | 16 (1-2), pp. 2-19 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2017 |
Place of Publication | Sweden |
ISSN | 1502-7570 |
1502-7589 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2017.1337712 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15027570.2017.1337712 |
Abstract | The Australian Army has adopted ‘Respect’ as a new addition to the existing trio of values, ‘Courage, Initiative and Teamwork.’ This article explores what ‘respect’ may mean as an army value. The significance of ‘respect’ surrounding two incidents involving Australian Defence Force personnel while on duty in Afghanistan is considered. The first is the so-called ‘green on blue’ attack by an Afghan National Army soldier killing three Australian soldiers on August 29, 2012. The second concerns allegations of mutilation of suspected Afghan insurgents’ corpses by soldiers attached to an Australian Special Forces Unit on the April 28, 2013. The incidents have resulted in internal military investigations. In the second incident with a view to possible prosecution for breach of the law of armed conflict and related disciplinary offences, and in the case of the green on blue attack leading to a civilian coronial inquest. The article discusses the training and modelling of behaviour required to instil such a value as respect. |
Keywords | Australia, military, respect, values |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 489999. Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Law and Justice |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3944/the-value-of-respect-what-does-it-mean-for-an-army
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