NRF RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIP
The Singapore National Research
Foundation (NRF) invites brilliant, young
researchers who are ready for their first
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the prestigious NRF Research Fellowship Awards.
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• A 3-year research grant of up to US$1.5 million
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Please apply online at the following web-link before
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SRI International) and Prof. Ulrich Suter (Emeritus Professor,
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involving lengthy sessions on phrasing to clearly and properly capture the
intended meaning succinctly, even for
nuanced concepts.
By late 2008 we felt we had a reasonable draft (see the accompanying
sidebar; note that in the draft sidebar
content we have intentionally retained
some minor structural flaws so that
anyone actually considering adopting
it would face at least minor edits, which
could help trigger the deeper reflection
we believe is needed by any organization considering adoption). Producing
the draft drove home the point that the
real value to all of us was the work in creating it, the forced reflection and reconsideration of beliefs, not the final text.
We submit that the most effective ethics
training will be achieved if officers engage in debating and arguing the points
of the proposed code. Nevertheless,
we think the text can be of great help
to an employee trying to do the right
thing in a specific intelligence circumstance; what would it demand of the
employee? We did not try for precise
wording that would cover all circumstances; instead, we strove to capture
the intent and let it foster discussion,
deliberation, and debate that would
help people internalize the code.
The current draft is not perfect and
certainly can be improved, but those of
us who have wrestled with this think it
is a good enough draft for the U.S. IC to
seriously consider as a basis for further
work that would lead to the adoption of
such a code of mission ethics.
We invite the U.S. IC to undertake
such an effort and hope that intelligence communities of other nations
might consider it. Do not simply copy
our words, but craft your own, suitable
to you and created through concerted
effort and discussion. Then develop
training that will help you internalize
them as a basis for action.
Share your code with the public: we
think it will benefit you and gain support for, and acceptance of, your activities on behalf of your nation.
Brian Snow is a retired u.s. national security agency
executive-level technical director.
Clinton Brooks is a retired u.s. national security agency
executive.
Please send comments to: MissionethicsComments@
comcast.net.