"This volume focuses on naval leadership and ethics with respect to the individual leader and how his or her values and actions affect military cohesion, mission success, and the profession of arms. Moving beyond the "right and wrong" of personal ethics to examine the broader field of professional military ethics, this carefully selected collection of relevant materials from the Naval Institute's vast collection of articles recognizes the range of experience, perspectives, and opinions that are found in the sea services and argues that diversity does not preclude acceptance of common core values and standards of performance within any unit."--Provided by publisher.

Leadership forum: integrity / Arleigh A. Burke -- The moral component of leadership / Jonathan Greenert -- Ethics for those who go down to the sea in ships / Nancy Sherman -- What would Stephen Decatur do? / Thomas J. Cutler -- Caring / Jason Brandt -- Lessons from out of the blues / Mark D. Provo -- There is no gray area / David S. Kemp -- Cause for alarm / James Drennan -- Military virtues & the future of the naval service / Michael Dunaway -- Readiness is a moral responsibility / D.L. Grange -- The challenge of moral leadership / Michael J. O'Hara -- Worse than a failure of leadership / Thomas B. Grassey -- Fireproofing commanding officers / Lawrence Heyworth IV -- Critical dilemma: loyalty versus honesty / Joseph P. Hoar -- Civil-military gap: what are the ethics? / Gregory D. Foster -- Developing the whole sailor / Thomas J. Kilcline, with Irv Elson and Carlos Sardiello -- Leadership forum: zero-defect leadership is the problem / Erik Nyheim -- Ethics can be taught / A. Edward Major, Lee DeRemer and David G. Bolgiano -- The flaws of leadership by example / Dustin League -- Unmanned ethics / Samuel S. Lacinski -- The debate on ethics must continue / Charles C. Krulak -- Letter to my son / Anonymous -- Leadership lessons from the Hanoi Hilton / Peter Fretwell and Taylor Baldwin Kiland -- Lessons in stoic leadership / Jesse Burroughs -- Leadership forum: moral leadership / James B. Stockdale.