The Risk of Compensationalization

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i think the risk of compartmentalization is is that where you'd rather compartmental boundary can change over time or individual. integrity means being one being one person and that's an ethical person, says david rose. We listen to a lot of our professional self-talk about how we are above well we should strive for that and we are above but we are still human now there been a number of scandals in the military in the last five or ten years uh...

Leonard Wong of the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about honesty in the military. Based on a recent co-authored paper, Wong argues that the paperwork and training burden on U.S. military officers requires dishonesty--it is simply impossible to comply with all the requirements. This creates a tension for an institution that prides itself on honesty, trust, and integrity. The conversation closes with suggestions for how the military might reform the compliance and requirement process.