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    According to Edgar Schien, a prominent cultural theorist, organizational culture is the basic assumptions and beliefs learned collectively by a group. Elements of organizational culture may include: (a) stated and unstated values; (b) customs and rituals; (c) group-specific dialect/terminology (shoptalk); (d) overt and implicit behavioral expectations; and (e) metaphors and symbols. The military is an example of an organizational culture with subcultures such as the Air Force, Army, and Navy. Organizational cultural models suggest reinterpreting ethical differences as the product of different experiences rather than viewing conflicts as “good” and “bad.” Ethnocentrism is the tendency to view the belief and value system of one's own cultural group as morally superior to that of others. Influences on ethical behavior include (a) prior individual development as an ethical person; (b) the organization as an ethical environment; and (c) implemented procedures that encourage ethical behavior. Attempting to change someone else's ethics requires an investment of time and resources. Research indicates that the ethical standards observed within an organization will have a significant effect on individual behavior. Informal values ​​and norms also have a strong influence on the behavior of individuals, as do the actions of mentors and leaders within the organization. Strategic leaders must examine and understand that the importance of their actions, more than words alone, will have the greatest impact in advocating idolized change in the ethics of others. Cultivating appropriate and enriching ethical change over another can also be achieved through action, guidance, awareness, analysis, and understanding of an individual's primary and existing assumptions that lead... ... middle of document ...... simply with jus bello which illustrates a concrete example of military ethics with a just war, providing more than a conceptual theory, rather highlights a correlation between military ethics and a just war. and Security Program Beauchamp, TL and Childress, JF (1994). Principles of Biomedical Ethics (4th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. James C. Curtain. Teaching values ​​and ethics in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) through the Professional Military Education and Training (PMET) program. http://repository.mcd.edu.au/33/1/Whole_SRP_Final.pdf.Martin L. Cook. The Moral Warrior – Ethics and Service in the United States Army (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004) 21.