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Business Law with UCC Applications 13th Edition by Gordon Brown,Paul Sukys
Edition 13ISBN: 978-0073524955Business Law with UCC Applications 13th Edition by Gordon Brown,Paul Sukys
Edition 13ISBN: 978-0073524955 Exercise 1
One of the essential weapons in the diplomatic arsenal is the guarantee of secrecy. If diplomats cannot be certain that their cables, letters, and dispatches will be kept secret, they will not be able to communicate candidly with the decision makers back home. So what happens when a group like WikiLeaks reveals such secrets? Is it ethical for such online groups to reveal the contents of secret dispatches that were obtained illegally in the first place? What happens to the trust that is inherent within the diplomatic process when secrets can be accessed so easily? Does bringing diplomatic activity out into the open help or hinder the public's ability to evaluate the ethical behavior of our diplomats? A case in point can be found among documents disclosed by WikiLeaks that revealed that American diplomats in the former Soviet nation of Georgia may have relied too heavily on the inside reports given to them by Georgian leaders and less on more objective intelligence from outside sources. The secret cables released by WikiLeaks also indicate that the Georgian leaders, with their own agenda aimed at getting United States support for their plan to resist Russian dominance, may have deliberately distorted the information passed onto the Americans. Even more serious, the secret cables reveal that the Georgians probably provoked an encounter with South Ossetia, an enclave that had broken away from Georgia and, in the process, had sought Russian protection. In fact, it now appears that the Georgians launched a first strike against South Ossetia and then told the Americans that the Ossetians had attacked them. The documents released by WikiLeaks indicate that the Americans relied on the one-sided accounts manufactured by the Georgian government and did not seek any outside verification of the reports. It is clear that the American diplomats made several tactical errors in the management of this incident. However, were they not ethically correct in supporting the democratic Georgian state against the autocratic Russian Federation? Is it not a morally superior position to defend democracy even at the expense of the truth? Or does "truth" occupy a morally superior position in the hierarchy of ethical values? Should the Georgian officials have been more candid with the Americans or did they have a higher responsibility to protect their own people and territory that justified their distortion of the truth? Keep these issues in mind as we explore the nature of ethics in this chapter. (See C. J. Chivers, "Embracing Georgia, U.S. Misread Signs of Region's Rifts, Cables Show," The New York Times , December 2, 2010, p. A-15.)
Was WikiLeaks justified in obtaining the leaked cables illegally? Explain.
Was WikiLeaks justified in obtaining the leaked cables illegally? Explain.
Explanation
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Facts:
WL's is a non-profit organization which leaks out and publishes the confidential information about the government. WL's had leaked the secret cables containing confidential information about the dependency of the country AM diplomats on the inside reports of the country GE. They revealed that the country GE supported Country AM as they want the country AM help to remove the dominance of the country RU. Moreover, the country GE provoked the country SO for attack and told the country AM that the country SO attacked them and they need support from them. The country AM Diplomats instead of searching from the outside resources they relied on one-sided information provided by the country GE leaders.
Outcome:
WL's action of obtaining cables of great secrecy and revealing them is not justified because these actions involve breaching of people's rights to have privacy. WL has obtained the documents in an unauthorized manner and considering that the documents are of great diplomatic importance to the country and international affairs, WL should not try to make news of such items. Moreover, the information revealed by the WL's was the confidential information of different countries which should not be leaked.
WL's action of obtaining such documents illegally is unethical and needs to be curbed, because diplomatic documents are to be protected from the eyes of the public and should not be revealed to public unless such information is requested for. Diplomats cannot maintain communication with the government if the media is looking down their neck. Thus, diplomatic cables or documents are to be safeguarded from organizations such as WL.
The Non-profit organization, WL's had violated the rules of public interest and national interest by leaking confidential information of high security. And by probing into areas of privacy of the diplomatic communication of the international affairs.
WL's is a non-profit organization which leaks out and publishes the confidential information about the government. WL's had leaked the secret cables containing confidential information about the dependency of the country AM diplomats on the inside reports of the country GE. They revealed that the country GE supported Country AM as they want the country AM help to remove the dominance of the country RU. Moreover, the country GE provoked the country SO for attack and told the country AM that the country SO attacked them and they need support from them. The country AM Diplomats instead of searching from the outside resources they relied on one-sided information provided by the country GE leaders.
Outcome:
WL's action of obtaining cables of great secrecy and revealing them is not justified because these actions involve breaching of people's rights to have privacy. WL has obtained the documents in an unauthorized manner and considering that the documents are of great diplomatic importance to the country and international affairs, WL should not try to make news of such items. Moreover, the information revealed by the WL's was the confidential information of different countries which should not be leaked.
WL's action of obtaining such documents illegally is unethical and needs to be curbed, because diplomatic documents are to be protected from the eyes of the public and should not be revealed to public unless such information is requested for. Diplomats cannot maintain communication with the government if the media is looking down their neck. Thus, diplomatic cables or documents are to be safeguarded from organizations such as WL.
The Non-profit organization, WL's had violated the rules of public interest and national interest by leaking confidential information of high security. And by probing into areas of privacy of the diplomatic communication of the international affairs.
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