ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT IN NATIONAL SECURITY
ETHICS AND MANAGEMENT IN NATIONAL SECURITY

Summary/Abstract: Intelligence activities are a necessary and valuable tool for all nations, and it is important to succeed in achieving a comprehensive and coherent understanding of ethics role in the state interest and how leadership supports this role. The core of the debate on the ethics of the intelligence activity is in maintaining the balance between the good of the citizens - guaranteed through national security – and the protection of individual free will - ensuring individual safety and human rights. That is because, in times of national crisis, citizens are required to give up some of their rights and freedoms in exchange of personal safety or of the community they are part of. That is why the connection between ethics and intelligence is important, especially in the national security system. The devotion of intelligence officers to the country and their leaders have an undeniable role in preserving security of a nation. The intelligence community plays an important role in establishing the values that will govern the way the organization will be perceived, guaranteeing legitimacy in front of citizens. Therefore, the aim of the study is to address the importance of placing ethics in intelligence activities where the role of leadership in national security sector is a determinant of organizational ethics. From the decision-making level, the focus is on respecting the principles of the rule of law while prioritizing the implementation of sustainable action plans in fulfilling the mission of national security but respecting the universal values of human rights.

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