Why does the DND/CF have an ethics programme?
Significant changes in society, in technology, in government and in our organizations have contributed to creating over time an environment in which making choices and reaching decisions has become more complicated and complex than in the past. These changes are both internal and external to the DND and CF. An ethics programme was authorized not because we are any less ethical that we were in the past, but to respond to this changing context. The goal of an ethics programme is to provide personnel with the right knowledge, tools and capabilities so that they make the right choices and decisions.
