PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
This type of relationship reflects the standards of conduct expected of military members and promotes mission accomplishment.
What is a professional relationship?
A relationship becomes unprofessional when it creates this appearance.
What is favoritism or partiality?
This criminal offense under the UCMJ involves an officer treating an enlisted member as a military equal.
What is fraternization?
This organizational quality suffers when members perceive favoritism.
What is unit cohesion?
A lieutenant mentors a new Airman during duty hours through an official development program. This relationship is considered...
What is professional?
These activities are encouraged because they build morale without compromising military standards.
What are unit-sponsored events, mentoring, chapel activities, community service, and intramural sports?
Using one's grade or position for this purpose makes a relationship unprofessional.
What is personal gain?
Officers are prohibited from doing this financial activity with enlisted members except for infrequent small emergency loans.
What is lending or borrowing money?
Even this alone can damage morale and trust.
What is the appearance of favoritism?
An NCO regularly socializes privately with one subordinate while excluding others.
This creates what major concern?
What is the appearance of favoritism?
Military members are encouraged to seek these individuals both inside and outside their chain of command.
Who are mentors?
Military members must avoid relationships that are perceived as this type of behavior.
What is exploitative or coercive?
True or False:
An officer may date an enlisted member if they are in different units.
What is False?
Military authority depends heavily upon maintaining this quality between leaders and subordinates.
What is respect for authority?
A supervisor begins dating someone who directly reports to them.
Answer:
What type of relationship has likely developed?
What is an unprofessional relationship?
The military places these organizational needs above personal desires whenever relationships threaten the mission.
What are good order, discipline, morale, unit cohesion, and mission accomplishment?
True or False:
An off-duty relationship can never be considered unprofessional.
What is False?
This article of the UCMJ specifically criminalizes fraternization.
What is Article 134?
Complete the statement:
Professional relationships exist primarily to support _______.
What is mission accomplishment?
During a deployment, an officer and enlisted member temporarily share sleeping quarters because no other accommodations exist.
Is this automatically fraternization?
What is No, because military necessity can justify shared accommodations?
Professional relationships become official concerns when they have this potential effect.
What is adversely affecting morale, discipline, respect for authority, unit cohesion, or mission accomplishment?
Name four indicators that a relationship has become unprofessional.
What are any four of the following?
A captain routinely goes gambling with several enlisted members every Friday night. Although no favoritism has yet occurred, junior Airmen begin questioning the captain's objectivity.
Answer:
Identify TWO officer prohibitions violated or at risk.
What are:
A squadron commander frequently invites only two junior officers to exclusive dinners and gives them highly visible projects afterward.
What harmful perception is most likely created?
What is favoritism or partiality, leading to reduced trust and unit cohesion?
A first lieutenant loans an enlisted member $5,000 to buy a vehicle. The enlisted member now feels obligated to support every decision the lieutenant makes.
Identify TWO reasons this relationship is prohibited.
What are: