What Would You Do? Ethical Scenarios in the Maple Leaf
The following are scenarios that were published in The Maple Leaf, the national newspaper of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces. Reader feedback and the Directorate Defence Ethics Programme's commentary will be published on this site on a continuous basis.
Any suggestions for ethical scenarios to be explored or personal experiences that could serve as examples can also be sent to ethics-ethique@forces.gc.ca
Current Scenario
2012 Scenarios
- How Much is Enough? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 10)
- What happens in theatre, stays in theatre (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 9)
- It’s not (just) about the money, money, money… (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 8)
- Sleepless in the Rubble (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 7)
- It’s Only a Hotdog (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 6)
- Loyalty: at what cost? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 5)
- Too close for comfort (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 4)
- Why reinvent the wheel? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 3)
- An "off" year (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 2)
- Just a little token of our appreciation (The Maple Leaf Vol. 15, No. 1)
2011 Scenarios
- Tea for two, but not for you (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 30)
- That is NOT what I call R & R (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 29)
- No "off" button (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 28)
- Leaky ships don't sail (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 27)
- No dancing around this issue (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 23)
- Time off for good behaviour (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 21)
- Passing on the problem (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 19)
- The chicken wings that flew away (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 17)
- Only one (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 15)
- What’s good for the goose… (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 12)
- The hole in the boat (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 10)
- Just a little too fast (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 8)
- Fanning the Flames (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 6)
- To run or not to run, that is the question (The Maple Leaf Vol. 14, No. 4)
Archived—2010 Scenarios
- Archived—Corporate Gifts (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 40)
- Archived—Nika’s opportunity (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 39)
- Archived—Pump up your engines (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 37)
- Archived—No undo button (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 35)
- Archived—Not everyone speaks the same language (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 33)
- Archived—If you want it, ask for it (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 29)
- Archived—What Conflict? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 27)
- Archived—No Strings Attached? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 25)
- Archived—Facebook Friend (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 23)
- Archived—Out of the Running (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 21)
- Archived—Time will tell (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 19)
- Archived—Yo-Ho-Ho and two bottles of rum (part 2) (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 17)
- Archived—Yo-Ho-Ho and two bottles of rum (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 15)
- Archived—Welcome to my job (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 13)
- Archived—Death by a thousand rules (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 11)
- Archived—Test of Character (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 9)
- Archived—Spicy Assumptions (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 7)
- Archived—Sticks and stones (The Maple Leaf Vol. 13, No. 3)
Archived—2009 Scenarios
- Archived—Troublesome transportation (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 40)
- Archived—The kickback couple (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 38)
- Archived—Painful Posting (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 36)
- Archived—Questionable claim (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 34)
- Archived—No time for Tim (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 32)
- Archived—The boss and her beliefs (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 30)
- Archived—Goodbye, school supplies (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 29)
- Archived—AWOL at the museum (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 27)
- Archived—Tough training (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 25)
- Archived—A private affair? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 23)
- Archived—See no evil, speak no evil (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 21)
- Archived—Joint venture (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 19)
- Archived—Socially Transmitted Details (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 17)
- Archived—Erroneous Employment Insurance (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 15)
- Archived—Personnel evaluation report (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 13)
- Archived—Too much information (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 11)
- Archived—Equipment trouble (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 9)
- Archived—Captain Corello's new clothes (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 7)
- Archived—The oil spill (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 5)
- Archived—Business class or not? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 12, No. 3)
Archived—2008 Scenarios
- Archived—Serving Canada before self this holiday season (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 43)
- Archived—Sick of the sick (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 41)
- Archived—Credit where credit is due (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 39)
- Archived—The Innocent Discovery (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 37)
- Archived—The Staffing Pool (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 35)
- Archived—A passing grade (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 33)
- Archived—The mountain inn (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 31)
- Archived—All Maxed Out (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 29)
- Archived—The Ethics Kiosk (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 28)
- Archived—The Bum Knee (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 27)
- Archived—A Tip or Two (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 26)
- Archived—A Little Too Exotic (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 25)
- Archived—A Helping Hand (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 23)
- Archived—A Grand Affair (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 21)
- Archived—The Boarding Party (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 19)
- Archived—Time to Leave? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 17)
- Archived—Difficult to Believe (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 15)
- Archived—A Different Lunch (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 13)
- Archived—In The Family (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 12)
- Archived—Bad News from Home (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 10)
- Archived—The Symposium (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 8)
- Archived—A Win-Win Situation (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 6)
- Archived—The Game system (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 4)
- Archived—Major Trouble (The Maple Leaf Vol. 11, No. 2)
Archived—2007 Scenarios
- Archived—Red Nose (The Maple Leaf Vol. 10, No. 40)
- Archived—The Blackberry (The Maple Leaf Vol. 10, No.38)
- Archived—What's for Lunch? (The Maple Leaf Vol. 10, No.36)
- Archived—The Big Deal (The Maple Leaf Vol. 10, No.32)
- Archived—The Party (The Maple Leaf Vol. 10, No.30)
- Archived—The Dinner (The Maple Leaf Vol. 10, No.28)
- Archived—Beret versus Red Light (The Maple Leaf Vol. 10, No.25)
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