Marine CorpsAnswer Key

Foundation Of Marine Corps Leadership

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QUESTION 1

Ethos

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The characteristic and distinguishing attitudes, habits, beliefs, etc. of an individual or of a group

QUESTION 2

Marine Corps Ethos

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The spirit that continues to guide each Marine leader.

QUESTION 3

Warrior Ethos

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Having the physical discipline, mental discipline, and the character discipline that can be obtained only through developing the mind, body, and spirit simultaneously and equally.

QUESTION 4

Leadership

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The sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and to control a group of people.

QUESTION 5

The foundation of Marine Corps Leadership helps

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helps shape the leader to guide their Marines

QUESTION 6

The Foundation of Marine Corps Leadership consists of

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Values, Morals, and Ethics.

QUESTION 7

What exactly are Values

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the basic ideas about worth or importance of people, concepts, or objects. The rules by which we make decisions about right and wrong, should and should not, good and bad.

QUESTION 8

Personal Values

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Influence feelings and actions regarding others as well as social issues, such as equality, justice, freedom, and patriotism.

QUESTION 9

Organizational Values

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The organization's profession of arms to establish a bedrock that drives every Marines' way of life. Commonly referred to as Core Values, Leadership Traits, and Leadership Principles.

QUESTION 10

Marine Corps Core Values

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Honor, Courage, Commitment

QUESTION 11

Honor

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To live your life with integrity, responsibility, honesty and respect

QUESTION 12

Courage

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The mental, moral and physical strength to do what is right in the face of fear or uncertainty or intimidation

QUESTION 13

Commitment

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Unwavering, selfless dedication to mission accomplishment and personal and professional responsibilities

QUESTION 14

Leadership Traits

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JJ DID TIE BUCKLE Justice, Judgement, Decisiveness, Integrity, dependability, Tact, Initiative, Endurance, Bearing, Unselfishness, Courage, Knowledge, Loyalty, Enthusiasm.

QUESTION 15

What are Leadership Traits

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Basic fundamentals that Marines use to develop their own leadership abilities and that of their subordinates.

QUESTION 16

Leadership Principles

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Be technically and tactically proficient. Know yourself and seek self improvement. Know your marines and look out for their welfare. Set the example. Ensure the task is understood, supervised, and accomplished. Train your Marines as a team. Make sound and timely decisions. Develop a sense of responsibility among your subordinates. Employ your unit in accordance with its capabilities. Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions.

QUESTION 17

Morals

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Serve to delineate (describe or portray) the distinction between right and wrong.

QUESTION 18

Standard

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General consent as a basis of comparison.

QUESTION 19

Right

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Conforms to ethical or moral standards.

QUESTION 20

Wrong

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Deviating from moral rectitude (morally correct behavior.)

QUESTION 21

Norm

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Socially enforced.

QUESTION 22

Two types of Norms

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Folways and Mores

QUESTION 23

Folways

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values people accept out of habit

QUESTION 24

Mores

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Defines what is right and wrong , allowed and not allowed. Not socially acceptable.

QUESTION 25

Ethics

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Set of standards or value system. Right or wrong. Good or evil. Refers to the study of morals or ideas about morals.

QUESTION 26

Professional Ethics

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Professional standards and responsibilities

QUESTION 27

Code of Ethics

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Rules of conduct generally recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions, such as medical ethics or legal ethics.

QUESTION 28

Relationship of Laws and Ethics

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Is breaking the Law Ethical if it is for the right reasons for that human.

QUESTION 29

Elements of effective decentralized leadership

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Authority, responsibility, and accountability

QUESTION 30

Leaders have the Responsibility to set the example of

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Obedience, courage, zeal, sobriety, neatness, and attention to duty.

QUESTION 31

Objective of Marine Corps Leadership

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To develop the leadership qualities of Marines to enable them to assume progressively greater responsibilities to the Marine Corps and society.

QUESTION 32

What three qualities must leaders possess to be successful

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Inspiration, Technical proficiency, and Moral responsibility.

QUESTION 33

The key indicators that a unit is steeped in the foundation of Marine Corps Leadership are

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Morale, Esprit de Corps, discipline.

QUESTION 34

NCO Mindset

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Standing firm to the foundation of marine corps leadership and marine corps profession of ethics.

QUESTION 35

Leadership Styles

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Telling, selling, participating, and delegating

QUESTION 36

Autocratic

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Leader making all the decisions

QUESTION 37

Democratic

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Keep marines informed and share decision making and problem solving responsibilities.

QUESTION 38

Decision Making process

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OODA Loop Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act.

QUESTION 39

Leadership challenges

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Physical challenges, Mental challenges, and Moral challenges.

QUESTION 40

To overcome leadership challenges you should embody.

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Adaptability, Innovation, Decentralization, Will, Fighting power and winning.

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