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Introduction
Earlier this year my platoon was away on pre-deployment training at CFB Wainwright, Ab. We had just finished a dry fire (blanks) attack, so we moved back to an administrative area to conduct maintenance on vehicles and weapons. While these tasks were ongoing I heard a short burst of fire come from one of the troops C9 light Machine gun (LMG). We quickly conducted the proper procedure that are required after a Negligent discharge (ND). Upon completing this, one of my NCO’s asked if we really needed to report this. At this point I was faced having to decide whether to deal with the event internally with the platoon or report it to my chain of Command (CoC) which would involve charges for the soldier. I will discuss the ethical dilemma that I faced and the factors I took in account to make the right decision based of, my own personal values, the ethical values and their decision-making process.

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It is my opinion that the ethical value that is associated with this dilemma is integrity. For integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. It is generally a personal choice to hold oneself to consistent moral and ethical standards (Integrity, n.d.) Its my duty and responsibility to enforce and obey the Code of Service Discipline (CSD), which is Part III of the National Defence Act (NDA) . The offence that occurred falls under section 129 of the NDA concerning the negligent discharge of weapons . So, it seems clear on what my decision should be
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