Ethical Dilemmas in the Global Defense Industry
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Biografisk notat
DANIEL SCHOENI has been with the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps since 2004 and is currently assigned to Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He has served as a prosecutor, trial and appellate defense counsel, program counsel, and staff judge advocate. He recently completed a Ph.D. in public procurement law at the University of Nottingham, has lectured at King's College London since 2017, and is a professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University. TOBIAS VESTNER is Head of the Research and Policy Advice Department and Head of the Security and Law Programme at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He has co-authored International Law and Policy on the Protection of Civilians (2022) and A Guide to International Disarmament Law (2019). He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, a Fellow at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Previously, he was Research Affiliate and Global Futures Fellow at Georgetown University and Policy Advisor at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.This important volume asks deep moral questions about the defense industry. It confronts the difficult issues facing firms whose international business supports massive investments in national militaries. It urges them to look beyond profit maximization as the only legitimate corporate goal.
Susan Rose Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science,Emeritus, Yale Law School
The integrity of the arms industry is as critical to national security as the weapons it produces. This volume advances the discourse during a period of global turmoil when the need for vigilance could not be higher.
Roger A. Krone, Chairman & CEO, Leidos; Chair, DII Steering Committee
This book brings a fresh perspective to ethical issues the arms industry has long grappled with. The authors are to be commended.
Sope Williams Elegbe, Professor of Law, Stellenbosch University; author of Fighting Corruption in Global Procurement
This remarkable book offers a multidisciplinary approach to a subject that is obviously topical at a time when war is far from having regressed in our world.
Jean Bernard Auby, Professor of Public Law, Emeritus, Sciences Po
The contributors to this exceptional volume have masterfully brought light to areas long ignored.
Frank Vogl, Cofounder of Transparency International and author of The Enablers:How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption
This unique collection provides much food for thought on multiple ethical challenges associated with arms production. It casts a critical eye on all actors and aspects and will be a useful resource.
Keith Krause, Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies;Director, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding
This book assembles a stellar roster who provide an in-depth look at the issues in the arms trade. A must read for academics and practitioners alike.
Pascale Helene Dubois, Independent International Anti Corruption Advisor; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Former VP, Integrity, World Bank Group
The key concern of the collection is to expand the conversation about ethics in thedefense industry beyond narrowly defense-oriented, regulatory-focused discussionstowards broadly considered areas of technological innovation, public-private coordination, socio-political legitimation, and international competition.
Douglas J. Cremer, The European Legacy