Command and General Staff College Foundation News - 19

Dr. Shannon E. French

From left, Foundation CEO Doug Tystad, Director of CGSC's Department of Command and
Leadership Dr. Ted Thomas, CGSC student Maj. Francisco Hernandez (first place winner of best
paper), CGSC faculty member Dr. Richard Berkebile (second place winner of best paper), General
Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Chair of Ethics Dr. Shannon French, and CGSC ethics instructor
Chaplain (Maj.) Jeff McKinney.

From right, Col. John Vermeesch, Col. James
Cook, Dr. Don Snider and Chaplain (Lt. Col.)
Peter Dissmore, from the Center for the Army
Profession and Ethic (CAPE) present "Character
Development of the Future Force," one of the
symposium's three panel sessions.

Maj. Francisco Hernandez presents his paper
entitled "A Leader's Duty in Tragedy and
Loss" during one of the breakout sessions.
Hernandez's paper was selected first place for
best papers presented for the symposium.

CGSC faculty member Dr. Richard Berkebile
presents his paper "Secession and Jus Ad
Bellum" during one of the breakout sessions of
the symposium. Berkebile's paper won second
place for best papers presented for the symposium.

Maj. Hasan Harkous, an international military
student from Lebanon presents his paper entitled
"The Role of Social Media in the Arab Spring" as
one of the breakout sessions offered during the
symposium. His research examined the Islamic
State's use of social media to launch its message
and expand its propaganda to the world.

Maj. Dorothye Farrar presents her paper entitled
"Ethical Implications of Forced Removal" as one
of the breakout sessions offered during the symposium. Her research explored lessons learned
when dealing with forced relocations of people.

Maj. Tennille Scott presents her paper cowritten with Dr. Shawn Cupp entitled "Ethics in
Hacktivism" as one of the breakout sessions of
the 2017 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium.

www.cgscfoundation.org

New Chair
of Ethics in 2017
Dr. Shannon E. French assumed duties
as the General Hugh Shelton Distinguished
Visiting Chair of Ethics effective Feb. 1.
She is the third person to occupy the chair
since its inception in 2009.
French was selected for the position by
the CGSC Foundation, in coordination with
the CGSC Department of Command and
Leadership. In her full-time employment,
French is the Inamori Professor in Ethics,
director of the Inamori International Center
for Ethics and Excellence, and a tenured
member of the philosophy department
with a secondary appointment in the law
school at Case Western Reserve University
in Cleveland, Ohio. She is also a senior
associate at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS) in Washington,
D.C.
French will serve two academic years
as the chair and will be responsible for
coaching, mentoring, guiding and educating
leaders at all levels within CGSC. She
will also speak and participate at events to
improve the overall academic and leadership
experience at CGSC, as well as consult with
CGSC and Army University leadership on
ethics topics of interest. The ethics chair is
also expected to research, write and publish
on topics within their area of expertise.
The ethics chair and symposium are
made possible by an endowment from the
Perot Foundation.
For more information see http://
www.cgscfoundation.org/person-ofthe-month-march-2017
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