Integrity: Navigating Culture and Keeping Yourself Intact

1. Integrity: Navigating Culture and Keeping Yourself Intact Dr. Kate McGraw Deputy Director Psychological Health Clinical Standards of Care Defense Centers of Excellence 18 June, 2012

2. “A little integrity is better than any career” Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Overview Context: Women in the Military Department of Defense Focus: Psychological Health of Military Females Ethics: Doing the right thing Coping: Free choice Discussion/Questions Overview

4. History: 1948: Women’s Armed Services Integration Act 1951: Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services 1967: Two percent cap females in service, one line Colonel per service limits removed by Public Law 90-130 1972: Reserve Officer Training Corps admits females 1973: Flight training open to females in the Navy and Army, and in 1976, the Air Force 1974: DoD rescinded separation of pregnant females 1976: Military academies admitted females Women in the Military

5. “…but you’ll never pull missile crew” as remembered from a Captain’s Log, Oscar Minuteman Launch Control Capsule, 1987

6. 1977: First Air Force Titan missile female crew members 1978: Army Women’s Air Corps abolished, Public Law 95-485 1978: First Navy females reported for sea duty 1980: First DoD sexual harassment policy issued 1985: First female ICBM Minuteman/Peacekeeper missile crews assigned 1988: First male/female ICBM missile crews authorized 1989: Females served in Operation Just Cause Women in the Military

7. “Women Missiliers” 1987 Air Force Art Collection

8. 1990: 90,000 females participate in Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield; two POWs and five died in action 1992: Combat aircraft and ships open to females 2011: Females permitted to serve on submarines 2012: Since 2001, about 280,000 women have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan; 144 have been killed, and 865 have been wounded 2012: First USAF female four start General nominated: Janet C.Wolfenbarger 2012: DoD lifts restrictions on over 14,000 front line positions to females Women in the Military

9. Mental Health Task Force (2007) The needs of women service members and veterans should remain a focus of high-level planning groups in DoD (with all military services represented) and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The DoD Psychological Health Strategic Plan should include specific attention to the psychological health needs of women. The annual report on the Status of Female Members of the Armed Forces should include information about the adequacy of support for psychological health of women. The Department of Defense should develop treatment programs specifically geared toward the psychological health needs of female service members. Collaborative Strategies

10. 2010 VA/DoD Integrated Mental Health Strategies Strategic Action Number 28: Gender; Military Sexual Trauma Use information from research and the evaluation of clinical and administrative data to explore gender differences in the delivery and effectiveness of mental health services. Use findings to improve the accessibility and quality of care, develop strategies for overcoming health care disparities and barriers to care, and to identify the need for further research. To support mental health services and research for female service members and veterans, and for those who have experienced military sexual trauma (both men and women) to ensure ongoing surveillance, program evaluation and research, and to identify disparities, specific needs and opportunities for improving both treatment and preventive services. Collaborative Strategies

11. “When you live with integrity, your hearts begin to fill with a happiness as vast as the universe. It’s about being true to yourself and starting from where you are.” Daisaku Ikeda

12. Integrity: Definition: consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes; honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions, the opposite of hypocrisy Origin: Latin integer (whole, complete) “To have integrity”: to act according to the values, beliefs and principles an individual claims to hold Integrity and Ethics

13. Ethics: Definition: Moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group; moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual: a personal ethic Origin: Latin ēthicus, fundamental character or spirit of a culture Underlying sentiment that informs beliefs, customs, or practices of group, person or society; or the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion Integrity and Ethics

14. Ethical Approaches Virtue: Right thing: acts lead to happiness. Good behavior and virtuous acts are the keys to self-fulfillment Utilitarianism:Right thing: actions that create best result for greatest number of people are ideal.Not actions or the intentions, but consequences Deontology: Right thing: actions from sense of duty. Each action made based on a commitment to do what is right, defined by the group Egoism:Right thing: best for you, the individual making the decision Integrity and Ethics

15. Relativism: Right thing: doesn’t exist in static state. There are no absolute, fixed ethical principles, rather they vary relative to the circumstances Subjectivism:Right thing: no such thing as fixed ethical principles. Morality is about feelings, not fact, and right and wrong are simply ways of describing your own opinions (approval or disapproval) about things Integrity and Ethics

16. In the military workplace: Often group needs trump the needs of the individual You enter into the group freely You benefit from being part of the group, but also give up individual freedoms and gain responsibilities Being part of a workplace team requires you to adjust your behavior and prioritize the group’s needs at times Act ethically regardless of the needs of the group, and you maintain integrity, although you may suffer your decision within the group Integrity and Ethics

17. "Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got." Janis Joplin

18. BALANCE Unhealthy: Exaggerate feminine/flirtatious interactions with others Adopt of a masculine exterior with others Glue a chip on your shoulder Keep silent when you have important words to say Shift your ethics under duress, away from your internal values thus compromising your integrity Use drugs or alcohol to “cope” Work around the clock Display high drama when upset Refuse to ask for help when you need it Coping: Free Choice

19. Healthy Obtain sufficient and high quality sleep Seek good nutrition: under appreciated by many Build support networks with other female leaders Adopt a gender neutral lense in the workplace Interpret benevolent intent unless a clear pattern emerges, or unless behavior is singular, severe and significant Talk about your stress with people you trust Stay active physically Ask for help if you need it Moderate your emotions and expression of the same Have a meaningful life beyond your work Be human, be yourself Coping: Free Choice

20. Pick your battles Not everything is about gender or minority status Interpret benevolent intent Keep your sense of humor Always have a wingwoman Expect obstacles, but approach with compassion Apologize once, mean it sincerely Never sacrifice your integrity in order to belong to a group, no matter what Coping: Free Choice

21. Overview Context: Women in the military Department of Defense Focus: Psychological health of military females Integrity and Ethics: Primer Coping: Free choice Discussion/Questions Summary

22. Discussion and Questions

23. Integrity: Navigating Culture and Keeping Yourself Intact Dr. Kate McGraw Deputy Director Psychological Health Clinical Standards of Care Defense Centers of Excellence 18 June, 2012