ThesisThis article aims to provide a brief history of the ethical issues related to military hazing. Impact on various stakeholders is also provided before an analysis of the causes of hazing in the Army and recommendations for how military leaders can promote tradition and a sense of belonging in a hazing-free Army. The Problem Hazing is an issue that has attracted a lot of attention in recent decades. College fraternities, high school programs, professional sports and the military have all received their fair share of attention. The military is often held to higher standards than these other organizations and developed a black eye after the 1991 “Tailhook” scandal. Film depictions such as that in the 1992 film “A Few Good Men” showed the public, not inaccurately, the dark side of command-sponsored hazing. Hazing does not align with the high standards of conduct that the U.S. military seeks to uphold, and the ethical implications of these behaviors are diverse. Merriam-Webster defines hazing as: an initiation process involving harassment; harass with jokes, ridicule, or criticism, or by demanding unnecessary or unpleasant work (Merriam-Webster, 2012). Since then, the U.S. Army has adopted a zero-tolerance policy toward hazing, and Defense Secretary William Cohen has directed each service to develop guidelines. Secretary Cohen was reacting to the outrage following NBC's Dateline documentary on the Marine Corps' blood-spinning ceremony for Marines who qualified for the jump (Leppo, 2003). Hazing involves newly qualified service members having pins or medals, without the back clasps, punched into their skin by numerous senior personnel (Landay, 1997). But hazing isn't something...half of paper. .....Emulatory intelligence database. Landay, J. (1997, February 10). Military hazing rituals are common and abusive. Las Vegas sunshine. Retrieved from http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1997/feb/10/hazing-rituals-in-military-are-common---and-abusiv/Leppo, D. (2003). Crossing the limit is as eternal as the sea. Proceedings of the US Naval Institute, 129(7), 78.Merriam-Webster. (2012). Hazing. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazingPershing, J.L. (2006). Men's and women's experiences with hazing in an elite, male-dominated military institution. Men and Masculinities, 8(4), 470-492. Rosenberg, M. (2011, August 26). Hazing led to Marine's suicide, military report says. San Jose Mercury News (CA). Trevino, L., & Nelson, K. (2011). Managing business ethics: Talk directly about how to do it right. (5 ed., pp. 1-148). Danvers, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.