Communicating and Ethical Dilemma

Write a minimum 3–4 page analysis of ethical and communication issues surrounding one of the provided whistleblower scenarios and then write a 1-page communication detailing lessons learned from the incident.

Whistleblower Scenario

Captain Crozier's Letter - Captain Brett Crozier, a thirty-year veteran of the United States Navy, was in command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier with 4000 sailors on board. In March 2020, Crozier faced a problem: Many members of his crew were contracting and becoming ill from the then-new COVID-19 virus. Captain Crozer wrote a letter in which he asked to move sailors off the ship to contain the outbreak. The communication was sent to several recipients in the Navy, and eventually someone shared the letter with the news media.