Why do military trained personnel believe they have a better work ethic than their civilian counterparts and vice versa? Peter D. Feaver (2001), a fellow International Security Program researcher, noted a statement by former Defense Secretary William Cohen declaring that a “chasm” is opening between the military and civilian worlds. While civilians have a good work ethic, military personnel have an equally valuable but different work ethic due to the training they receive. One study, conducted by researchers at Princeton University, “found that while senior [military] service officials received higher employee ratings than their non-duty [civilian] counterparts in the areas of leadership and climate working, they did not obtain equally high scores. good management” (Ballenstedt, 2007). The combination of both military and civilian workforce characteristics would create the ultimate work ethic warrior. Even though civilians say they work harder to be legally and morally ethical; the ethos of the combined military and civilian workforce would contribute to a better work ethic. The combination of leadership and management would reduce the amount of business failures in the ethical legal battles of today's social and staffing industry within the global enterprise. The combination of military leadership skills and civilian corporate social responsibility knowledge is extremely beneficial to today's workforce. Together, military-style leadership and civilian-style management can contribute to a better work ethic: Although military and civilian personnel receive different training, there is a difference between leadership and management techniques, and the fact that they have more similarities like... of paper......2006, December 06). Military ethics. Some lessons learned from Manuel Davenport. Retrieved April 17, 2011, from http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj06/win06/ficarrotta.html. Air& space Power Journal. Feaver, P., Kohn, R. (eds. Soldiers and Civilians: The civil-military gap and american national security. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 2001. Hemingway M. (2007, 6 March). .ebrary.com/lib/devry/Doc?id=10088338&ppg=1Sekerka, L., Bagozzi, R., & Charnigo, R. (2009). : conceptualizing and measuring professional moral courage Journal of Business Ethics, 89(4 ), 565-579 doi:10.1007/s10551-008-0017-5