Sec. 1055. Comprehensive review of professionalism and ethics programs for special operations forces
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The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of each of the military departments, shall conduct a comprehensive review of the ethics and professionalism programs of the United States Special Operations Command and of the military departments for officers and other military personnel serving in special operations forces. The review conducted under subsection
(a)shall specifically include a description and assessment of each of the following: The culture of professionalism and ethics of the United States Special Operations Command and affiliated component commands. The ethics and professionalism programs of the military departments available for special operations forces. The ethics and professionalism programs of the United States Special Operations Command and affiliated component commands. The roles and responsibilities of the military departments and the United States Special Operations Command and affiliated component commands in administering, overseeing, managing, and ensuring compliance and participation of special operations forces in ethics and professionalism programs, including an identification of— gaps in the administration, oversight, and management of such programs and in ensuring the compliance and participation in such programs; and additional guidance that may be required for a systematic, integrated approach in administering, overseeing, and managing such programs and in ensuring compliance with and participation in such programs in order to address issues and improve ethical culture and professionalism. The management and oversight framework in place that is designed to ensure that all ethics and professionalism programs available to special operations forces meet Department standards. Tools and metrics for identifying and assessing individual and organizational ethics and professionalism issues with respect to special operations forces. Tools and metrics for assessing the effectiveness of existing ethics and professionalism programs in improving or addressing individual and organizational ethics-related and professionalism issues with respect to special operations forces. Additional programs or actions that may be required to address or improve individual and organizational ethics and professionalism issues with respect to special operations forces. Actions to improve the oversight and accountability by senior leaders of ethics and professionalism-related issues with respect to special operations forces. In this section: The term ethics program means a program that includes— compliance-based ethics training, education, initiative, or other activity that focuses on adherence to rules and regulations; and values-based ethics training, education, initiative, or other activity that focuses on upholding a set of ethical principles in order to achieve high standards of conduct and incorporate guiding principles to help foster an ethical culture and inform decision-making where rules are not clear. The term professionalism program means a program that includes training, education, initiative, or other activity that focuses on values, ethics, standards, code of conduct, and skills as related to the military profession. The Secretary of Defense shall submit the review required by subsection
(a)to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives by not later than March 1, 2019.