Planning Ethical Influence Operations: A Framework for Defense Information Professionals

by Christopher Paul, Michael Skerker, William Marcellino

The U.S. Department of Defense has influence tasks, capabilities, and missions but lacks a formal means for considering the ethics of influence operations aside from legal review. Using the principles of necessity, effectiveness, and proportionality, the authors develop a framework for evaluating influence efforts in three phases: an initial screening, a full ethical risk assessment, and a justification statement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977411975
• ISBN13: 9781977411976
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"