Fraternization

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Fraternization
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Definition

• A personal relationship between officer and
  enlisted members that has crossed the boundary of
  a senior-subordinate working relationship.

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Inappropriate Relationships

• Fraternization could be between
• Officer - Enlisted
• Senior officer - Junior officer
• Senior enlisted - Junior enlisted
• Instructor - Student

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Fraternization is

• gender-neutral
• detrimental to good order and discipline
• in violation of long standing tradition
• prohibited

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Could result in

• The questioning of a seniors objectivity.
• Actual or perceived preferential treatment.
• Undermining the authority of a senior.
• Compromising the chain of command.
• Administrative or punitive action.

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Healthy Relationship Traits

• Non-compromising
• In line with Core Values
• Positive influence
• Enhances professional commitment
• Supports good order and discipline

• Respect
• Propriety
• Honesty and loyalty
• Trust
• Common ground
• Personality
• Non-harassing

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Junior Expectations of Seniors

• Support command mission
• Shows no favoritism
• Shows no preferential treatment
• Does not seek personal gain
• Serves as a role model
• Honest and competent
• Demonstrate leadership by example
• Be there for their subordinates and shipmates

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Senior Expectations of Juniors

• Support command mission
• Demonstrate loyalty to command and shipmates
• Perform duties with honesty/integrity
• Accept responsibilities
• Have the desire to advance professionally
• Display initiative
• Honor family/personal commitments
• Be reliable in tough situations

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Professional Relationships

• Contribute to the effective operation of the Navy
• Military mission requires absolute confidence in
  command
• Consistent with Navy Core Values

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Unprofessional Relationships

• Detract from authority of superiors
• Result in or reasonably create appearance of
  favoritism, misuse of office or position, or
  abandonment of organizational goals for personal
  interest.

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Leisure Time

• How do we spend our off duty time and who do we
  spend it with?

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The Bottom Line

• Make good choices with who and how you spend your
  off-duty leisure time.
• Fraternization can occur not only while you are
  at work, but also when you are off-duty.

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Honor

• Reflected in the most basic of values
• Being honest and trustworthy in relationships
• Taking responsibility for your own actions
• Making thoughtful choices
• Personally and professionally enriching

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Courage

• Respecting and accepting others, regardless of
  racial, ethnic, or sex differences
• Avoid or be willing to face difficult or
  unpleasant situations
• Prepared to seek nonviolent solutions to personal
  confrontational situations

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Commitment

• Being loyal to your family, shipmates, command,
  and friends
• Picking friends who will help you to seek
  continuous improvement in your life choices
• Giving responsible direction to your life
• Contribute positively to those around you

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Policy

• Personal relationships between officer and
  enlisted that are unduly familiar and do not
  respect differences in rank and grade.
• Personal relationships between chief petty
  officers (E-7 E-9) and junior personnel (E-1
  E-6) who are assigned to the same command, that
  are unduly familiar and that do not respect
  differences in grade are prohibited.

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Social Interaction Proper/Improper

• Proper
• Activities designed to build unit morale and
  camaraderie
• Command sports teams
• Command sponsored events

• Improper
• Dating
• Shared living accommodations
• Intimate or sexual relations
• Commercial solicitations
• Private business partenships
• Borrowing

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Summary

• What fraternization is
• Aspects of junior/senior relationships including
  junior and senior expectations
• Off-duty relationships
• Proper/Improper relationships
• Navy Core Values when dealing with fraternization
• The Navys policy on fraternization