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The defense industry develops, produces, and sells weapons that cause great harm. It operates at the intersection of the public and private sectors, with increased reliance on technology companies. Although such firms exist primarily to serve their host states, they routinely interact with foreign legal systems and diverse cultures. This context creates unique ethical challenges. That being the case, is the defense industry ethically defensible? How should it be regulated? How should it respond to worrisome technological developments such as autonomous weapons systems? How should business be conducted in countries where bribery is the norm? To what extent can this industry's intrinsic ethical problems be overcome? This book addresses such questions, bringing together the diverse perspectives of scholars and practitioners from academia, government service, the military, and the private sector. It aims to inform a discussion about the moral and legal challenges facing the global defense industry and to introduce solutions that are innovative, effective, and practical.

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This important volume asks deep moral questions about the defense industry. It confronts the difficult issues facing firms whose international business supports massive investments in national militaries. It urges them to look beyond profit maximization as the only legitimate corporate goal. * Susan Rose Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor of Law and Political Science,Emeritus, Yale Law School * The integrity of the arms industry is as critical to national security as the weapons it produces. This volume advances the discourse during a period of global turmoil when the need for vigilance could not be higher. * Roger A. Krone, Chairman & CEO, Leidos; Chair, DII Steering Committee * This book brings a fresh perspective to ethical issues the arms industry has long grappled with. The authors are to be commended. * Sope Williams Elegbe, Professor of Law, Stellenbosch University; author of Fighting Corruption in Global Procurement * This remarkable book offers a multidisciplinary approach to a subject that is obviously topical at a time when war is far from having regressed in our world. * Jean Bernard Auby, Professor of Public Law, Emeritus, Sciences Po * The contributors to this exceptional volume have masterfully brought light to areas long ignored. * Frank Vogl, Cofounder of Transparency International and author of The Enablers:How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption * This unique collection provides much food for thought on multiple ethical challenges associated with arms production. It casts a critical eye on all actors and aspects and will be a useful resource. * Keith Krause, Professor, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies;Director, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding * This book assembles a stellar roster who provide an in-depth look at the issues in the arms trade. A must read for academics and practitioners alike. * Pascale Helene Dubois, Independent International Anti Corruption Advisor; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Former VP, Integrity, World Bank Group *

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DANIEL SCHOENI has been with the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps since 2004 and is currently assigned to Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He has served as a prosecutor, trial and appellate defense counsel, program counsel, and staff judge advocate. He recently completed a Ph.D. in public procurement law at the University of Nottingham, has lectured at King's College London since 2017, and is a professorial lecturer in law at George Washington University. TOBIAS VESTNER is Head of the Research and Policy Advice Department and Head of the Security and Law Programme at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He has co-authored International Law and Policy on the Protection of Civilians (2022) and A Guide to International Disarmament Law (2019). He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, a Fellow at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Previously, he was Research Affiliate and Global Futures Fellow at Georgetown University and Policy Advisor at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.

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