Ethical Diplomacy and the Trump Administration

Ethical diplomacy is the conduct of diplomatic relations according to universally accepted standards of right and wrong. When diplomats must work for government leadership for whom truth is a seldom-regarded moral standard, and who disparage and disrespect them, is it possible for them to remain in their jobs and maintain integrity and ethical conduct? The author, a veteran of 30 years as a diplomat, and 20 years before that in the U. S. Army, looks at this thorny issue.