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MARITIME DOCTRINE OF SRI LANKA
• How to make rational decisions based on principles
rather than needing a standard rule for every situation.
• Trust and understanding on its members.

Honour

Honour is the vital value on which the Navy’s and each person’s
reputation depends. It reflects our moral and ethical standards. Honour
demands strength of will and inspires physical effort and selfless service.
Honour guides our actions in a way explicit rules cannot; it shapes our
morality and defines our self-respect, notions of pride and indignity.

Honesty

Honesty is always being true to self, ship’s crew and our colleagues.
Honesty demands us to face our shortcomings. We must be open and
upfront with each other and ourselves. Honesty drives personal and
professional development. A lack of honesty deters improvement, allows
incompetence to be hidden under the carpet and encourages failings
to be ignored. Honesty enables us to serve with a clear conscience,
sincerity and selflessness.

Integrity

Integrity is being committed to always doing what is right, no matter
what the consequences. Our integrity defines our moral power and
underpins our fighting spirit. As people of integrity we confront and
overcome wrong regardless of personal cost. The integrity will be
suspected if one’s personal, financial and moral conduct falls below the
accepted standards. We must be sincere, impartial and straightforward
and sense of purpose must never be in doubt. Further, we must act with
a sense of fair play and in keeping with the principles of natural justice.

Loyalty

Loyalty is being committed to each other and to our duty of service to
the country. Loyalty is a reciprocal obligation of our shared and mutual
commitments to each other and to the nation. It requires we acknowledge
commendable effort and the knowledge that one will always support

26 To Nurture a Stable Environment at Sea