He was a traitor who was disloyal to his country by divulging government secrets to the world and thereby putting people and operations at risk. They point out that Snowden had signed confidentiality agreements with his employer and governments when he applied for security clearance and accepted his job.

Snowden referred to "international duties" and "national obligations." How do you understand the basis of such duties and obligations? From where would they come? How would you resolve conflicts between them?

List all the duties and responsibilities that you can identified in this case. To whom are they owed? On what grounds are they defended? Is there a hierarchy of duties?

Was Snowden disloyal? To whom?

Can an employer justifiably expect that an employee will keep his promise, even if that would violate the employee's own sense of right and wrong?

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In the case of Edward Snowden the issues of loyalty duty and the conflict between personal convictions and professional obligations come into play Her... View the full answer