Milgram responds to a follow-up questionnaire on a topic. In the sequel, the man was shocked at how obedient he managed to be during the experiment and claimed that his wife referred to him as Eichmann, a World War II Nazi officer who maintained the alibi of merely following orders. (Milgram 84). According to Szegedy-Maszak and Milgram, Robert Hoyk, doctor of psychology, found similar results in the workplace. In his article “The Roots of Unethical Behavior,” he found that bosses can push employees to perform unethical actions that employees morally question. But due to the fear of losing their jobs, employees perform these acts (Hoyk). Milgram would agree with Hoyk and add that for his experiment, the "experimenter" was simply a man in a lab coat and did not threaten any form of consequence. What is the relationship with Szegedy-Maszak and the Abu Ghraib scandal? In the article “Military orders: to obey or not to obey?” written by Rod Powers, is written the oath that all military personnel must swear by. The oath states: “. . . and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of officers appointed over me, pursuant to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice” (Powers). As Powers mentioned, these recruits are instilled with the practice of obeying immediately and without question (Powers). In fact, if military personnel do not obey their superior officers, it is considered a crime under Articles 90, 91 and 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. According to the same site, such acts are punishable by death (www.usmilitary.about.com). Szegedy-Maszak might conclude that this could be a possible reason why American troops found themselves
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