Diplomatic Personnel, Professional Ethics and Challenges

Running Head: DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL, PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & CHALLENGES
Diplomatic Personnel, Professional Ethics and Challenges
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DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL, PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CHALLENGES 2
As revealed in the chapter entitled “Foreign Service Functions: Five Tracks”, foreign
service officers must be accepted and approved by the commissioning and tenure board. There
are five years that the new foreign service officers have to complete regardless of whether they
start at the entry level or middle level. In the first two years the candidates tour several countries
outside United States. These two years are the most important as they give the candidates a
chance to increase their service. Most of the new officers do not have a choice of work in their
track until they get approved. Once approved, their work is wholly consular affairs whose duty is
to provide the security services to the American citizens living abroad as well as administering
the provision of visas to the U.S immigration law (Ober Jr., 2015). The US State Department
divides its diplomatic posts into five broad categories, namely consular officers, management
officials, economic affairs officials, political affairs officials, and public foreign affairs officials
(Kopp & Gillespie, 2011). All candidates who meet the eligibility criteria will take the
undifferentiated selection test. After passing a series of exams, the State Council will include
them in different candidate sequences according to the needs of overseas positions and the
professional inclination of candidates. They are selected through recruitment and assessment.
The recruitment mentioned here refers to the fact that through publicity and tours, the American
people can truly understand the diplomatic work of the United States and let more people have
the opportunity to apply for US diplomats. The assessment, as the name suggests, is to select the
candidates who best meet the requirements of diplomatic work through a series of examinations
(Mizzi, 2015).
New officers entering the consular work must pass through the foreign institute courses
where training is intensive but essential. Consular also approves the request for permission to
enter U.S either by immigrants as well as the non- migrants where there is an interview of the