One Example of poor leadership in public life that immediately comes to mind is the case of former New York State Attorney General and Governor Elliot Spitzer. This is a man who raised the profile of the State Attorney General's Office with his crusading approach to fraud and corporate wrong doings in the securities and finance industry and won great popularity because of it. He used this popularity to run for the Governor of New York. Many people had hopes that his fearless political style would help improve the political culture of one of the nations most dysfunctional state government's. However by being caught as a client of a prostitution ring under investigation by the Federal Government, he compromised his ability to lead the state governement and was forced to resign.
Referring to the ethics definiation handout from class last week, laws are: rules, regulations, or thinking of a nation as to what behaviors are acceptable and unacceptable...which are regulary enforced by persons authorized by society. I find it to be unethical leadership when you are a person of great leadership for a state, that people look to improve the political culture and are caught in a great scandal by the Federal Government. If the state's people can have no faith in the leader of their state government, who will they look towards to lead them in the future. By breaking the law in such a scandal, Spitzer lost his faithful followers and for good reason.
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