【Flyer杀G】小组-7.2作业ISSUE 43

wagner1985UID: 2838595

43. "To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards."


With a more and more diversified society, many aspects of society have changed more or less, including ethical and moral standard. Maybe a good politician need to be honest and loyal in the position, as people always believe, but does that mean a public official must maintain the highest standard to regulate his/her behavior? In my opinion, it is inappropriate and unpractical to force them to act as well as saints in the morality.
Admittedly, a leader has to obey some basic rules as arduously as possible, say, honesty. Assuming a politician always overthrows what he/she said or promised before, how could the masses trust him? And also his fellows are more likely the speculators than devotee, which have a large distinctiveness in the devotions of the working effort. As well as the relationship with the public, after tricking supporters several times, an untrustworthy politician or government cannot convince people of its policy and has to pay more time and debates to persuade the public to accept their action, which no doubt affects the efficiency of operation. So honesty will somehow bring the credibility that can make people have the estimable behaviors.
Along with the development of lifestyle and fashion, the ethical principle itself has become volatile and fragile. The misbehaviors which were disgusted by the people in the past have become more than common today, say, homosexual affairs. In the 20th century, almost all the western countries public opinion regarded that as disgraceful deed. Even now, there are still some governments did not change their attitude towards the problem and some of them may insist a no-ask and no-say policy to keep silent, but the transformation is great all over the world. Sometimes, the politicians, like common people, would be nervous when facing the same issues, because they have to care people’s feeling about their deeds, even misdemeanor. But it is really difficult for them in every formal speech to distinguish which sentence will offend some people and which not.
In the time of globalization, people are living in the country with more immigrants, who came from different cultural backgrounds which owned different moral belief. In United States, Canada, Germany and other western countries, government has to confront a multi-culture environment sustained by the more complicated constitution of ethical groups. And different nations, with different religions, have quite opposite standpoints towards the same thing for example, abortion, firearm, redistribution, equalization in genders etc. So politician cannot find

a clear opinion about all of these controversies, not to mention the perfect image in front of all the ethical groups is hard to sustain.
Albeit to be a well-principled person cannot be blamed from any point, but it is not as easy as it used be regarded. For a politician who wants to be contributors, it may even too difficult to attain, because hardly can he/she know what the highest level of morality is, question has already been pondered by the philosopher in thousands of years. So it is practical to impel every official to respect the law and their careers, but preposterous to elect the leaders from people with great virtues and force every official to be the saint. Maybe it is the essence of political affairs determined the virtue of its players.

harphoonUID: 2522048

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With a more and more diversified society, many aspects of society have changed more or less, including ethical and moral standard. Maybe a good politician need to be honest and loyal in the position, as people always believe, but does that mean a public official must maintain the highest standard to regulate his/her behavior? In my opinion, it is inappropriate and unpractical to force them to act as well as saints in the morality.

Admittedly, a leader has to obey some basic rules as arduously as possible, say, honesty. Assuming a politician always overthrows what he/she said or promised before, how could the masses trust him? And also his fellows are more likely the speculators than devotee, which have a large distinctiveness in the devotions of the working effort. As well as the relationship with the public, after tricking supporters several times, an untrustworthy politician or government cannot convince people of its policy and has to pay more time and debates to persuade the public to accept their action, which no doubt affects the efficiency of operation. So honesty will somehow bring the credibility that can make people have the estimable behaviors.

Along with the development of lifestyle and fashion, the ethical principle itself has become volatile and fragile. The misbehaviors which were disgusted by the people in the past have become more than common today, say, homosexual affairs (consider change 'disgusted'. some people may feel offended.). In the 20th century, almost all the western countries public opinion regarded that as disgraceful deed. Even now, there are still some governments did not change their attitude towards the problem and some of them may insist a no-ask and no-say policy to keep silent, but the transformation is great all over the world. Sometimes, the politicians, like common people, would be nervous when facing the same issues, because they have to care people’s feeling about their deeds, even misdemeanor. But it is really difficult for them in every formal speech to distinguish which sentence will offend some people and which not.

In the time of globalization, people are living in the country with more immigrants, who came from different cultural backgrounds which owned different moral belief. In United States, Canada, Germany and other western countries, government has to confront a multi-culture environment sustained by the more complicated constitution of ethical groups. And different nations, with different religions, have quite opposite standpoints towards the same thing for example, abortion, firearm, redistribution, equalization in genders etc. So politician cannot find a clear opinion about all of these controversies, not to mention the perfect image in front of all the ethical groups is hard to sustain.

Albeit to be a well-principled person cannot be blamed from any point, but it is not as easy as it used be regarded. For a politician who wants to be contributors, it may even too difficult to attain, because hardly can he/she know what the highest level of morality is, question has already been pondered by the philosopher in thousands of years. So it is practical to impel every official to respect the law and their careers, but preposterous to elect the leaders from people with great virtues and force every official to be the saint. Maybe it is the essence of political affairs determined the virtue of its players.

harphoonUID: 2522048

"To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards."


some personal opinions

1. what is an effective leader?
2. in order to govern effectively, a public official may consider projecting a positive personal image through maintaining high ethical and moral standards.
3. He may also consider strengthening the institution, e.g. curb coorruption such that lower-rank officials will implement policies from their superiors effeciently.

yogurt4UID: 198389

re ls
这个题目的关键之一在a public officer的职责是什么？评价ta是否effective的标准是什么？

wagner1985UID: 2838595

改得好花啊～～多谢各位了