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1.7 Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Honesty is the most important characteristic to a leader.
Here and there, eastern and western, people never abandoned their pursuit of honesty, believing that always telling truth is the major manifestation of personal sincerity and integrity.
Let alone the leader of a particular group, as the direct representative of all the members led by him, surely, should have a high standard of ethics. Nonetheless, being excessively absolute and partial, complete honesty may be not only embarrassing but also pernicious and dangerous.
With no doubt, being chronically and habitually lying, a leader may have an untrustworthy relationship with his subordinates, because living in the infinite cycle of liars, he can never do the same thing in promises as in reality, just like his subordinates could never tell the same words before him as behind his back. As a result, the group’s common interest is in danger due to deception and suspicion. Maybe that’s why many people advocate honesty as the most important characteristic of a leader.
Nonetheless, is it really beneficial if a leader rushes to the opposite extreme? Being the leader of a country, hardly can he tell too many personal preferences, especially the negative side, to the general public, which may cause certain business competition becoming unfair. Being the leader of a company, seldom can he tell the truly unfortunate fate they may face to his stuffs, which may engender fear, anxiety and discouragement in the latter group. Adhering to alleged personal principle such as complete honesty, the very leader may be a real disaster.
Besides the potential unnecessary and even harmful effect such unmitigated honesty may have on his group, always telling the truth may lead the group into predicament dealing with interrelationship with other groups. Again, take the present as example, dealing with the plexiform international relationship, in no circumstance could the president abandon the principle of discretion and restraining, thus we always see them use obscure diplomatic language. Needless to say keeping state secrets, such as the location of nuclear submarines, which lose protection function as soon as being located. As the leader of the whole nation, the president should be exemplary in ethic field, how can we require a common leader to be unmitigated honest if such criteria does not even suit the president?
Indeed, honesty should always be one of the most important requirement for a leader, yet hardly can we make it right the most important one, which may be misleading and deleterious dealing with practical matter. To a leader, it’s the benefit of his group that he ought to consider most. In most of situations, being candid and straightforward may be beneficial to his group, whereas sometimes a little white lie or a restrained expression may be more suitable.
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