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What makes an effective leader? The speaker gives an answer that an effective leader must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards. I agree with the author that ethics and morality earn a leader more effective leadership while working with his\her followers, but in my opinion, though high-level work ethics are needed by a leader, highest standards of personal morality, as the speaker believes to be a necessary, is not obligatory.As for work ethics, leaders should keep their manners to maintain a high-level work ethics as their duty.(这句话不通顺) By any measure, work ethics are something that will inevitable be mentioned for every position you take in the society, naturally including the( perhaps 这个词用这儿别扭) one of the most powerful roles, leader; after all, work ethics serve as the basic responsibilities formed in a certain career, (which lies the prerequisites on it by the society没用被动语态干吗by the society). And a public leader should keep higher ethical standard, for their influence on the society is greater, and they are in the spotlight of public, vice versa(什么叫反之亦然,凡反什么): a leader with a scandal of immoral behaviors even often ruin his whole reputation and quickly gain his turning to an valley in his political life, as that happened in the case of Richard Nixon. So without work ethics, leaders are even out of their chance to maintain their leadership, let alone having a better perform and higher effectiveness. When it comes to his\her personal morality of leaders in power, a more tolerate[tolerant] attitude might work, that effectiveness should be achieved by clarified disciplines and responsible managing, both linked with some kinds of techniques in management, other than personal morality of a certain one. Though it is undeniable that charisma of a leader earns admiration and credit which make decisions more receptive to followers and public, it is to some degree an advantage for one who owns that, rather than a requirement for everyone, for the power itself will grantee the leadership for leaders: merely well-done of his duty -- successful management for a leader -- is enough for the position.[这个观点太另类了,尼克松贵为总统,权力够大了吧,且政绩不俗,能拯救他吗?] Though it is not suitable for those social leaders advocating their faith with no actual power but social credits and admiration, fortunately, public officials merely encounter these problems.To sum up, without high-level of work ethics, public officials will not be accepted by the society as the managers to gain his power; while without highest standard of personal morality which can arouse public’s spontaneous support, power will be complement for that. [有些句子读起来很别扭,多在语言上下点功夫吧。] |