issue43

htpengUID: 2115584

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


The speaker asserts that the highest ethical and moral standards is important to an effective leader. This view is right to a certain extent. But in my opinion it is not comprehensive for the reason that to be an effective leader calls for some more qualities.

First of all, when it comes to politics, few could deny the importance of ethical and moral standards of a leader. Bill Clinton whose scandal nearly destroyed his political life comes immediately to mind. Clinton's sexual and reckless behavior demolishes his political figure greatly and also reduces his leadership. Another example is Nixon who played an active role in withholding the information about watergate cover-up. His dishonest behavior makes American angry and eventually caused his failure in politics. In history, ample similar examples can be found. The two former American presidents' behavior demonstrates the speaker's view that public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.

However, to have a high ethical and moral figure is not enough to be an effective leader. The most importance quality of a leader is to make people take his order for granted. For a specific example, if a leader is a good ethical and moral man, but he fails to make his order practiced because of his underling's resistance, few will think him as an effective leader. To make underlings do what the leader like calls for the cohesion which is maintained by the leader. In most of world famous enterprise, you can see this kind of cohesion in their office. Take Enron for example, its former leaders makes an improper policy that every employee's work is judged by others, and this make the employees tend to work separately and resist their leaders, which is part of the reason why such a big company is bankrupt.

Moreover, sometimes an effective public official should know how to make his underlings admire him. This is because if they admire him they will more likely to do as he tells. An effective leader is sometimes a expert in science institution for the reason that no researchers will listen to a layman's order. However, if the leader is a famous specialist who is fairly adept at this discipline, the researchers will surely do as he tells. In this case, the famous export has an advantage that the underlings always admire a man who is the best in the field.

In the final analysis, the speaker makes a correct claim that an effective public official should maintain the highest ethical and moral standards but the claim is not comprehensive for the reason that it overlooks some more important qualities. The purport of all these necessary qualities is to make underlings do as the leader tells.

vickyqiuUID: 2114845

issue43

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


The speaker asserts that the highest ethical and moral standards is important to an effective leader. This view is right to a certain extent. But in my opinion it is not comprehensive for the reason that to be an effective leader calls for some more qualities.

First of all, when it comes to politics, few could deny the importance of ethical and moral standards of a leader. Bill Clinton whose scandal nearly destroyed his political life comes immediately to mind. Clinton's sexual and reckless behavior demolishes his political figure greatly and also reduces his leadership. Another example is Nixon who played an active role in withholding the information about watergate cover-up. His dishonest behavior makes American angry and eventually caused his failure [lead to the ultimate failure in reelection] in politics. In history, ample similar examples can be found. The two former American presidents' behavior demonstrates the speaker's view that public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards. [l例子好精彩]

However, to have a high ethical and moral figure is not enough to be an effective leader. The most importance quality of a leader is to make people take his order for granted [这个观点太绝对了，或许这样说好一些: …is to make his/her order carried out immediately and efficiently ] . For a specific example, if [改为supposed 老外很喜欢用假设条件 ] a leader is a good ethical and moral man, but he fails to make his order practiced because of his underling's resistance, few will think [respect  或 view] him as an effective leader. To make underlings do what the leader like calls for the cohesion which is maintained [ can be generate and should be maintain ] by the leader. In most of world famous enterprise, you can see this kind of cohesion in their office. Take Enron for example, its former leaders makes an improper policy that every employee's work is judged by others, and this make the employees tend to work separately and resist their leaders, which is part of the reason why such a big company is bankrupt.

Moreover, sometimes an effective public official should know how to make his underlings admire him. This is because if they admire him they will more likely to do as he tells. An effective leader is sometimes a expert in science institution for the reason that no researchers will listen to a layman's order. [是要表达有效的领导通常是科研所专家吗？这样的话有问题也] However, if the leader is a famous specialist who is fairly adept at this discipline, the researchers will surely do as he tells. In this case, the famous export has an advantage that the underlings always admire a man who is the best in the field.

In the final analysis, the speaker makes a correct claim that an effective public official should maintain the highest ethical and moral standards but the claim is not comprehensive for the reason that it overlooks some more important qualities. The purport of all these necessary qualities is to make underlings do as the leader tells.

文章的underlying 是表达属下的意思吗？改词可以这样用吗？不是很清楚也
优点是例子很不错，缺点是反驳时论证语句还需要斟酌。呵呵
芹菜

czzbUID: 208982

说一点个人看法

我觉得你没有完全理解题意 这个issue是说effective leader must。。。。。换句话说 是moral是不是必须的  是不是要highest 而不是问你还需要什么quality 你的bod23就偏了很多 这样是很危险也很可惜的

[ Last edited by czzb on 2005-7-22 at 09:58 ]

htpengUID: 2115584

感谢芹菜和czzb的修改:)

to芹菜：underling本身就是下属的意思没有y的

to czzb:但是我觉得在看ets和北美范文的时候很多情况下作者都会做出相关的延伸,而且把本题的主要意思看作to be a effective leader所需要的条件也未尝不可. 如果只是对highest moral standards的论述我觉得会局限很多，我非常反感NO那种就一个问题正反面来来回回说好多段的写法，国外范文里很少有那么写的。。。。。

abigredUID: 154473

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


The speaker asserts that the highest ethical and moral standards is important to an effective leader. This view is right to a certain extent. But in my opinion it is not comprehensive for the reason that to be an effective leader calls for some more qualities.

First of all, when it comes to politics, few could deny the importance of ethical and moral standards of a leader. Bill Clinton whose scandal nearly destroyed his political life comes immediately to mind. Clinton's sexual and reckless behavior demolishes his political figure greatly and also reduces用词不准确，weaken考虑一下 his leadership. Another example is Nixon who played an active role in withholding the information about watergate cover-up. His dishonest behavior makes American angry and eventually caused his failure in politics. In history, ample similar examples can be found. The two former American presidents' behavior demonstrates the speaker's view that public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.

However, to have a high ethical and moral figure is not enough to be an effective leader. The most importance quality of a leader is to make people take his order for granted. For a specific example, if a leader is a good ethical and moral man, but he fails to make his order practiced because of his underling's resistance, few will think him as an effective leader. To make underlings do what the leader like calls for the cohesion which is maintained by the leader. In most of world famous enterprise, you can see this kind of cohesion in their office. Take Enron for example, its former leaders makes an improper policy that every employee's work is judged by others, and this make the employees tend to work separately and resist their leaders, which is part of the reason why such a big company is bankrupt. 昨天讨论的时候说了一下,public official 是公务员、官员的意思，这里用安然的例子，不恰当

Moreover, sometimes an effective public official should know how to make his underlings admire him. This is because if they admire him they will more likely to do as he tells. An effective leader is sometimes a expert in science institution for the reason that no researchers will listen to a layman's order. However, if the leader is a famous specialist who is fairly adept at this discipline, the researchers will surely do as he tells. In this case, the famous export has an advantage that the underlings always admire a man who is the best in the field.

In the final analysis, the speaker makes a correct claim that an effective public official should maintain the highest ethical and moral standards but the claim is not comprehensive for the reason that it overlooks some more important qualities. The purport of all these necessary qualities is to make underlings do as the leader tells.

跟czzb有相似看法。
第一，这个题目有一个关键词是highest，形容ethnic and moral standard, 我认为这是论证的中心，起码是与道德相连的讨论
第二，你在论证的时候，把很大的篇幅用以论证如何做一个effective的leader，我认为可以把这段浓缩一下，用最后一段加以稍微的论证，而前面至少有两段道德与政治的关系，不然离题有点远

xuhaimengUID: 2116891

ding,不错学习一下