To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to addre

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

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.

Surely, moral ethics and standards are one of the most important eccentricities of the most effective leaders the world has known till date; they make way for their followers and set an example for the mankind. Public officials who grow as leaders generally lead a larger population that include the groups who belong to different social stratum all together. Considering two scenarios, where a leader who turns out to be indifferent to the destitute might make the poor go through greater hardships and on the other hand a compassionate leader will help alleviate the indigents. The effectiveness of any leader is defined by their virtues and principles, which is why they are chosen to be lead in the first place. Thus, as the statement avers, it indeed is important for any public official to maintain the highest ethical and moral standards in order to be an effective leader.

The statement positively links morals and ethics to the quality of an effective leader. After all, moral ethics and principles not only make a leader stand out of the ordinary but also help leading the society in the right direction. For example, Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest President America has witnessed, is lionized as an astute politician who played a vital role in leading the cause for abolishing slavery and uniting states eventually giving people equal rights irrespective of their race and creed. As he set an example for the humanity, his moral values and ethics are still admired and followed by many. These set of moral principles are undeniably a benchmark for any public representative across the globe.

Moreover, great leaders stand out from the ordinary crowd mainly because of their justice and honesty. People tend judge their leaders on the basis of their moral ethics and standards that include the sense of key decision making and justice in terms of sex, religion, colour and creed. The world regards Mahatma Gandhi, as a leader of Indian independence movement against British colonial rule, who employed non-violent civil disobedience that led India to independence and inspired civil rights and freedom across the world. He is renowned for dedicating his life in discovering and pursuing truth and living in modest conditions. His principles and ethics motivated many followers who practiced the same morals and standards.

In contrast to the statement, a reasonable person might as well argue that not all leaders obey these moral ethics and still effectively rule the population. However, these leaders when follow unethical practices are at one point or the other, impeached for their misconduct and might not be regarded as effective leaders. For example, Bill Clinton, President of America at one time, is certainly known for his achievements and his contributions towards the economy, but nonetheless, questioned by many as he was involved in unethical scandals. Leaders that present morality in one case while completely loosening the other part of it, set a negative example for the young officials and the society they govern. People considering them as role models often follow the same unethical path to become successful as their leader inspires them to do so, while others attribute this as immoral behavior and their lose credibility from such leaders.

A famous quote by Abraham Lincoln, “nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power” is applicable to any human being. Though leaders not last forever, their morals and values continue inspiring the attitudes of many. It is therefore, responsibility of the public officials to maintain these moral principles within them and at the same time within the society.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, moreover, nonetheless, so, still, therefore, thus, well, while, after all, for example, in contrast, in contrast to, in the first place, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 32.0 14.8657303371 215% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 33.0505617978 118% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3115.0 2235.4752809 139% => OK
No of words: 601.0 442.535393258 136% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18302828619 5.05705443957 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.95129289623 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76834880095 2.79657885939 99% => OK
Unique words: 299.0 215.323595506 139% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.497504159734 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 990.9 704.065955056 141% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.4680477076 60.3974514979 87% => OK
Chars per sentence: 135.434782609 118.986275619 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.1304347826 23.4991977007 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.04347826087 5.21951772744 154% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.204848907603 0.243740707755 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.070251149578 0.0831039109588 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0595446437284 0.0758088955206 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.120916031063 0.150359130593 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0561376171008 0.0667264976115 84% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.0 14.1392134831 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 48.8420337079 92% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.06 12.1639044944 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.02 8.38706741573 108% => OK
difficult_words: 156.0 100.480337079 155% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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