Need for ethics in politics

When it comes to trust in leadership, no organisation and no country can survive without it.

We expect our political leaders to behave ethically, which is one major trait on which trust is built, probably the most important.

Good ethics can be fostered through all forms of teaching which clearly distinguish right from wrong but also by constructing systems and structures which maximise the opportunity to behave ethically and minimise unethical behaviour.

This applies to corporations as well as to many public institutions, eg. the police, the civil service and the political system.

It would seem that the latter is in great need of restructuring in Australia.

Klaas Woldring, Pearl Beach