I know this is an engineering ethics class but I found the topic about the governor of New York for more appealing because it also has to do with ethics, what is morally right or wrong and I feel that this case has to do with exactly that and that’s why I chose to do a blog on it instead of doing the typical blog. A sex scandal has rock the politic realms of the New York State government and the main figure involved with this scandal is none another then the governor of New York Eliot Spitzer. The scandal erupted Monday when allegations surfaced that the 48-year-old Spitzer spent thousands of dollars on a call girl at a swanky Washington D.C. hotel on the night before Valentine's Day. To me being a governor of a State is not only about running a state but up holding an image, I feel that he had a moral obligation to the people who elected him. It is stated by the New York's Newsday that Governor Spitzer had as many as seven or eight liaisons over the past several years with prostitutes who was supplied by an international call girl ring based in New Jersey. It is also being stated by unidentified law enforcement officials, reported that the investigation began last year during an Internal Revenue Service review of suspicious financial transactions basically that sound to me like he is using tax payer’s money to pay for his extra curricula activities and this is being reported by banks. The same guy who is known as "Mr. Clean" for taking down organized crime and tackling Wall Street corruption, is himself committing a criminal act. Spitzer was once named Time magazine's "Crusader of the Year," he used his inauguration address to pledge to bring ethical government to New York isn’t that funny he wants to bring ethical government to New York but is involved in a sex scandal, I feel the position he puts himself in regards to the sex scandal and being married also show that he has no ethical standards how can you bring something such as ethics when you don’t have none, I’m just curious to see what you guys think of this case.
http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6013229&version=11&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
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You are right how can an individual who talks so much about ethics be doing something unethical. I believe that a person in his position has a lot of responsibilities and power. Governor Spitzer has misused is power and the tax payers money. What makes this issue even worse is that he married. Being a married man and a governor he should not done what he did. He broken the trust placed in him by the people of NY and the people that work for him. Your posting brings up a very interesting topic on obligations.
Once again we have another public official who thinks he's above the law. Who obviously thought he could not and would not be caught in his wrong doings. I found it even more interesting when Gov. David Paterson and his wife revealed their secret liaisons about their cheating on one another. The sad thing about this is how so many of us put our trust in these public officials and most seem to let us down. They fail to remember what is done in the dark will always come out in the light!
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