Penn State / Joe Paterno Term Paper

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e. Paterno - would not have had the centralized power that he possessed. Instead of him being the lone arbiter of the team's interests and performance, he would have been controlled by the necessary third objective party that Paknis insisted should have been there to investigate each and every aspect of the team's functioning. Paterno would have been simply an actor within a larger democratic system of individuals objectively interested in the team's good and in their ethical performance. These would have included an objective and large area of stakeholders such as citizens, groups, elected representatives, and other appropriate institutions.
In this way, Paterno would have been held in check and his mythical presence controlled by objectively elected representatives and citizens who would have taken great care to ensure that public interest, rather than personal interest, prevails. It is the leader's responsibility to enhance the team's reputation not to destroy it, and although Paterno possessed all of Bolman and Deal's leadership characteristics in spade-fulls he misused these leadership qualities by letting his personal interests predominate and, therefore, he allowed children's lives to be destroyed whilst his leadership scandals led to destruction of the team......

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