What Hangs in the Balance: The Case for Principled, Ethical, Competent, and Courageously Selfless Leadership

The actions or inactions of elected and appointed leaders determine whether the people they serve flourish or suffer. What hangs in the balance is not just quality of life, but often life itself. Unprincipled and unethical leadership puts at risk mission accomplishment, good governance, public trust in democratic institutions, national security, and even the rule of law.

Over the course of Philippe Johnson’s twenty-four-year career as a United States Air Force officer, he learned to appreci...