Those Who Have To Live In Fear Let Them Be. For the Tobacco-Free Policy. In trying to be accommodating to everybody, other leaders tend to show too much clemency, forgetting that it is impossible to make a policy that satisfies everyone. However, such a leadership approach is not the best as it weakens the power of the leader. As an illustration, Niccolo Machiavelli, a loyal Florentine and author of The Prince, argues that, through too much mercy, disorders arise, from which follow murders or robberies. In short, what Machiavelli is saying is that if leaders do not exercise all their power by enforcing policies and corresponding penalties, then the community is doomed. Indeed, Machiavelli is saying the truth. Considering the tobacco-free campus policy at Lander University, which is not being implemented as expected by the students, the leadership style and the policy need to be …show more content…
At this juncture, the issue at hand becomes an expense as it starts to involve lawyers, hearings and the likes. Also, I would like to believe that since it is stated that faculty’s campus organizations are prohibited from accepting any money or gifts from tobacco companies, the faculty as a whole does not earn any financial boosters from tobacco companies. Thus, the damage caused is catered for by the faculty. Likewise, such an experience is what Machiavelli describes as rewarding a few but offending many. Mostly, by this statement, he shows that there are some activities which are satisfactory for a small portion of the population (in this case allowing the “smoking zone”) but hurt the larger part. Altogether, the responsible officials allow the “smoking zone” that is used by few people as compared to the large number of non-smokers who are offended. Also, the offended group include the students and other faculty