Mencius has many good lessons on leadership. Here is one, in Book 3, Part A.4 [1],
"To share one's wealth with others is generosity; to teach others to be good is conscientiousness; to find the right man for the Empire is benevolence. Hence, it is easier to give the Empire away than to find the right man for it."
When the President of the USA has to choose between commuting the sentence or pardoning entirely the Vice President's Chief of Staff because of his crimes, there obviously a problem in the White House when selecting staff.
Leaders who cannot pick honest men to work for them would seem to have a problem themselves with honesty.
Mengzi and Kongzi gave us lessons to teach leadership. We can use these lessons also to judge our leaders.
Robert
[1] Mencius, translated by D.C. Lau, Penguin Books, 1970, page 103.
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