What Dr. Anthony Fauci Teaches us About Leadership in a Crisis
Dr. Anthony Fauci will retire this month as the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ending a 38 year career in which he was presented with overseeing some of the most difficult and prolonged health-related crises.
“Dr. Fauci’s leadership highlights the importance of character in a time of crisis. Aristotle explained that moral virtue is formed by habit,” Sarah Cabral, a senior scholar in business ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, said via email.
“Dr. Fauci will be remembered for his moral courage shown in his consistent practice of honesty, even when that required revising previous positions and, what is more, risking his personal safety and the safety of his family,” she noted.
Sarah Cabral, senior scholar in business ethics, quoted by Forbes.
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