Who should hold leaders accountable for failures in financial reporting and budget discipline? How can an agency mitigate damages from an unethical monetary situation? How does an agency build trust after poor public stewardship of monies?
Include the following:
Detail the need and importance of public stewardship in budgeting
Ethical requirements for leaders to consider for proper public stewardship
Consequences of unethical or poor public stewardship
Consider utilizing a recent current events article for reference to a recent incident of unethical public stewardship of budgetary monies.