Rob Ford Toronto City Council Case Study
Rob Ford & Toronto City Council
MacEwan University
November 24, 2013
Table of Contents
Introduction Rob Ford, the current mayor of Toronto, has caused an ongoing fiasco in the Toronto city council. Allegations of drug abuse as well as other scandalous behavior have caused Mr. Ford to become the target of the wrath of Toronto city council members. These parties have entered a negotiation to remove Ford from his mayoral position, as a result of these allegations and other irresponsible behaviors. The debate between Ford and Toronto city council has extended beyond the two parties, and involving others. The arguments exchanged breach ethical issues, and are troublesome to the stakeholders involved. …show more content…
In the first chapter of the textbook, Ury, Brett and Goldberg (2009, p.3) state that “some rights are formalized in law or contract while other rights are socially accepted standards of behaviors.” In the Rob Ford Fiasco, it is easy to determine who is right. First of all, in the political perspective, the mayor admits purchasing illegal drugs that is wrong and he apologizes for his mistakes. Also, in the social perspective, it is obviously wrong for a mayor to use drug and being a negative leader of the city. Toronto’s City Council and citizens all agree that Rob Ford is wrong in this situation and they need further actions to solve this …show more content…
The media is portraying him as insane and that is beginning to affect Toronto and Canada. Rob Ford began being apologetic, ashamed and sad for what he did; but he has now turned to hurt and anger at how the situation is playing out. These emotions are guiding his poor decisions. Lax suggests one should ”respond to the emotion when your counterpart displays emotion” (2010, p.107). Acknowledging his emotions is just grounds to open communication. “Being empathetic does not mean that you have to accept responsibility for the other persons feelings or allow these feeling to serve as a basis for action. Remember: be both empathetic and assertive” (Lax, 2010, p.107). Toronto and Canada need to make it clear to Rob Ford that despite what ever he is going through personally he need to pull himself together and start representing himself and his city as professional. They need to label the concessions to their reputation they have made to allow him to stay in office and demand reciprocity by him to meet the tasks of what they would like from him (Malhorta, 2010,
MacEwan University
November 24, 2013
Table of Contents
Introduction Rob Ford, the current mayor of Toronto, has caused an ongoing fiasco in the Toronto city council. Allegations of drug abuse as well as other scandalous behavior have caused Mr. Ford to become the target of the wrath of Toronto city council members. These parties have entered a negotiation to remove Ford from his mayoral position, as a result of these allegations and other irresponsible behaviors. The debate between Ford and Toronto city council has extended beyond the two parties, and involving others. The arguments exchanged breach ethical issues, and are troublesome to the stakeholders involved. …show more content…
In the first chapter of the textbook, Ury, Brett and Goldberg (2009, p.3) state that “some rights are formalized in law or contract while other rights are socially accepted standards of behaviors.” In the Rob Ford Fiasco, it is easy to determine who is right. First of all, in the political perspective, the mayor admits purchasing illegal drugs that is wrong and he apologizes for his mistakes. Also, in the social perspective, it is obviously wrong for a mayor to use drug and being a negative leader of the city. Toronto’s City Council and citizens all agree that Rob Ford is wrong in this situation and they need further actions to solve this …show more content…
The media is portraying him as insane and that is beginning to affect Toronto and Canada. Rob Ford began being apologetic, ashamed and sad for what he did; but he has now turned to hurt and anger at how the situation is playing out. These emotions are guiding his poor decisions. Lax suggests one should ”respond to the emotion when your counterpart displays emotion” (2010, p.107). Acknowledging his emotions is just grounds to open communication. “Being empathetic does not mean that you have to accept responsibility for the other persons feelings or allow these feeling to serve as a basis for action. Remember: be both empathetic and assertive” (Lax, 2010, p.107). Toronto and Canada need to make it clear to Rob Ford that despite what ever he is going through personally he need to pull himself together and start representing himself and his city as professional. They need to label the concessions to their reputation they have made to allow him to stay in office and demand reciprocity by him to meet the tasks of what they would like from him (Malhorta, 2010,