To what extent do public officials have a right to privacy?
10 Answers to "To what extent do public officials have a right to privacy?"
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Their private lives should be respected. How they do their public work should always be open to questioning and scrutiny.
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Their love.life is theirs...not ours
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Anything that relates to the person's past and present integrity/honesty, reliability, job history, performance on those jobs, etc....is all up for grabs as far as I'm concerned. But their familys should be left alone.
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Anything about the family and domestic life is out of bounds to me. Their kids and loved ones didn't sign up for that crap.
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If they are involved in representing the community or setting legal statutes then the public has a right to know when their actions have stepped outside the law or generally held standards of acceptable behaviour.
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In the toilet but I would not vote for someone that is abusing their children.
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Their home life? The same as anyone else. Their public life? None. Complete transparency.
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Very little.
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Zero. Absolutely ....."Zero".
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Best Answer (Chosen By Asker):
Posted by BamPow Aug 23rd, 2012 at 12:09PM
They have an obligation to be transparent about anything that might influence their decision-making and/or ability to do the job. Anyone who seeks public office needs to understand that they are giving up a chunk of privacy to hold that office.
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