“...Cicero wrote that the disastrous civil wars that broke out in his Republic resulted from a widespread failure to obey his precept that, ‘The Administration of government, like the office of a trustee, must be conducted for the benefit of those entrusted to one’s care, not of those to whom it is entrusted’ (Cicero 87). The basis for Cicero’s precept is pragmatic as much as it is moralistic, and his logic extends to all liberal vocations that exist on the basis of service. It is proper and desirable for a vocation to generate an income commensurate with its value. But there is no more destructive a mindset than that which confuses the value of a vocation, with that potential financial gains it offers. Whether he is a Roman Senator, Provincial Governor or CEO, the bearer of this mindset is led inexorably to disregard the purpose of his position and become the clever architect of a sanctioned racket.”