Deflategate lessons: Leaders have no right to make poor ethical decisions

There's a soft spot in my heart for the New England Patriots. Their head coach, Bill Belichick, is the son of my one of my coaches at Navy, the late Steve Belichick. One of the players I coached went on to play for the Patriots, I lived in New England for a few years — so you get the picture: I like the Patriots.

There's been quite a kerfuffle over the past few weeks regarding the partially deflated footballs that the Patriots used during their win over the Indianapolis Colts — commonly known as "deflategate." From an ethics perspective, there is a really important lesson here for all of us who are in leadership positions.

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