March 31, 1998 Contact Maureen Shine (541) 346-3145 ADVISORY: Does the end justify the means for successful leaders? WHAT University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer will deliver the keynote address at a special joint meeting of the Rotary Clubs of Greater Boise. Frohnmayer will discuss the present state of morality and ethics in leadership, using the notorious political ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli to explore this subject. Frohnmayer will ask members of the audience to take a quiz entitled "How Machiavellian are you?" as part of the talk. The speech is free and open to the public and the cost for lunch is $18. WHEN Noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 [Frohnmayer's talk is scheduled for approximately 12:40-1:15 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session. WHERE Eagle Room, Boise Centre on the Grove, 850 Front St. BACKGROUND What if history's most infamous political consultant were alive today and influencing the next U.S. presidential election? That's the question to be explored by UO President Dave Frohnmayer in his speech "Machiavelli and the Problem of Leadership" at a special joint meeting of the Boise-area Rotary clubs. "Can you be a leader, without being unethical and immoral in your tactics?" Frohnmayer asks. "Or is leadership an inevitable way of losing one's soul?" Frohnmayer will explore these questions by looking at the political ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli, which after nearly five centuries exert influence and teach important lessons about politics today. Frohnmayer warns that Machiavelli's cynical advice is disturbingly modern--that leaders must deceive, but never appear deceptive; that they must strike enemies, and even allies, with early ferocity when it serves their advantage; and that conventional morality is not virtue, but is in fact a vice, if it does not advance their cause (although a `good' leader should be seen on CNN going to church). Frohnmayer is the 15th president of the University of Oregon, the state's 122-year- old center for liberal arts, science and professional studies. A former Oregon attorney general and state legislator, Frohnmayer assumed the UO presidency on July 1, 1994, and he believes it is possible for a good leader to be an honest leader. -30- #A-4071/Special