Was Leyla Wydler heroic or reckless?

Leyla Wydler was a financial advisor for the Standford Financial Group, who sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission about her employer. She suspected that a former Financial Advisor employed by Stanford Group was alleging a Ponzi scheme involving the Stanford International Bank Certificates of Deposit. As a result of her suspicion, she refused to sell certificated to her clients, and she was soon fired.

Leyla Wydler was heroic. If she would have continued selling these misleading advertisements, many lives would have been ruined. She decided to take a stand even though she was punished for it. Being reckless is without thinking or caring about the consequences of an action. With that being said, Leyla Wydler was not reckless. She was simply proclaiming the truth in the midst of those who sit quietly. She wanted other people to know be informed about this scheme so that no reputations were ruined and no securities and banking authorities were ridiculed. Although this was a hard thing to do, she stood by what she thought was morally right.

 

 

 

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