Senior offs are no different to the rest of us - we all are caught by the short and curlies of promotion/apparent prestige/money/mortgage/family as we are all human but we do seem to be losing our grip on our consciences and selfless duty to the greater good.
Is that anything to do with our increasingly introverted, impersonal and godless society? Who knows but until we all start asking ourselves questions like:
Where am I going?
What have I achieved?
Can I look myself in the eye in the mirror?
Is the prestige/promotion worth the loss of self-esteem?
What do my family/friends think?
Is there some better way?
....then we will continue a downward spiral - led by our superiors.
Those people who hold high office must be the ones to set an example.