> Asking people to act against their own interests voluntarily never works in the long term. It is safer to assume that businesses will act in self serving ways.
Then it's also safe to assume that legislators will act in self serving ways. Sure, they should represent your interests but let's not be naive.
IMO people should be held accountable for acting immorally, full stop. Just because it's particularly bad when public servants fail in their job doesn't let others off the hook.