The Reasons for the Stigmatization of Leaders’ Punishment Power and the Strategies for Restoring Its Reputation

The implementation of the punishment power of leaders can play a role in curbing the occurrence of deviant behavior and maintaining organizational order. However, due to lack of scientific risk awareness among some members of the public, the punishment power of leaders has gradually been stigmatized. At the same time, the occurrence of non contingency punishments and the promotion of media opinion have further accelerated this stigmatization process. This requires the joint efforts of the whole society to form an aggregation effect through measures such as popularizing risk knowledge, strengthening institutional construction, and guiding healthy public opinion, ultimately achieving the legitimacy of the leader's punishment right to return, thereby eliminating social panic and improving the credibility and acceptability of the public’s punishment right to leaders.