

to me, the more principled stance would be to stay and resist until they are forced to fire you, which makes them look bad. I would have no qualms about telling my kids I made the right choice in that scenario. But others have pointed out that doing this might lead to a career civil servant losing their retirement benefits, and I can understand that that is a lot to throw away for resistance actions that will ultimately change very little.
IMO drunk drivers that haven’t injured anyone don’t need much punishment beyond having their license suspended, and maybe a wealth-proportional fine. Drunk drivers that have injured or killed someone certainly deserve harsher punishment, but having your entire career ruined over one no-collateral DD incident seems like overkill.