Executive Excellence wants to recognize Clinton for his masterful deception of family, friends, staff members and the people of the United States and the world," said Ken Shelton, editor-in-chief.
"Only a person who has honed the skills of deceit and deception - a master of counterfeit leadership - would try to pull off such debauchery at such a high level," he said.
Clinton won the award "pants down" this year, he said. Simpson was the inaugural recipient in 1997.
"We see Clinton as kind of a political O.J. Simpson who is trying to use the same tricks. In other words, use legal loopholes to account for his actions," said Shelton, a past editor of Utah Bus-i-ness magazine.
Executive Excellence is a 15-year-old monthly digest with worldwide circulation of about 40,000. Its contributing editors, including Stephen R. Covey and Warren Bennis, are among the world's foremost authorities on leadership and management.
Covey, the author of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," and motivation expert Anthony Robbins met privately with Clinton at Camp David in January 1995. Covey declined at the time to discuss the meeting.
A former professor of business and organizational behavior at Brigham Young University, Covey stresses such traditional values as thrift, trustworthiness, family, integrity, foresight, honesty and responsibility.
Clinton earned the magazine's tribute based on six character traits:
- He does much of his work in the dark.
- He believes himself to be above the law.
- He breeds false emotion and devotion.
- He wastes human and other resources.
- He exploits people and opportunities for personal or political gain.
- He is a cool actor and hot reactor.
"Rarely do we find the traits and acts of one person so wonderfully illustrative of the counterfeit model," said Shelton, who two years ago wrote the book "Beyond Counterfeit Leadership, How You Can Become a More Authentic Leader."