| Topic: |
Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"ClassWarz" |
| Date: |
30 May 2004 01:53:09 AM |
| Object: |
Private tyranny in the workplace |
Private tyranny in the workplace:
From
The Ethical Vacuum and
Workplace Abuse
by Cedric Johnson, PhD
http://www.bizspirit.com/bsj/current/fea2.html
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Workplace abuse does not occur in a vacuum. Nor does it develop suddenly.
There is a slow erosion of life-affirming values to the point where abuse in
the workplace is viewed as normal. On one of my recent corporate
consultations, I was impressed with a plaque in the reception area the
company. It set forth a high and noble mission statement of valuing the
employee and the customer. On the other side of the security doors the
people in the trenches gave me a completely different position. Abuse was
frequent and demoralizing. It was an organization that did not practice what
it preached.
Do corporations in this country not preach ethics? Not so. Eighty percent of
US Companies claim to have a code of ethics. Where then is the breakdown in
values to the point that people are abused? The answer is on many fronts.
Sometimes it's the corporate-wide gap between belief and practice. In other
cases it's one rotten apple that spoils the whole barrel.
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Corporations need to understand that they are guests in our country, not its
rulers!
And, guests are expected to show good manners or be shown the door!
It is time for corporations to show American citizens some good manners!
CLASSWARZ
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