Re: Request to remove Information

[marc <gmane@auxbuss.com>]

Katipo said...
> Clive Menzies wrote:
> 
> >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Clive Menzies wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited
> >>>experience of large corporations has been similar.  As in many other
> >>>bureaucratic organisations (public and commercial), it is the 'system'
> >>>rather than the individuals which is flawed.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Well, yes, but it is also the organisation that supplies both the 
> >>anonymity to indulge, and the sociological acceptance factor that comes 
> >>from the definition of 'success' provided by that organisation environment.
> >>
> >>The individual and the environment are reflections of each other.
> >>Deny the individual the right to be responsible for his environment, and 
> >>you deprive him of any means to improve upon it.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I couldn't agree more.  But in such flawed organisations, to attain
> >power to change the way things operate, requires compromising one's
> >principles to at least a limited degree.  Once the individual becomes a
> >beneficiary of the system, the motivation to address the inherent flaws
> >becomes diminished.
> >
> >Catch22.....
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> The evolutionary path of the corporate politician.
> And nobody permitted to climb to any 'higher level', within the 
> organisation, until the ethical base of the individual has been 
> appropriately compromised.
> 
> History is full of examples of nations attempting to change nations, 
> families attempting to change families, and individuals attempting to 
> bring about change in individuals, when the only way change can be 
> brought about in the external environment, is by way of change within 
> the individual.
> 
> What happens when the individual no longer exists?
> 
> Because, in the future, existence without the organisation is going to 
> become increasingly difficult.
> The 'organisation' is extending its boundaries to match nationalistic 
> ones, and the new ethic will be taught from birth.

It's a brave new world ;-) 

-- 
Best,
Marc