Re: Request to remove Information
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 14:35, marc wrote:
>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 ;-)
Isn't this the scenario George Orwell tried to warn us about 21 years
ago? Sure bears an amazing resemblance.
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