> It would depend on "what deal" was being put forward. Deals can be of > many types although most are "something you can't refuse" (usually of > the form of blackmail or threats)
If blackmail or threats are involved, the "green" org.s can call the cops, and also conveniently exploit this for PR purposes against the corporations. However, it is my experience that neither blackmail nor threats are necessary, because the board members share a similar mindset with the corporate bosses, or even "socio-economic" relations. There are even cases where the corrupt cooperation was initiated from the "green" side! > but sometimes the > psychological/emotional space of the one important person in the group > (org.) is the key used to turn the lock to open the door for the deal to > be made. In that case, the question is WHY such a person is AND REMAINS "the one important person" on the board. If the other board members have integrity, they can easily outvote or even throw out this one person, to prevent the sell-out and maintain the goals of the org. But if most of them are like this "one important person", then they'll instead outvote and throw out the one person that actually represents the membership and supposed goal of the org.! > OR...the frustration of non-accomplishment due to lack of > funding can become so depressing that unwise decisions occur and people > can be persuaded to sell (the org.) or accept needed donations if a > specified person is conveniently placed where they can keep watch and > dissect the org. or direct the flow of the org. Your attempts to make corruption look "just human" are not very convincing, and you now admit that the sell-out can't be blamed only on the buyer side. As in politics and other jobs with high responsibility and salary, the fact remains that such "human weaknesses" don't belong there, should be a rare exception and thus "outvoted"/overruled by a majority of professionals. If that is not the case, then one has to conclude that corruption rules, so these org.s don't deserve our trust and membership fees, no matter what the lame excuses. > And sometimes the > entire org. must be brought down (usually by the same methods they use > for their goals) You can hardly expect a violinist to beat a gang of wrestlers with their own methods!? No, of course a whistleblower has to use different methods, also because the corrupt power tools are not even at his disposal. But when the channels of communication are controlled by corrupt guys too, ...... --- > > It could be a genetic anomaly among the greedheads who run the show, but > > if you generalize this to everyone, you are making their PR. > > > > Chris > > > > I humbly suggest that 'red' heads, cement heads, 'ivory tower' heads, > politicos, media, etc. all have a Bell Curve distribution of: > > greed/power mongers at one tail > voluntary simplicity/idealistic at the other tail > > and a huge fat middle with most striving to improve their lot I wasn't talking about "red heads" etc., but about the greedheads who run the show in the boards of "green" org.s -- and to suggest that this highly self-selected and non-representative small sample would have the usual (i.e. same as the general population) Bell Curve distribution of greed, flies in the face of empirical observation, statistical logic and behavioral science. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
