Andrew Prior wrote: > This is kind of like it is.... > > Day 1 > Boss sends you to company A... very top end of town. > You are high paid, discreet consultant... [ well, Boss's company is > high paid, maybe not you ;-( ] > You discover A has Unbelievably World's Worst Practice in Widgets. > You have nothing to do with Company A's widgets... you are there for > another reason. > You go pale, then tell them, politely, a la Duty of Care as their highly > paid consultant. > A's Widget Boss says very primly, "We are fine thank you." [Translation: > Piss off!} > > You go to toilet, vomit, laugh hysterically.... I mean like, this is > serious stuff. > You tell Boss. > Boss says, I know, being telling them for ages. They don't think it's > important. Much rolling of eyes. > > Day 2 > Boss sends you to Company B... also national company, if not quite top > end of town > Quite by chance, Managing Dir company B is also personal friend. > Managing Dir company B is also good christian colleague, you have some > church connections too. > [SA is very incestuous like this for all you vics and nsw's] > > You notice by chance while working at Company B that they will probably > use Company A on large multimillion dollar project. > You *are* directly hired to consider Company B's widgets, among other > things, but have nothing to do whatsoever with the aforesaid project. > You don't know if A's widgets will affect B's widgets. > > Given you and Boss have been nagging Company A, they might think of you > as a source of a leak.... A needs you, but has lots of clout... they > could cause you lots of grief [translate: lose your job, Boss lose the > company] > B probably needs A, can't just go else-where. > > So.... > > What will you say to who[m]?
I studied Justice and Ethics, an answer from that background would differ from one arrising from the study of politics and media. The christian experience is that Truth and integrity are costly, even ultmately costly. The answer depends on how much the truth costs, and if one is prepared to pay such a price. Where is the greater cost - and I do not mean financial but cost in terms of people and their well being (which seems to be the concern of Jesus) over personal gain, sectarian interests, greedy agendas and power struggles? Peace, Rob -- Robert & Barbara Dummermuth Uniting Church in Australia East Gippsland Patrol Swifts Creek 3896 tel/fax 03 5159 4242 office 03 5152 3460 mobile 0428 532 304 radio ph 03 5174 6149 - 738 0922 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vic.uca.org.au/gippsland/egram ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
