Hmmm...Apparently the OS list didn't want my response either. Following is my reply to Raffi...
> I'm fascinated by your question, Raffi, and looking forward to the responses > from the > list. I know one consultant who will not work with "defense" related > companies (why do > they call it defence when they spend so much time (and money) on the > offensive?...but I > digress!). > > I'm not sure how OS would be used to destructive ends - unless destruction > were the goal > of the group? OS by its very nature is not manipulative - the law of two feet > seems to > take care of any of the self-important people with predetermined agendas, > along with the > open invitation that tends only to invite people with definite passion. If a > facilitator > were to bend or twist the principles and the law, it would all of a sudden > stop being OS. > > Best wishes, > Phil Culhane > > > > On Aug 30, Raffi Aftandelian <ra...@pochtamt.ru> wrote: > > I am reposting this as it doesn't seem to have made its way on to the > > list... > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Raffi Aftandelian > > > > To: OSLIST > > > > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:06 PM > > > > Subject: ethics and OS > > > > > > > > > > > > I have seen a little bit in the past about ethics and OS and it is a big > > topic. > > > > > > > > Tools don't care how they're used. And I imagine then that OS can be used > > both for > constructive and destructive ends. Are there clients you have turned down or > make of > point of not working with because the organization's mission (as one example) > goes > against your values? > > > > > > > > For example, would you be willing to do an OS with a large forestry company > > known for > clearcutting if the aim of the OS was to make the company more effective in > its work (to > profit more)? > > > > > > > > Are there people you would not "teach" OS to because you had a strong sense > > is that > they would misuse it? > > > > > > > > I ask these questions as I begin thinking about working with business. I > > have worked > almost entirely in the nonprofit sector, and only recently (in the past few > years) have I > come to be more open to business. > > > > > > > > Ponderously, > > > > Raffi > > > > > > > > p.s. Counting down to Goa! (finally got my visa!-- a tourist visa) > > > > p.p.s. when will the next poetry competition be? I would love to give it a > > go(a) next > time. > > > > > > > > * > > > > * > > > > ========================================================== > > > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > > > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > > > <a href='http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html'>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/ archives/oslist.html</a> > > > > > > > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > > > <a href='http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist'>http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a> > > > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > <a href='http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html'>http://listserv.boisestate.edu/ archives/oslist.html</a> > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > <a > href='http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist'>http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist</a> > > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
