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Article #581excuses for violating people's rights
From: John Otto
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1991 02:57
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1991 02:57
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What I keep reading here reminds me of the studies of honesty at the work-place. Billions of dollars are alleged by managers to have been stolen in the form of pens, pencils, etc every year. When the employees are interviewed about their views on the subject the answer always comes out to the effect that they (a) didn't realize they were not supposed to be able to help themselves or (b) that they are just using it as a means to recieve the compensation due them but not otherwise provided. I.e. they find some rationalization (looking at it from the point of view of the manager). That's what I keep reading here. Administrators keep saying, "Well, I never get into people's files.... unless I really feel like it would be more convenient to do so than the alternatives available." Then there's "People have a right to free speech, except when they say something I don't like."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!fsu1.cc.fsu.edu!otto From: otto@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu (John Otto) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: excuses for violating people's rights Message-ID: <1991Jun8.025350.10510@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Date: 8 Jun 91 02:57:35 GMT Sender: news@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Usenet News File Owner) Reply-To: otto@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu Organization: Florida State University Lines: 15 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 Nntp-Posting-Host: fsu1.cc.fsu.edu