tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post5326424414742387105..comments2024-02-19T08:12:53.815-05:00Comments on The Right Thing: THE RIGHT THING: `WITHOUT YOU, WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY'Jeffrey L. Seglinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15648051034425906705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-31347810079961384572009-03-30T03:31:00.000-04:002009-03-30T03:31:00.000-04:00There are many issues connected to this scandal, o...There are many issues connected to this scandal, of which two issues I find crucial. <BR/><BR/>One of the is to decide for myself, if the bonuses wouldn't do better if paid, in fact, since the appearances of the DeSantis open letter of resignation. I still haven't decided on that myself.<BR/><BR/>The second issue, however, is much more important in my eyes, and that is the way the politician behaved during the whole scandal. Here I have made up my mind for sure. This article here http://docstalk.blogspot.com/2009/03/forget-bonus-outrage-what-about.html shows exactly what I mean.<BR/><BR/>Take care, Ellitoronto condoshttp://ellidavis.com/toronto/condos/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166579.post-27630895063775058932009-03-29T11:31:00.000-04:002009-03-29T11:31:00.000-04:00This reminds me of the classic Arthur Miller play ...This reminds me of the classic Arthur Miller play "All My Sons" which, as those who know it will remember, involved an aircraft engine parts maker who pretended not to know that cracked parts were being shipped, and several young WWII pilots died as a result. Jeff, you were right on about this. The fact that this CEO went looking for lawyers to tell him what he wanted to hear exposes the cracks in his own ethical shell. (Funny how we're not surprised that he could find lawyers to tell him to pretend not to know.)So if it ever does come back to bite him, he can always say, "It's not MY fault - my lawyers advised me, etc., etc."<BR/> In a poetic way, it's also a reminder of how relevant the Garden of Eden allegory really is. Once we know something (eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge) we can't go back to not knowing. What we do with the knowledge we have is the test, as I see it.<BR/> I'm sure that CEO thinks the bottom line is all about money. I think the bottom line is that he was being tested and he failed.M. Lawrencenoreply@blogger.com