Anthony West wrote:
If an Amoroso bread truck man is discovered by a newspaper to be selling
drugs out of the back of his truck without the knowledge or assistance
of Amoroso higherups, then this is not an act of wrongdoing *by*
Amoroso. The clock starts ticking on the question of corporate
corruption after corporate management was demonstrably aware of the
problem.
Field personnel for UCD are in a comparable position. The clock starts
ticking on Wendell after he is notified by somebody of a potential
problem with Fenton. That is the earliest hour at which "corruption" can
begin.
The same with the safety ambassador who was busted for burglary. That
was an act of wrongdoing by the employee, not wrongdoing by the employer.
Was it negligence by the employer? Arguably. But I don't know if there
are any industry-wide standards in the safety ambassador biz. It is
*not* police work, you know. It sounds like this agency learned from
this experience and decided to change its policy.
I have personal doubts about even the wisdom of that, though. A real
problem in working-class West Philadelphia is a large number of men with
criminal records who find it hard to get straight employment. I would
want a community-service agency around here to show some compassion and
cut people some slack, as that in the long run may do more to reduce
crime than the crack-down-on-ex-cons policy you are advocating, Ray.
Things that make sense on Locust Walk may have unintended consequences
on 52nd St. I'm not even sure Councilwoman Blackwell would agree with
you on this one. She has a warm heart.
I don't have an answer to this one. Glad I'm not the one hiring them.
the breadtruck analogy above is misapplied. for example, in
the malcolm x park incident, fenton did not act alone, and
the event took place over 2 days.
an organization where wrongdoings can happen, repeatedly,
and under the nose of its administration, has, evidently,
little in its structure to ensure accountability, little to
ensure its employees will speak up, little to ensure that
wrongdoing is addressed BEFORE it reaches the press. that's
why we say then that the *organization* is corrupt. if we
want to define corruption as possibly occurring only after
an employee is caught red-handed by a newspaper or an
administrator, then we should all be glad we're not the ones
doing any hiring!
perhaps curio theater could stage a production of hamlet in
clark park one of these fine summer evenings, so that people
can see for themselves what a corrupt organization looks
like and how it works: how everyone in the organization is
subjected to playing along, wittingly or unwittingly, how
it's all business as usual -- until a university student
opens his mouth.
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