Guest guest Posted July 27, 1999 Report Share Posted July 27, 1999 David Bozzi [david.bozzi] Monday, July 26, 1999 12:31 PM Business Ethics David Bozzi <david.bozzi Hi Harsha, 'Business Ethics'. : ) Hmmmm...sounds like an oxymoron. It doesn't have to be but business in this age seems inseparable from greed and corruption. That's too bad. If by off-chance you do find such a book which expounds the idea of integrating selflessness with business practice, no doubt such an integration will have to be transmitted from you, Harsha, and not so much a book. I have the utmost faith in your capacity to have a favorable effect on these students, book or no book... David Thanks David for your kind thoughts (Keep them coming :--). By the way, given your insights and gift for poetry, have you thought about writing a short poem about Corporate America or the Multinational Corporation. If you are inspired to do so, please share (I want to put something original on the syllabi! :--). Thanks buddy. Harsha --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Start a new ONElist list & you can WIN great prizes! See homepage for details on ONElist's new "FRIENDS & FAMILY" program. ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 1999 Report Share Posted July 27, 1999 Hi Harsha: Oxymoron.....that's pretty appropriate. I've come to believe that modern business is the true religion of today and continues the cruelty of America's Puritan roots. Like David, I have confidence that you can affect your students in a positive way. Other than Deepak Chopra's 'Seven Laws of Spiritual Success' I know of no books that address business in an ethical way. Have you thought of contacting some companies that do have an ethical approach to business? Ben & Jerry's comes to mind as does Real Goods, Inc. Lots of Luck, Linda >Hi Harsha, >'Business Ethics'. : ) Hmmmm...sounds like an oxymoron. It doesn't have to >be >but business in this age seems inseparable from greed and corruption. >That's too bad. If by off-chance you do find such a book which expounds >the idea of integrating selflessness with business practice, no doubt such >an >integration will have to be transmitted from you, Harsha, and not so much a >book. >I have the utmost faith in your capacity to have a favorable effect on >these students, book or no book... David Thanks David for your kind thoughts (Keep them coming :--). By the way, given your insights and gift for poetry, have you thought about writing a short poem about Corporate America or the Multinational Corporation. If you are inspired to do so, please share (I want to put something original on the syllabi! :--). Thanks buddy. Harsha --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Start a new ONElist list & you can WIN great prizes! See homepage for details on ONElist's new "FRIENDS & FAMILY" program. ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 1999 Report Share Posted July 28, 1999 David Bozzi <david.bozzi > 'Business Ethics'. : ) Hmmmm...sounds like an oxymoron. It doesn't have to > be > but business in this age seems inseparable from greed and corruption. A story from the cable boy, I love my job, as i come to practice tai-chi, in each movement i make. It's a discipline, a service to me. Two days ago, i went to install the cable for a lady. Each case is unique. As i was installing the cable, as i may install cable modem, the phone or the videophone, the lady got curious about me, asking me about my education, my origin. And she could not believe i was doing this job instead of being the corporate manager of my firm, with all my education. And i was telling her i like my job, i enjoy every moment of it, and i am free from it as i leave it. And i "think" (projection here), she could see it in my eyes that i like my job as much as making love to a woman, to take a frame of reference, or playing in my garden, or looking a a beautiful night sky, etc... She only had on idea in her head, the stock market, and wanted me to like it as much. When the tv was connected, she jumped on the stock market channel, to start crying. She told me she just had lost 50,000 dollars today. I hold her in my harms for a while without saying a word, then i left for my next job. It was the Prime minister of the province of Quebec, Lucien Bouchard, who wanted to look at CNN in an office of his. But that his another story. I love my job, Antoine -- "When people say they're looking for the meaning of life, what they're really looking for is a deep experience of it." (Joseph Campbell) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 1999 Report Share Posted July 28, 1999 Antoine wrote: > I love my job, Then you are truly blessed. David (workin' on it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 1999 Report Share Posted July 28, 1999 In a message dated 7/28/1999 12:29:33 AM Atlantic Daylight Time, carrea writes: << A story from the cable boy, I love my job, as i come to practice tai-chi, in each movement i make. It's a discipline, a service to me. Two days ago, i went to install the cable for a lady. Each case is unique. As i was installing the cable, as i may install cable modem, the phone or the videophone, the lady got curious about me, asking me about my education, my origin. And she could not believe i was doing this job instead of being the corporate manager of my firm, with all my education. And i was telling her i like my job, i enjoy every moment of it, and i am free from it as i leave it. And i "think" (projection here), she could see it in my eyes that i like my job as much as making love to a woman, to take a frame of reference, or playing in my garden, or looking a a beautiful night sky, etc... She only had on idea in her head, the stock market, and wanted me to like it as much. When the tv was connected, she jumped on the stock market channel, to start crying. She told me she just had lost 50,000 dollars today. I hold her in my harms for a while without saying a word, then i left for my next job. It was the Prime minister of the province of Quebec, Lucien Bouchard, who wanted to look at CNN in an office of his. But that his another story. I love my job, Antoine >> Thanks Antoine for sharing that funny, beautiful and moving story. You installed the cable for this lady and she had the chance to watch her stocks lose 50,000 dollars. She cried, and you held her warmly but firmly without saying a word. Then comes the call from the prime minister who wants to watch CNN in his office and you give a flying kiss to the lady and hop right back on your cable truck. All in a day's work, I guess. Antoine, you should send this to Reader's Digest (they offer cash prizes for these kind of stories). It's no wonder you love your job. We love these anecdotes. More please. And don't skip the details. :--). Thanks. Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 1999 Report Share Posted July 28, 1999 > Thanks Antoine for sharing that funny, beautiful and moving story. You > installed the cable for this lady and she had the chance to watch her stocks > lose 50,000 dollars. She cried, and you held her warmly but firmly without > saying a word. Then comes the call from the prime minister who wants to watch > CNN in his office and you give a flying kiss to the lady and hop right back > on your cable truck. All in a day's work, I guess. Antoine, you should send > this to Reader's Digest (they offer cash prizes for these kind of stories). > It's no wonder you love your job. We love these anecdotes. More please. And > don't skip the details. :--). Thanks. > > Harsha Boy are you refreshing Harsha . That was only two calls in one day, i make usually from 7 to 12. The Company sends me on special problem, either technical or of human relations. Not all days generate such stories. But getting to be in the home of so many peoples does bring intimate relations. Lucien Bouchard, our prime minister, a strong man he is in person. I respect him deeply. He his one of the few who was affected by the epidemic, don't remember the name of the sickness, it append about 6 years ago over the world. About 100 people died. It was horrible because people would die from it in a day or two, and it eaten the flesh, like fire. Very few survived it, he did, but lost a leg to it. All that in a matter of hours. So i arrived at the 20 story building, with this decoder box and my tool belt, trying not to forget about my tai chi flow Had to sign papers downstairs and pass a metal detector. Of course i bused with my tools. Then up the elevator to the 12. To find three man's waiting for me with guns. Checking double checking my identity. Then passing a series of doors that can only be open from the inside. Of course i am escorted. The chief of security, a 6'2" guy, takes over. And brings me to the room where the prime minister is alone, doing some work. The secretary is there to let us in at the right time, like in a ballet dance. People wanting to become Presidents or prime minister have not seen this crystal prison with their eyes. To smooth things, seeing the chief of security wondering what could be in my two boxes. I ask him if he knows Andre Boiclair, a cabinet minister of my age. He says yes of course. Then i tell him, we went 7 years to school in the same classroom, at the College Jean de Brebeuf. I made a lie, telling him that we plaid basket ball together, when Andre Boiclair was in fact the water boy of our basket ball team. He soften. He ask: you plaid basket ball?, where are you from?, etc...until the eternal question following why do you do this job. My eternal answer, because i love it So we go in the office, me and him, the Prime minister reading a paper and the secretary dancing from her phones to him. His wife was not there To bad Lol. That installation was like making a tea ceremony for someone watching, the chief of security. Taking my knife to open the box. My cutter to cut wires, etc., draw all his deep attention. In now time it was done. I handle the remote control to the prime minister, first contact, for him to see if all was ok. He took the time to get up for me before i left and give me a hand shake. He asked me if he could do something for me. I said yes, when you have time please say hello to Andre Boiclair for me. "And what is your name" he said. Just tell him the tall one from school tells him hi, he will know who i am. And we all laughed, since the security guard seems short near me. And so i left, to stop at a near by cafe on a terrace to take a drink on this wonderful afternoon. And then drive to my next job. A woman alone in few million dollar house with 16 tv not working. And then after an old lady that got scared, because her vcr started the autoprogram of channels alone after a power failure. Each moment is unique. But those are other stories. Antoine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 1999 Report Share Posted July 29, 1999 Antoine wrote: That was only two calls in one day, i make usually from 7 to 12. The Company sends me on special problem, either technical or of human relations. ___________________ They sent you, too, huh? It was supposed to have been my day off! Love, Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 1999 Report Share Posted July 29, 1999 > They sent you, too, huh? It was supposed to have been my day > off! Hello Jerry, Who sends me becomes a question like who is driving my car or walking my body?. And a day off just a different day, yet the same. What is work? Love, Antoine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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