WHOSE PROBLEMS IS DEPLOYMENT SOLVING?
Lead article – Kris Dobie When you have a problem, the logical thing to do is to try to fix it. As Gwede Mantashe points out: in 1994, when the ANC came to power there was a definite problem in that most (if not all) senior managers in…
NOT SO INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
Photo by Sora Shimazaki “I have done nothing wrong. No court has convicted me on any charges!” Does that sound familiar? Of course it does! That was roughly the parting message from former President Zuma when he was forced out of office on…
IN THE MODERN WORLD THERE IS NO ENEMY BUT WAR ITSELF
Photo by NASA on Unsplash By Dr Paul Vorster When Robert Oppenheimer observed the first nuclear detonation, he famously quoted the Bhagavad-Gita, stating: “Now I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds”. Oppenheimer realised that…
It’s Not All Doom And Gloom – There Is a Silver Lining To Our SOEs
Photo by Simone Viani on Unsplash By Lulama Qabaka Articles written about state-owned entities (SOEs) in the last decade and a half always depict a bleak and overwhelmingly gloomy reality for South Africans. There are, however, small…
Is Business the Last Stand Against Moral Chaos?
Photo by fauxels from Pexels By Professor Leon van Vuuren On 13 March 2022, Ed Stoddard – a team member of the Daily Maverick – commented on a recent World Bank report that listed South Africa as the most unequal country in the world. The…
Mr President, Why Should we Believe You?
Photo by Yan Krukov “Authentic leadership is revealed in the alignment of what you think, what you say, and what you do.” — Michael Holland The Nation eagerly (or maybe not) awaited President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation…
ARE WE GETTING USED TO THE HOT WATER?
Photo © 2010 J. Ronald Lee. Prof. Deon Rossouw A well-known urban myth alleges that if you put a frog in a pot of hot water, it will try to escape immediately. However, if you put the frog in a pot filled with room temperature water…
ETHICS RECOVERY – WITH A STATE CAPTURE HANGOVER
Prof. Deon Rossouw The decline of ethical standards in organisations in South Africa has been thoroughly lamented over the past decade. The lamentations raised to a crescendo as revelations about corrupt practices were revealed before the…
Organisational Ethics During the Covid-19 Pandemic
In times of crisis, Organizational Ethics becomes even more important because the problems organisations face become more complex and difficult to solve, and the decisions they must take become more urgent and riskier. COVID-19 has taken…
Restoring Trust in SOEs Through the Objective Selection of Board Members
Lulama Qabaka & Leon van Vuuren The Ethics Institute – October 2021 A story going around relates to a boy who, upon his return from school, is asked by his mother how his day went. The boy indicated that every child in his class was…