By James Simons-
Professional organisations are most guilty of misconduct.
It is a huge shame and one that needs to be addressed by governments all over the world. The UK can take a leading role here.
Just after a boxer- Russian Povetkin was allowed to fight and knock out an opponent- despite being on drugs, it highlights how much money rules professionalism and conduct. Why is drug banned in sport if one found on drugs is allowed to compete, and still earn loads of cash?
The answer is very simple. The organisations ion charge have a lot of money to lose if they do the right thing. The WBC refused ti sanction the fight, but the fight still took place. The WBC deserve lots of credit if they earned no money from Povetkin’s brutal knock out of John Duhappas, whilst having a banned substance in his system.
However, all those who earned money from it must have a question to answer. The question is whether they have integrity or whether they are driven solely by money at the expense of principles. We see time and time again, in the course of many articles published in the eye of media.com and other mainstream press, how professional organisations misbehave.
We have seen the many failures of social services reported on the site. We have seen the disgraceful corruption acts committed by the F.A exposed in the huge fraud scandals last year, and even this year. Recently, Vodaphone was charged £4.6m by ofcom for overcharging customers and failing to address their complaints.
Amazon were exposed for paying their staff ridiculously insufficient wages and even fining them for arriving at work late. Conditions for their employers were so low, so much that they were sleeping by the motorway.
We saw the disgraceful conduct of the police in the handling of the shooting of Mark Duggan, as they blatantly lied to the press and misled the public into believing there had been an exchange of fire. All they had to do was tell the truth if they had nothing to hide.
Professional organisations should be examples to the everyday man. The shame and disappointment every time professional organisations are exposed of misconduct and abusing their powers is too much. Fortunately, there are many professional organisations who play by the rules. In fact, the majority do play by the rules with integrity and professionalism.
The problem is that those professional organisations that don’t have integrity, and there are many, have a huge negative impact on the lives of many ordinary people. John Duhappas, who got knocked out in 6 rounds decided to fight because he flew to Russia from France as a standby. He is interested in his bank balance and couldn’t care less if his opponent is on drugs.
The point is people like Duhuppas should be protected, from themselves, not exploited for the self interested gains of the elites. Paid social workers who are paid to do a job have many times been found to be cutting corners. Why? Because of work overload?
That overload should be distributed among other employees equally. If the overload is expected to be handled efficiently by social workers, then they should not cut corners. But they do. And there are yet a number of other organisations that the eye of media.com have been investigating in the past few weeks and months. Some of them eventually rectify their failings, for others, the evidence against them is not sufficient to expose.
Professional organisations are made of up people, but at the top executive level, there should always be a coherent set of principles and a high level of accountability. Many professional organisations try to get away with what they can until they are caught and look stupid.
Having a top position and owning a top company is not good enough to command real respect. Top achievement counts more when it comes with principles and high moral substance is more important.