I'm often talking about PSR -Personal Social Responsibility- in the context of each of us should try to save water, recycle, help others and so on. But, actually in the last 20 years especially, we are all losing our sense of personal responsibility.
A recent article in the Telegraph newspaper puts a humerous twist on it:
-Did the credit card company force us to sign up to 6 credit cards and spend the money available on them?
-Do McDonalds force you into their restaurants to eat unhealthy food?
-Does your employer force you to not wear a safety mask?
Of course an employer should make sure their workplace is safe. Of course they can provide healthy products as well as unhealthy products. Of course they should not use advertising irresponsibly to attract you (or especially children) to smoke.
But it is almost sad when companies are providing training to their employees about sexually transmitted diseases or about traffic safety; because their employees do not know this information already (and the company does not want employees missing work from illness or injuries). Yes -there is a business case for companies to protect their employees from themselves, but why do employers have to do this?
Thursday, June 08, 2006
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i've changed it to telegraph after my initial typo! -ed
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