Another Scandal - Another top executive in a MNC accused of Sexual harassment- Another is the keyword.
There is never smoke without fire ,they say, and as hard as I would like to believe that the men who were accused were framed, the truth probably is that they were not. They were probably the few that got caught - perhaps the unlucky few.
It is not only sexual harassment but the degradation of ethics that concern me. Fortunately or unfortunately, I have known some of these people personally.
What would prompt a seemingly happily married man to ask sexual favors off another woman? An unfulfilled fantasy?
What would prompt a very well paid top executive to generate a side income by running a business ,in his wife's name, that causes a conflict of interest? Greed?
What would prompt another Vice President to coerce business partners to hire a certain community? Religion?
These examples raise a fundamental question on the denigration of society, however, the larger question is whether these examples represent power in the hands of wrong people?
The quintessential chicken and egg story - Does power corrupt people? or Do corrupt people come into power?
My belief is that these behaviors stem from the rot that this country is suffering from. Our leaders have continually and virtually raped this country and they continue to be in the seat of power. The belief is that ' If one is in power then they are immune'. And this false sense of power that has remained with politicians and bureaucrats thus far, is pervading into the corporate world today.
The most pertinent question in this context is not "What caused it?" but "How do we stop this?"
Unfortunately, the solution isn't a quick fix. It will take a generation of good parenting, years of education and a possible revamp of the entire justice system.. and then again you may have a rotten apple that stinks.
