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<blockquote data-quote="Frunobulax" data-source="post: 661300" data-attributes="member: 27202"><p>The problem with "integrity," as one of the respondents suggested, is that it is necessarily an idealization. The root of the word, denoting wholeness, perfection, and incorruptible virtue, bears this out. Humans, to put it mildly, are fallible creatures; and some individuals are more fallible (and have less integrity) than others.</p><p></p><p>As an exercise, think about aggregating the flaws and faults of 400,000+ worldwide employees. That's a lot of fallibility that needs to be monitored and kept in check.</p><p></p><p>I don't imagine that it helps the situation any having a permanent labor/management faultline, with two different systems--mgt., a theoretical meritocracy; and labor, an updated guild system based on seniority--that are in a sense in perpetual conflict, with the battles not only always smoldering through the grievance procedures but then inevitably threatening to ignite full-blown every few years come contract time.</p><p></p><p>In another thread, someone noted the paramilitaristic aspect of UPS. This was my first impression as well. And I wonder if this quality has been instilled as a kind of substitute for integrity, which, by definition, will always be elusive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frunobulax, post: 661300, member: 27202"] The problem with "integrity," as one of the respondents suggested, is that it is necessarily an idealization. The root of the word, denoting wholeness, perfection, and incorruptible virtue, bears this out. Humans, to put it mildly, are fallible creatures; and some individuals are more fallible (and have less integrity) than others. As an exercise, think about aggregating the flaws and faults of 400,000+ worldwide employees. That's a lot of fallibility that needs to be monitored and kept in check. I don't imagine that it helps the situation any having a permanent labor/management faultline, with two different systems--mgt., a theoretical meritocracy; and labor, an updated guild system based on seniority--that are in a sense in perpetual conflict, with the battles not only always smoldering through the grievance procedures but then inevitably threatening to ignite full-blown every few years come contract time. In another thread, someone noted the paramilitaristic aspect of UPS. This was my first impression as well. And I wonder if this quality has been instilled as a kind of substitute for integrity, which, by definition, will always be elusive. [/QUOTE]
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