Caring LO18616

Bill Harris (billh@lsid.hp.com)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 09:35:06 -0800 (PDT)

Replying to LO18601 --

Thomas wrote:

> In my context, I could not grasp the meaning of Bills quote from Rupert
> Lay -"to find out if managers are ethical ask them the names of the
> children of their employees". Does this mean, a manager who knows the
> childrens names of employees (among others is a caring manager) and vice
> versa.

I think Lay meant that, in his mind, ethical managers are those who care
about the _people_ they manage. Knowing the name of the employees' spouses
or significant others may come automatically from holiday parties and such.
Having learned enough about the employee to know the names of their
children may imply the manager has also learned about them as a _person_,
knowing their dreams, their strengths, their weaknesses.

Bill

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