tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post3855342062330036319..comments2023-10-15T10:32:17.331+01:00Comments on Tales from a Draughty Old Fen: bbc fine leaves the corporation quids inFrugal Dougalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-75155877532968808812009-04-04T02:41:00.000+01:002009-04-04T02:41:00.000+01:00Yup - over here, if you complained about somebody ...Yup - over here, if you complained about somebody senior to you in the NHS, it was customary for the complainer to be sent on an assertiveness course, the subtext being that the problem belonged to your lack of comunication skills and not to the person you were complaining about. Needless to say, this strategy backfires often and spectacularly. Unfortunately, it often involves misery for the people the NHS should be serving, up to and including fatalities.Frugal Dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-84317000932298491032009-04-04T02:14:00.000+01:002009-04-04T02:14:00.000+01:00Re compliance testing and compulsory courses: I'v...Re compliance testing and compulsory courses: I've noticed, over the years, that whenever folks in upper management do something unethical that's big enough to attract the attention of those even higher up than they, the lower echelons have to pay by being forced to attend mandatory ethics "classes" insisting upon hard-core tenets, such as NO personal photocopies, NO personal faxes, the TRASH belongs to X Company, etc., etc.Pam H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01223991201236433802noreply@blogger.com