What the GOE is not and what he might say but will never do...

STICK TO PRINCIPLES

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II, President and Co-Vice Chairman of Ayala Corporation, is of the firm opinion that a code of ethics should govern the way one behaves in whatever country one finds himself working in.“As an institution and as individuals,” he stresses, “if you believe in certain things, it should not matter where you are. At times there may be a conflict between your desire to follow a set of rules and procedures and the value systems in the environment you find yourself in. I can see that dilemma happening. But success comes by sticking to principles.“Depending on a value structure is distinct from having to be flexible in the business environment. While I think that one should be a little bit nimble and open to change, that is a different issue altogether. Values are the core of what makes a company the way it is, and I believe these should resist any change of circumstance.“There are certain parameters that govern competition in any environment. I am a big believer in the institutional foundations of justice and the rule of law. These define the way one conducts business, and are incredibly important in creating the kind of atmosphere that would result in an economic environment that would augur well for the country and for the consumers in the end. So those foundations should not be played around with.“Now, within those parameters, one still has to be imaginative, nimble, and competitive, and be ready and willing to change depending on circumstances. Whenever it’s called for, one should think differently, put himself in a different paradigm. One should not be too stolid or set in his ways. Otherwise, it’s a recipe for disaster, especially in this day and age when everything is moving so much more quickly.

“However, that should fall short of beginning to play around with the rules and regulations that govern behavior as defined by the laws of the country. And I think those are the parameters that our own code of ethics and our value system should indicate.

“The capitalist system has succeeded in adding value to a community of people precisely because of a set of rules that also govern the way it works. If you start allowing people to bribe others, for instance, then there is a misallocation of resources that won’t result in the capitalist system working for the betterment of society. The free-market model is one that should result in added value for our country. It can’t be the way the whole world viewed countries like ours, say, 20-30 years ago, when basic rules and regulations were bent by large corporations. That’s a misallocation of resources that would not augur well for the economic growth of the country, let alone the moral paradigm.”

So i figured...

am i this bored? imagine creating this blog especially for the person who makes my life a living hell. either that or i must really loathe my boss. isn't it a given fact that no one would ever truly like their bosses? therefore, my story is just like any other story of any junior staff. what makes the GOE special?

i don't know. what i do know is that i've gottten too familiar with a person that ultimately deserves no attention from moi. sadly, i need to habituate myself with him more than i would have wanted. just to rid myself of him completely. til i get numb. til apathy kicks in.

hence this blog.

Thou shalt not learn from the god of evil

The GOE has tried teaching us good values - integrity, transparency, compliance among other things. Yeah he's good at preaching. Unfortunately, he only knows how to preach these values. Never mind if he does not live them. Who said that you have to teach by example anyway? (Got that from him too.) So did i learn from him at all? Not these good values for sure. But I learned a lot...

I learned that:
- I can justify anything i do as long as i have a reason..favorite reasons - i forgot & i don't know. In fact i have mastered the art of making excuses already.
- I can get what i want if i show people that i am the king, even if it means making an ugly scene.
- I can blame anybody or use anything as my scapegoat as long as i can protect my reputation.
- The world is an evil place and all the people have selfish intentions.
- Trust is very important - I should take care of your trust in me, never mind my trust in you.
- Respect is earned. Meaning you deserve my respect only if i like you - i.e. you are tall and/or slim, possess either looks or brains or if you're richer than me.
- Buddhism means detachment from everything besides alcohol and women.
- Keeping my integrity does not mean that i don't have to step on others' dignity.
- Taking care of human resources should be top priority. I should save the staff from poverty. Yes i should assume that they are all poor and money-suckers. This way, it's easy for me to bribe them with equity plans, computer gadgets and bonus that should have been allotted to overtime pay and monthly compensation in the first place.

The god of evil may have shown me how to be like him - proud, selfish, doubtful, worldly, manipulative, skeptic and incapable of showing genuine care. But he has taught me one good thing. He taught me how NOT to live my life! Guess that's enough learning from him.

Who is he?

i call him the god of evil. GOE for short. he has a knack for attaking one's ego, crushing it into bits and sitting on it afterwards. if he's still not contented, he would spit on it and just walk away as if nothing happened. the next day, he would still have the nerve to look you in the eye, smile at you and crack some stupid jokes. another one of his brilliant talents is sending nasty emails to us whom he thinks are all idiots. as if we do not know how to send documents in standard formats, as if we don't know how to use "track changes" in MS Word, or sometimes as if we don't know how to answer the phone right. by nasty emails i mean big bold fonts screaming at your face, saying only one thing - you are an idiot.

i am not about to reveal all the brilliant talents of the mighty GOE. let's just see how this blog develops. i am actually eager to introduce one of greatest piece of junk art piece by piece..