CORPORATE TERRORISM

Terrorism has been a worry for everyone and a topic of discussions for everyone particularly politician. Attack of September 11, 2001 resulted in declaration of war on terrorism by US. Containing terrorism including cross border terrorism had been a prime objective of people in power. Terrorism is also attributed differently now with the remark of one of the ministers referring to ‘Saffron Terrorism”. “Saffron terrorism” and the implication of such utterance by a minister are talked about in the recent days. While I am not interested in this political comments/issue, this made me to think about the terrorism in the corporate sector meaning - creating widespread panic and nervousness, resulting in loss of rights and/or monies - an act of CORPORATE TERRORISM. on their employees.

HR in corporate sector was much talked about more so, as resources management than personnel administration. Some CEOs refer human resources as an asset without getting reflected in their balance sheet. But the recent happening in corporate sector, in public sector in particular, particularly in handling human resources gives me an impression that the importance of counseling has lost the relevance in corporate sector and terrorism has taken over. On one side, the foundation laid by the predecessors is shaken to get short term gain or progress. Threatening to make someone’s life miserable, to give sleepless nights, to put behind bars for non-performances etc and reluctance to understand the ground realities are order of the day. This may have an effect and result in short term but will lead to frustration in the long run resulting in deterioration of output. Much talked about whistle blowing will also take a back seat.

Multinational corporations are increasingly finding themselves under the spotlight in respect of their human rights records. The corporate social responsibility movement has generated widespread discussion and debate about how individual states and the international community should address corporate complicity in human rights abuses in conflict zones. A growing chorus is highlighting the inadequacy of existing domestic and international accountability frameworks in this respect. However this accountability framework is not to address the issue of violations within.

Present environment is of constant changes and unrelenting competition. Managing stress and personal renewal to avoid burnout shall be central focus of leadership. Effectiveness is enhanced when people are made to manage multiple roles in home and at work. It is believed that behind an able man there are always other able men. Role of a leader is to help people to get the best out of themselves and not organizing things. It appears that these are forgotten or sacrificed for short term gains

With more and more segments of business world becoming specialized, accurate knowledge of specific industry and functional verticals is essential for better search effort particularly in Human resources verticals. If this is addressed this issue shall also gets automatically addressed. Will this happen?

These are personal opinion and to look to the comments.