What would you do if your friend who
happens to be your subordinate is caught by your security guard doing something
illegal in your office? For example stealing of office supplies, should you
exert effort to protect your friend by whitewashing the offense?
Or you will not exert any effort to conceal
the offense and let the investigation take its natural course until the truth
is ferret out? Many organizational leaders and managers will do the right
action by letting the natural course of events unfold.
Yet many would also try to protect the
friendship or brotherhood by concealing the offense until it’s forgotten. So
the offender will escape from any punishment however this is not the right
course of action to take. For the reason that the moment the manager/leader
does this he is actually telling his friend to do it again and again and again and he/she becomes party to the offense as well.
Yet we all know that crime does not pay
sooner or later it will be payback time so the offender will be caught. And the
manager/leader/friend will be unmasked as the protector. Why? For the simple
reason that this is the natural flow of karma.
Therefore, to avoid any future
complication and problem never protect an offender in your workplace. Let the
natural flow of justice takes its course even if the subordinate offender is
your best friend, fraternity brother or sister and the like.
In other words: Let the axe fall where
it may fall for it will enhance your value as an effective, competent and impartial
leader/manager. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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