Kubler-Ross hierarchy LO10983

Bernard Boire (Bernard.Boire@dmr.ca)
Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:18:37 -0500

Replying to LO10945 --

To Joan Pomo's comment:

> As concerns fear of retribution as an element in reducing crime,
> what other element can replace it to control those whose sense of
> conscience is insufficient to prevent commission of criminal acts?
> This applies as well to the world of business and LO's.

Gary Scherling answers:
>From everything we've read, fear of retribution is not an effective
>deterrant. If your boss says 'Do this or you're fired', this will
>only be effective the first few times. Then you either live with it,
>or get out from under it.

Which IMHO does not answwer the question at all. Everybody would agree the
current approach does not work well. However this does not answer WHAT
OTHER ELEMENT CAN *REPLACE* IT. This may be a case of the lesser evil!

Bernard Boire
Engineer and consultant
bernard.boire@dmr.ca
Bernard Boire

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