Hi Murray,
At 09:13 AM 8/2/2012, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
I think it's impossible to determine with certainty whether someone
standing at the mic and asserting a position is doing so based on
what an employer is insisting on doing, or that person's opinion.
Yes.
We purport to participate as individuals. It's entirely possible
that a person's opinion happens to concur with her employer's
opinion rather than being told what to say. Does that mean the
corporation is the participant and not the person?
As the participation is as an individual the participant is the
person. In practice the person usually acts as a proxy for their
employee. A hum can be taken for some decisions so that the
individual can express his or her opinion without any external pressure.
So when I hear these sorts of allegations of corporate domination of
the standards process, I have to wonder how true they are. I have a
pretty big corporate name on my badge this time, but I'm not here
pushing any specific agenda I was given.
I have not seen your badge. I can find out what pretty corporate
name is on it by looking up the information on the relevant web page. :-)
These comments about corporate domination generally comes down to
perception. The problem in my humble opinion is mistrust. It can be
caused by miscommunication.
Regards,
-sm