The corruption of an individual
manager or non-supervisory employee, or even a government official can be
distinguished between the collusion of multiple levels, as I contend has been
the case at least as of 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts in regard to the
government and the Commonwealth’s most populous region’s mass transit system—in
particular, its bus service. I contend that the government has been looking the
other way as the management of the local bus transit has held off from firing reckless
bus drivers, who thus sordidly feel entitled to ignore the training—assuming it
is not deficient—by driving recklessly by riding the accelerator pedal before stomping
down on the brake pedal at the last minute, literally, in stopping. With
positions to fill, the company’s management treats such driving at best with a
slap on the wrist, with the government looking on rather than divesting the management
of its disincentive to fire even dangerous drivers. Such corruption is systemic
in nature, and thus is much worse than the corruption of an individual. Ultimately,
it is the public—which includes the electorate—which goes unprotected
while bus riders have to put up with jolting rides.
The full essay is at "Bad Management as Unethical: On Reckless Bus Drivers."
