Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, May 23, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, May 23, 2002 |
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Opinion
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Accountancy Columns - Account Speak Loaded leaders D. Murali
A COMMON sight during summer is the plight of draught animals on inclines. With a heavy load on their yokes, they stumble and gasp, only to be whipped harder. A no-win situation, even as traffic gets blocked behind the dazed and dehydrated creatures. The predicament of helmsmen of professional bodies is no different. Just as bullocks at the end of an overburdened cart, they hold positions of power disproportionate to their merit, and goad themselves to fill the chair by convincing themselves with hallucinations. That is when we hear things like: What is needed to inject more dynamism and farsightedness into our profession is a grassroots movement for excellence and the upholding of professional standards and ethical values. The proverbial buck doesn't stop when you have a boss who is deep into such fantasies. Though he might well be aware that many things cannot be imposed from the top, he could, for instance, be waiting for `the growth and a flowering of consciousness at the level of the branches naturally'. All of us have to apply our minds and our efforts to get such a movement off the ground, he would in turn goad, as only those whose feet are off the ground would. `Then, and only then, will the society at large realise the value and the enormous potential of this profession of ours,' could well be the signing-off message that draws much cheer, not so much for the exhortation but for the relief that the exhausting rant is over. A no-win situation again, because many good ideas get blocked by a maniac who is perhaps good at only whipping up empty phrases, deceiving others and deluding himself too. In a world where nobody has patience for platitudes, and only results count, it would be ideal to run presidents' messages or other such communiqués through a polygraph to filter out, at least, the plain liars.
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