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To: Rink who wrote (212079)9/30/2006 8:14:59 PM
From: pgerassiRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
Dear Rink:

My problem with the training argument is that it is a plain fallacy. And irrelevant to boot.

One is trained not to go faster than the speed limit. How many have never exceeded the speed limit at any time in their life? You mother trains you to look both ways before crossing the street. How many times have you crossed a street without doing that?

You can get all of the training in the world, but it does nothing when the culture pushes you to do otherwise. The military trains all of its cadets to not sexually harass others, yet how many sexual harassment incidents occur at the various military acadamies every year? I have seen many companies and their managers train their people to rigorously document programs. Yet when the deadline approaches, you are told by those very same managers to just get it out the door.

Training not to do something isn't worth crap, if you are told to get the sale by any means necessary by your boss. And him doing it regularly doesn't help either. The case is about Intel's actions, not its words. No jury would find innocent someone who beats the crap out of someone with the defense that he was trained not to hurt people.

Pete
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