Re: About responsibility and fault

[Jeff Hanvey <jewahe -at- lycos -dot- co -dot- uk>]

I think I've been misunderstood to the point that people are now assuming 
that I'm arguing that no one should take responsibility.

That is not the case: I'm arguing exactly what you all are saying (as 
below)...However, the realism of the situation often doesn't warrant blame 
because there are a hundred thousand issues that are simply beyond our 
control.

Professionalism isn't just about accepting blame (although it does demand 
accepting responsibility for your actions and output), but also about 
reckoning limitations and recognizing how those limitations will affect 
your job. The point of moving on involves being aware and making others 
aware of those limitations (not by whining, just as fact), and thereby hope 
to fix them.

However, for those of us in the lower echelons of the corporate structure, 
we can only control what we can, and do the best job we can even with the 
limitations.

On Sun, 6 Apr 2003 18:19:15 -0400, Kat Nagel, MasterWork Consulting 
<mlists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com> wrote: