Trust
Here was an intersting comment made on this very blog regarding trust. I tend to agree with it written by a very interesting personality to say the least.
"Trust no one" was the first thing that came out of my boss's mouth when I nonchalantly declined a print out of my work hours and pay rate. I suppose what triggered his response was my declaration of trust. Needless to say, I very much trusted him. His words came with a sudden realization-- is there no more room for trust in our society? Have we become so consumed with materialism to the point where the basic feelings of trust no longer matter? As long as I can remember, relationships were built on trust, not the lack there of. It seems that in the real world, however, this building block fails to exist. We are urged to question everything and trust no one. Is there room for truth when there is always doubt? I do realize that personal emotions are somewhat inappropriate in professional settings, but does this mean we have to dehumanize ourselves, thus becoming machines programmed to double check for errors? The lack of trust in our professional lives as well as personal ones robs us of trust's prominent derivative-- truth.
Most would argue that the main reason distrust is so encouraged is because most human beings would lie, cheat, or steal if they thought they could get away with it. But if this is the main reason behind instilling such doubt, then that would mean we lack the belief in the good of humanity. This is an extremely cynical approach. Shouldn't the ideal be a belief in the existence of good in each human being rather than the existence of evil? A similar model is that held by our "trusted" court system: you are essentially innocent until proven guilty. In this case, shouldn't you be trusted until proven untrustworthy? I reject, however, the idea of blind trust and rather believe that trust should be earned, which means good traits are clearly seen in a person. If so, and this person is worthy of our trust, then upholding the "trust no one" rule would be injustice towards this person.
The lack of trust in our society is rarely ever recognized as a crisis, let alone a major one. We continue to flaunt our distrust towards government, corporations, and the business world in general. While I do urge every citizen to exercise his or her freedom and think critically in questioning authority, I believe there should be some level of trust towards every person and corporation if they are worthy of such trust. If we practice logically structured thinking and questioning processes to reach an understanding or grasp the workings of the business world, we must at least place our trust in the underlying goodness at the core of every person and every organization. If we can't even acknowledge the existence of this morality, then we will never reach any ultimate truth we wish to seek in answer to our questions. We would constantly approach issues and problems with this cynical attitude of distrust. This crisis has developed as corporations have become more powerful. And today, the business world continues to gain power, yet no one seems to recognize the problem. Will it only be apparent enough when it reaches the extreme of not being able to even find trust for and within ourselves?
Hope you all enjoyed it I don't think I could have put it better. You can search for this comment elsewhere on my blog and the author is given full acknowledgement i.e. THIS IS NOT MY WORK. I have tried to give full credit to work that isn't always mine.
"Trust no one" was the first thing that came out of my boss's mouth when I nonchalantly declined a print out of my work hours and pay rate. I suppose what triggered his response was my declaration of trust. Needless to say, I very much trusted him. His words came with a sudden realization-- is there no more room for trust in our society? Have we become so consumed with materialism to the point where the basic feelings of trust no longer matter? As long as I can remember, relationships were built on trust, not the lack there of. It seems that in the real world, however, this building block fails to exist. We are urged to question everything and trust no one. Is there room for truth when there is always doubt? I do realize that personal emotions are somewhat inappropriate in professional settings, but does this mean we have to dehumanize ourselves, thus becoming machines programmed to double check for errors? The lack of trust in our professional lives as well as personal ones robs us of trust's prominent derivative-- truth.
Most would argue that the main reason distrust is so encouraged is because most human beings would lie, cheat, or steal if they thought they could get away with it. But if this is the main reason behind instilling such doubt, then that would mean we lack the belief in the good of humanity. This is an extremely cynical approach. Shouldn't the ideal be a belief in the existence of good in each human being rather than the existence of evil? A similar model is that held by our "trusted" court system: you are essentially innocent until proven guilty. In this case, shouldn't you be trusted until proven untrustworthy? I reject, however, the idea of blind trust and rather believe that trust should be earned, which means good traits are clearly seen in a person. If so, and this person is worthy of our trust, then upholding the "trust no one" rule would be injustice towards this person.
The lack of trust in our society is rarely ever recognized as a crisis, let alone a major one. We continue to flaunt our distrust towards government, corporations, and the business world in general. While I do urge every citizen to exercise his or her freedom and think critically in questioning authority, I believe there should be some level of trust towards every person and corporation if they are worthy of such trust. If we practice logically structured thinking and questioning processes to reach an understanding or grasp the workings of the business world, we must at least place our trust in the underlying goodness at the core of every person and every organization. If we can't even acknowledge the existence of this morality, then we will never reach any ultimate truth we wish to seek in answer to our questions. We would constantly approach issues and problems with this cynical attitude of distrust. This crisis has developed as corporations have become more powerful. And today, the business world continues to gain power, yet no one seems to recognize the problem. Will it only be apparent enough when it reaches the extreme of not being able to even find trust for and within ourselves?
Hope you all enjoyed it I don't think I could have put it better. You can search for this comment elsewhere on my blog and the author is given full acknowledgement i.e. THIS IS NOT MY WORK. I have tried to give full credit to work that isn't always mine.
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