01-25-2018, 12:54 PM
(01-25-2018, 12:18 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I understand your point, but I don't think it acknowledges reality. Knowing people makes certain tasks easier. If you work at the DMV do you wait in line with everyone else to renew your drivers license?
I take classes at the university where I work. When I go to register, I wait for my time frame to come around, and many times the classes I wanted a first shot at are full. Now, I know that I have enough ins with the Registrar and with the departments around campus that I could easily get an earlier time slot or get an override other students wouldn't. I never have, and never will.
There are many opportunities I have to get preferential treatment on campus as a student (which is our customer base) because I am an employee, but it would be unethical to do so. You're right in that the reality is that these things happen, but the reality is also that it created inequity when done in the public sector and is unethical. It is only reality because it is a remnant of the spoils system that existed before we really instituted bureaucracies and public administration models. It has been difficult to tear it out by the roots, and so it continues to exist in less egregious forms than it once did. But it is still unethical.
