tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7378128573016422884..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Who guards the guardians?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-66393296922358429112008-05-16T14:28:00.000+12:002008-05-16T14:28:00.000+12:00The answer to corruption in public service is addr...The answer to corruption in public service is addressed in your following column on political correctness. Without the sting of competition and financial survival a public service is left to it's own devices to both entrench it's position and follow the PC fads of the day.<BR/><BR/>Even Treasury Boss Don Brash wasn't immune to it because he was proud of his diversity policies that brought in so many minority people per year.<BR/><BR/>Eventually someone will figure out that Mary-Ann Thompson was very employable because she was a woman in a traditional male discipline (for the 80s) and too much scrutiny of her background would have been bad form.<BR/><BR/>Another factor is the change from the various depts. being responsible to the SSC to being responsible directly to the Minister. Straightaway, the tone of the dept is set by the character of the Minister.. that means the personal qualities of the Minister become very important.<BR/>Now, I can think of lots of ministers I didn't like before the 1980s, but I would struggle to think of any who did not well represent personal integrity.<BR/><BR/>Question is, were they then honest in themselves, or because the SSC made it impossible for them to fuck up the dept. for which they were responsible? <BR/><BR/>JCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com