What goes around comes around. Why corporations and nations

reap what they sow. There is a lesson for the US and their shameful support for Herr bush.


http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080807_005369.html

Companies have their own personalities, generally adopted from founders or charismatic leaders. Some companies are gentle, others competitive, some are even cruel. Once a corporate personality becomes embedded it can continue in that fashion for years -- even decades -- past the departure of the original inspiring executive, as generations of leaders and wannabe leaders act the way they think The Big Guy would have done. Sometimes corporate personalities are effective but often they just get in the way, especially when companies act in ways they no longer need or even understand. And sometimes the lingering effects are legal or regulatory, too, as companies spend years cleaning up messes inspired by executives now long gone. That's what's happening right now with Microsoft, I believe, which seems to be coming out on the losing end of a number of lawsuits.