13th October 2006, 01:18 PM
"knee-jerk damn the bosses nonsense". Tom, yes- it is tiresome.Intensly so. Particularly after years of saying the same things over and over again only to be met with silence. Frankly, I`m not remotely interested in where current game rules allow "blame" to lay. I`m sick to death of being on the receiving end.My employer has a duty of care and if that has`nt been discharged (had`nt bothered asking client/believed client without documentation) then my employer is responsible.Seems to me that the pseudo-legal speak so loved by the grown-ups in archaeology today is simply a framework of blame adjustment and damage management.If we take a step back a minute and remember that we are in fact discussing an industry-wide health and safety blindness, we could stay on track.Some things desparately need saying. If archaeologists actually listened to what was being said instead of getting all emotional, hurt and defensive, we might just evolve into a profession.
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)