THOUSANDS of honest employees in the Enron scandal revealed in 2001, paid dearly for the misdeeds at the top of their corporate leadership.
Maybe most of the non-managerial staff were “innocent” — possibly, others knew what was going on and remained silent.
Either way the lesson is clear: No one is secure working for a company that has lost its moral compass. But, whether or not this is fair, is not the issue.
Such crimes trigger broader questions: “whose Karma is it anyway?” And: ” how can such behaviors be prevented in the future?”
If Exodus (34:6-7) was right, then
“the children and the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations” will be revisiting the same transgression.
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Can events suffered by one generation really affect future generations — is there no Karmic relief? Are we to be forever haunted by the specter of an Ebenezer Scrooge? Continue reading
