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Weekend Reflection: Do we honour each other?

Sep 27, 2018

Social media gave a green card for expressing one’s opinion. Some people reckon it is always necessary to give an opinion. The manner in which they express it is often justified as being freedom of speech.

I regularly want to climb onto the Twitter soap box seeing as I enjoy a live debate. However, I refrain from doing so and there’s also a fine line. A piece of responsibility. A business principle of ethics.

The synonyms are integrity, respect and esteem. Am I in my enterprise as entrepreneur or in my work environment so focused on survival that I forget who else is in the “war” with me? Do I handle conflict just as carefully as a presentation for a potential client?

All that I know is that if you want to live in peace, you must learn to respect other people. The reason why we need to respect other people is not because we want to prevent a scenario where one is reported at some institution or commission. No, we respect other people because they have just as much value as ourselves.

About the author

Jacques Basson

After a wonderful childhood in Riebeeckstad and many years at the Kovsie campus to perfect my pool game (half-truth) and complete a business degree, my corporate sales and marketing career started with the Coca-Cola Company in 1999. Coca-Cola’s management development programme, Kusile, quickly developed by business expertise and five additional companies and senior roles in South Africa and England later – for among others Parmalat, Ecolab, Luxottica and Polaroid Eyewear – I started a commercial cleaning company, VanBroc Cleaning, in 2007, followed by a joint venture with a commercial cleaning company in Austin, Texas in 2012. After 14 years in England my family and I moved back to South Africa early in 2018 and we currently reside in Centurion. Of course, Klipkouers podcast is the new baby in the business family and I need your help raising the child!

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