Last week we read the news which seems about the business world but in fact about the relationship of two brothers. It was not the first example and it will not be the last one for business world. Actually no one can know the core reasons for those kinds of problems. What are the real factors drive them that kind of attitude? Their ambitious, desires, plans for the future?
Over 5 billion people live in the world and there are more than 200 countries in 5 continents. Each society has its own dynamics, characteristics and cultures. All we grow up in different cultures where we have our friends, families and other relations. In eastern societies, generally, relations among the family members are stronger than they in western societies. Some factors can be claimed to explain this situation such as economic development of countries, educational system, and social dynamics of society, cultural and historical heritage.
In eastern societies, the oldest person in a family is accepted as the most wisdom person. He has roles like unifying members, problem solver and peacemaking for resentful people. In general, all other younger people have to respect to him. As a matter of fact those kinds of relationships are resulted from economic dependence of people to their elder. Young people depend economically to their parents because of lack of economic independence.
Another important issue for their relationship is their pasts. I wonder whether they sometimes think about their childhood times. They grew up together; they cared about each other in many troubles. What did make them think different and feel different? I haven’t read their curriculums but I think they went to school kind of business or management. They learnt how to make profit maximize. They learnt the ways of enlargement of company. They were taught how to be successful in business world.
I remember the statement of Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli[1], the author of Prince, which says “the end justifies the means”. This quota was made almost 500 years ago and it is still debated. In fact, Machiavelli wrote and supported this pragmatic statement especially for the states needed improvement and stabilization in administrative areas. According to his views, this kind of approach could not be used by people for their own benefits and ambitious. Machiavelli’s aim of writing this philosophical expression was any possible short-term cruel measurement taken by government decreases the probability of rebellion of citizens and keeps the system secure[2]. In today’s business world, people are ambitious, greedy and materialist just like in statement said by Machiavelli for governments. They dare to resort to many unethical ways to have better carrier, to earn more money or to benefit more. Whenever we ask them whether their choice is right or not, they begin to sort their excuses to justify themselves as those brothers.
People generally tend to confuse the meaning of “ends” and “means”. Sometimes they do bad things to get small benefits in their business life. Formation of human character takes time and if your character is formed once it is very difficult to change it in the better way.
Everybody has priorities in his/her life and they might be money, career, and power for some people; and friendship, strong relationship, calm life for some others. If a human feels the taste of power or money, it would not be easy to be away from its effects.
In briefly, an elder family member is needed to admonish them to bring them together as their childhood times.
brotherhood, not brothership
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