Re: 6 Sigma

[Sinte@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/2/99 12:57:24 AM Central Daylight Time, 
mtribus@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net writes:

<< Do not fret over this current fad.  As you can see from the literature that
 came last week, GE is now selling "Black Belt Six Sigma" for a fee. 

 It reminds me of the ISO craze, where  "Western birds of Prey" capitalized 
on the "marketing" potential of the ISO 9000 standards not for the true 
benefits it could achieve in standardizing the quality system within an 
organization but for the "profit" it could generate for the industry itself 
and organizations as a whole.  Now there are organizations out there saying 
"what's the value"?  

GE is out to make money at any cost social, individual, environmental, you 
name it. They value nothing except profit.  The ends justify the means and 
the sad thing is their board of directors believe this too.  I do not for one 
moment believe their interest is truly improvement.  If you have any doubts, 
read the latest issue of the "Business Ethics" magazine.  There in exists a 
truly scary story about the reality of GE.  "It Brings the need for ETHICS to 
life" and social responsibility or sustainability.  

Linda Ortberg
Tarrant County College
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