Thank you, Mamdooh, for this amazing piece of writing !!..It was shocking, and sadly bitter; but, a real, portray of the latest event’s in our part of the world…

I worked in Compliance at an International bank, at the Private Wealth Management & Investment Services, 4 three years…I can tell you first hand, getting ppl (customer’s and employees, alike,) to “comply” can be just so easy; but how long u get them to “comply”, and to which set of “policies”, they adhere to, is the real delima…in my humble opinion.

“Going down the micro level, lets look at companies and organizations with thousands of employees. Here the whistler is taken lightly, and his tunes are muted for a while, please let us focus on the business he is told. He whistles some more, then decides to relax and chill. Then when the problem arises, they remove the source of the trouble after the stealing and power advantage is abused.”

I loved this paragraph, too. It brought back memories…that’s how good it was! It reminded me of how I ran away from the Investment industry and their “corruptions” to the Advertisement & Marketing industry…loool…who was I kidding ? I didn’t know…and still can’t decided..which are the lesser of evils?? H–mmm….Maybe..the Medical Industry tops?! ( BTW, THX M.A. for touching on the Medical arena in K.S.A., “as per my request “{ internal E-mail at any any local/global bank-})…Loved it and loved how u integrated its subject within the crime scene.

And, to all of you reader’s not living in “our” part of the world…I am Not saying u don’t have any “corporate corruptions” in your sophisticated & advanced countries…u do…maybe, even more than we have,,,But,what I am saying, is that “We” ( Third-World countries) have a real lack in “Professionalism” to go with it !
:P Sorry…but that’s really how i see it. For now. :(

Once again, thank u, Mamdooh, for writing about this with such passion and for sharing your perspective with so much honesty, clarity & vision. Not to forget, style ! :) Really, the entire note was one of the best pieces’ I have read for you! (so far) Looking forward to even better ones ;)

Happy 2010 !

“The obvious is obvious. The truth is always naked. The sight never appealing.

If you are ethical you are “odd”!! If you remind people of that you are mean and “terrible”…..

However, it is good that there are still: the “odd” and the “terrible” out there for that gives a little hope to all of us – even the “good” ones (you know what I mean)…..