Afra Raymond’s keynote speech at the 11th Anniversary Breakfast Seminar for Regional Compliance Consultants (RCC) held at Courtyard Marriott in Port of Spain on Wednesday, 22 May 2024. He spoke on the theme “The Importance and Ethics of the Compliance Profession”. The master of ceremonies was Kingsley Lewis of RCC.
- Programme Date: 22 May 2024
- Programme Length: 00:20:54
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too much talk
very little actions
pb
Hi Petal, are you ‘throwing words’ for me?
lolz
no afra. Now seeing this.. as now time to catch up.
but generally we are very good at talk but not ensuring we walk the talk..
from my local chapter TTTI days to my professional background its the same problem.
pb
reitred from d same old talk.
trying to find good walkers…small steps even. ( like moon landing one small step for astronaut ..one big leap for mankind) .
pb
Independent we are not. Even in the political arena we have puppets for administrators. Edified suggests we act morally and with conscious, intelligent intent. Our actions are governed by fear of life-employment loss-public shame et al, and greed for fake power, real cash and unlimited perks.
It’s Popo who is a, “Builder and Contractor,” from Chapter Two of Miguel Street, that remodels furniture.
White collar crime is as old as ‘royalty’ anywhere. Pontius Pilate washed his hands like Lady Macbeth later and Mrs Bissessar asks for more force by our military. Guns create and defend corruption at all levels.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s experience has been multiplied exponentially by the US, European, Chinese and other males globally.
The RCC will be silenced if members cross the line because the judicial has sold out. Israel proved it so
We are not independent. Even at the political level, we have puppet administrators. Edified suggests that we act morally, conscientiously and with conscious intelligence.
It is Popo who, in chapter two of Miguel Street, remodels furniture.
Pontius Pilate washed his hands of Christ’s execution as did Lady Macbeth and here Mrs Bissessar calls for increased military force against those who enrich her and others through the blindness of our judicial system to white collar crime.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s experience has been increased exponentially and globally as Israel, the USA, Europe, China and others have proven. It’s the devil’s heyday.
The RCC members are conscious of the boundaries within which theirs and many others’ lives depend on their silence. Job loss, framing, economic stagnation, social shaming et al combine to assure the continuance of the status quo. A I houses demons and saints but they alternate internally and externally to neutralise rational assessment.
“This day of the strongman is the Devil’s heyday,” Nature’s Plan by Johnny King in 1984.
A real gem Afra! articulated in brilliant style,loved the references particularly to the Godfather and Miguel Street…..
will email you.
Thanks, Indra – I was going to include that pivotal example from ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’, but thought better of it…
Hmmmm….would have loved that Malcolm X quote/reference.
Well, Indra, I was going to delve-into that time when Malcolm confronted Nation of Islam leader, Elijah Mohammed, with several allegations that he had sexual relations with several of his staff, some of whom had become pregnant…EM just asked Malcolm – ‘Br Malcolm, tell me, what do you want? Businesses, land?’
The shortest, most tragic sentence in that book is the next, “Jesus wept”
IMHO, at that stage, the die was cast since Malcolm had become a threat as he did not accept any of the benefits being offered…the rest is history, as they say…
Whistleblowers are targets. Many pay cruelly at their first attempt and slip into darkness. If we could really protect them, more will emerge. The grape vine was a whistle and because all that was reported was distorted by being superficial. We were often asked to make sense from nonsense. The guilty are clever and can twist fact into fiction as lawyers are taught to do. The media and social platforms form today’s grapevine. Education has diminished into regurgitation and money guides actions as it wills. I truly wish a path is opened and secured to allow truth to show itself again.