Let’s debate: Is a lifetime responsibility system good? ? ?
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This post was last edited by Keep running on 2016-5-19 09:24. I saw a post that mentioned the lifetime responsibility system again. Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for lifelong responsibility – lifelong responsibility for safety, for products, and for installation. The intention behind this is to enhance the sense of responsibility among those involved. However, excessive or unwarranted emphasis on lifelong responsibility raises questions: how can designers and engineers assume such lifelong responsibility? If they are to bear lifelong responsibility, shouldn’t they also have lifetime coverage? Let’s discuss this together
Responsibilities, rights, and interests should be considered together
It is necessary to take responsibility for one’s own safety and quality duties, but it is important to conduct objective and fair analysis and judgment...
To make an objective and fair judgment, everyone can only rely on so-called professional ethics
Is there a little story about this, something about the bricks on the Great Wall or something? It seems good for now, but it might change.
I agree with your view, or perhaps the order should be adjusted: rights, responsibilities, and interests. Rights: power, or rather privileges (within a specific period of time and in a specific environment; I didn’t originally intend to link rights and interests together). Where do these rights come from? Who grants you those rights (and interests), and who oversees how you exercise those rights (and interests)? To whom is the entity that exercises power accountable? Responsibility: Duty. Where there is power, there is responsibility; it is necessary to clarify the responsibilities of those who hold power. Without accountability, power becomes unrestrained or uncontrolled, leading to abuses. Those who fail to fulfill their responsibilities should have their powers taken away; a sound system for defining responsibilities and ensuring their fulfillment, along with a scientific evaluation and supervision mechanism, are essential prerequisites for ensuring that powers are exercised effectively. Interest: benefits. When authority and responsibilities are effectively unified in practice, those who take action will surely receive rewards for their efforts. Therefore, a scientific and fair evaluation system, along with an appropriate distribution mechanism, is also one of the very important means to ensure that authority and responsibilities are unified and reinforce each other. Having authority without corresponding responsibilities leads to abuse ； Having responsibility but no authority leads to chaos ； Having responsibilities without benefits is an illusion
There are advantages and disadvantages; it can’t be generalized
Lifelong responsibility is not only an individual’s responsibility but also that of the company. When problems arise and compensation is required, an individual’s capacity to handle such situations is limited; it is the company that must adopt a responsible attitude.
The key issue is that some responsibilities are unclear; it is neither appropriate nor possible to hold people accountable indefinitely. When dealing with problems, it is necessary to consider them from two perspectives: whether it is a problem related to design, operation, or management levels, or rather a matter of accountability. If it is a matter of accountability, then responsibility should certainly be held.
The advantages and disadvantages are balanced, but at present, the length of time one works in a company varies. From the perspective of personal integrity, one should take responsibility until the end while in a company; it’s not possible to claim that responsibility continues even after leaving the company.