9min 28sec clip - Every Strange Rule Amish Women Must Follow

Rules-based decisions are accessible but fail to adapt

 

7min 51sec clip - 5 American Rules I Didn't Know I Was Breaking

doing right or wrong - what principles govern how UK PM Boris Johnson behaves?

Whilst listening to the UK news this morning I was struck by how at the heart of Boris' statement on attending a party last year was this burning question "What moral principles  govern his behaviour?"

In the televised PM Questions yesterday Boris apologised - possibly.  He also provided the excuse that he thought the party last year that he admitted attending, (with bring your own booze), was actually a "work event", and so within the rules. Boris said that with hindsight he realised the rules had not been followed.  

In his statement he used language like "I regret" and "I apologise", but he also used language like "We didn't get it right".  Watching a re-run of his statement I thought he looked like a schoolboy who had been caught breaking the rules, and who had been forced to apologise when he didn't want to apologise really.  

Given the public's view that his familiarity with the truth is distant, many commentators thought his apology was a non-apology.  And that his "work event" excuse was an insult to those members of the public who had followed the rules.

One definition of ethics is that it is the moral principles that govern a person's behaviour.

So what are the moral principles that govern his behaviour?  From the statement yesterday, and events before that, I'd suggest the following as a started for ten:

1) Assume rules don't apply to yourself or your friends.

2) Work on the assumption that you'll get away with breaking the rules.

3) If people query your rule breaking then follow these steps:

        a) deny you have broken the rules;

        b) if a) doesn't work try to get the rules changed so your behaviour didn't break them;

        c) if b) doesn't work get somebody to rule that you did, in fact, follow the rules;

        d) if c) doesn't work appoint somebody who works for you to review what went on;

        e) refuse to discuss any alleged rule breaking till d)'s review has concluded;

        f) if in the meantime you are pressured to apologise try not to;

        g) if e) & f) don't work and you have to make an apology do so but:

                i) use "we" more than "I" in your apology;

               ii) claim at the time it wasn't clear you were breaking rules;

               iii) get friends to cite your rule breaking as a minor sideshow to your achievements.  

10 things to remember when dealing with other people - a list without irony

1) Unorganised people are simply creative and open to the spirit of the moment

2) Whilst organised people are bureaucratic dictators stifling innovation

3) My phone always goes to voicemail but you need to always answer your phone

4) People who think the market always delivers the best solution aren't very observant

5) In a meeting most attendees won't have read the papers

6) Most people's planning horizon is four weeks ahead - apart from their holidays

7) I may not always reply to your messages but you need to reply to all of mine immediately

8) When people say the regulations require X they can rarely cite the clause that says that

9) And the regulations mostly call for reasonable endeavors rather than specific actions

10) When you are talking to others they're mostly thinking about what they want to say next

7min #bbcreel clip - Four #Japanese rules to live past 1#00

text from source webpage "Okinawa, long known as the island of the immortals, is home to the highest concentration of centenarians in Japan. The village of Kitanakagusuku ranks first in Japanese women's longevity. What is it about this island that makes its inhabitants live a longer and happier life?

Video by: Shiho Fukada and Keith Bedford"

6min 45sec @thersa clip - How to Rewrite the #Rules with Sam Conniff Allende

Text from youtube "Pirates didn't just break free from society, they rewrote the rules'. Founder and former CEO of award-winning marketing agency Livity, Sam Conniff Allende unveils the innovative strategies of Golden Age pirates, drawing parallels between the tactics and teachings of legends like Henry Morgan and Blackbeard with modern rebels, like Steve Jobs, Malala and Elon Musk. Watch Sam Conniff Allende, founder and former CEO of Livity. " 

2min 45sec clip - Skit Guys Talk #Camp #Rules

the 5 #secret #work rules you didn't know about that will explain everything

source http://bit.ly/2aNj0QB found via @alexandreafonso

what if #machines ruled the #world ?

fewer #meetings for @cofe #vicars - 8 changes to how PCC work going to the next @CofEGenSyn (10-12/2/14)

(ht VIKTOR HANACEK for the pic via picjumbo.com)

you can find the detail here and some background here  (ht thinking anglicans for the links)

apparently this was the result of an open consultation started october 2011 which led to some recommendations going to the archbishops' council's simplification group in autumn 2012 which they accepted in full

the proposals that caught my eye are summarised below



1) PCCs will only need to hold one meeting a year - in addition to the APCM (currently its 4 p.a.)

2) PCCs won't have to post notice of a meeting (currently they are meant to post notice of every PCC meeting at or near the principal door of every church or building licensed for public worship in the parish at least 10 clear days before the meeting is to take place) 

3) People can raise items for business at a PCC meeting whether or not the items are on the agenda without a vote on such (currently you can't transact business at a PCC meeting which isn't on the agenda unless at least 1/3rd of the members are present and 3/4's of the members present and voting agree). 

4) PCC won't have to resolve to transact business in an order different from the agenda (currently they do need to do this)

5) Only the minister and churchwarden will have to be members of a standing committee of the PCC - although PCC can continue to appoint additional members if it wants to (currently a standing committee of the PCC must consist of not fewer than 5 people including the minster and church wardens ex officio)

6) A minister will be entitled to be an ex officio member of all committees established by the PCC  - but does not have to be (currently it is a requirement that the minister be an ex officio member of all committees established by the PCC)

7) There will be an express power allowing a PCC to delegate functions to its committees. 

8) There will be a new express power allowing a PCC to regulate its own proceedings, 
subject to any specific requirements of the Rules or any other enactment  -  this change appears in a bit of the rules which cover independent examination or audit of financial statements and the examiner/auditor's rights to access various records and require information and explanations)



Of course some will say many of these rules were already regularly observed in their passing ....

10 #cofe #rules you may not know about

1) its not just vicars who can chair PCC meetings (appendix 2 to rules of representation)

2) in an emergency a lay person may baptise somebody (see here)

3) churchwardens can lead morning and evening prayer - save for the absolution (canon b11)

4) churchwardens can restrain people to keep the peace in a church and/or churchyard

5) in book of common prayer services only certain versions of the bible can be used

6) priests normally take oaths of allegiance to the queen, of obedience to their diocese bishop and make a declaration of assent as to their beliefs

7) ministers may not make known to others crimes or offences confessed to them (except where by the laws of this realm their own life may be called into question for concealing the same)

8) it is the duty of clergy and people to do their utmost not only to avoid occasions of strife but also to seek in penitence and brotherly charity to heal such divisions.

9) unless an archbishop of canterbury says otherwise you can't be made a deacon if you are under 23 years of age

10) No person shall be refused consecration as a bishop on the ground that they were born out of lawful wedlock