André John Haddad
Psychologue industriel

I would like to draw attention to a phenomena now taking place and shaping public opinion: performance incentive excesses in the private sector and the subsequent political and popular backlashes.

Today, many view bonus and incentive programs with suspicion. They believe them to be fraudulent, immoral and more importantly unfair to taxpayers who have bailed out so many organizations who failed to ensure good governance. The people, as in "We the people", now believe that greed is at the heart of corporate incentive and bonus programs. They do not accept as true, that these programs were put into place as a vehicle to improve performance. Not anymore.

Oddly enough, this is not a new issue.