My Jukebox Soapbox
by Lois Melbourne
I am participating in the Carnival of HR blog roll with the theme of the HR Jukebox. This theme of blogging to music is appropriate for me, because I typically write my blogs while the music is turned up loud. My first thought was ‘Put a ring on it” from Single Ladies by Beyonce. I was going to talk about committing to your high potentials and investing in them. (I will just let you think about that one). I had a log of analogies from orchestras and team work to conductors for leadership, and it struck me what really needed to be said.
Music – Stop stealing it and stop allowing your employees to use company equipment to steal it. I hate it when people steal music. People must think that because the chance of getting caught is low, they can do it. Others seem to think, because some of the artists make a lot of money they won’t be hurt. But, it is wrong, and companies have their policies in place so that company equipment can not be used for downloading, file sharing, or duplicating others intellectualy property when it violates copyright laws. This includes music, software, movies, etc. I feel it should be an immediate write up into the personnel file – No warnings, no confess on Wednesdays or Sundays and aplogize and it will be forgotten.
Stealing intellectual property is illegal and a big integrity issue. No adult in America can claim ignorance that they are not aware they are breaking the law when they share their music. I don’t subscribe to the ‘everyone else is doing it’ philosophy. That just shows weak character.
I am asking you to put money into the jukebox. When you play those tunes, if you are at your computer, use the best music invention for free music that ever came to the computer – www.pandora.com. You get to select your genre and create your own ‘channel’ to listen to tunes, and occasionally, you get a commercial. The artist get paid and you get exactly the music you want. It is the best way I have found to locate new artists too. iTunes and other music buying sites allow you to buy music one favorite song at a time, so you are not wasting any of your money on tunes you don’t like. Stand up and prove you have the integrity you claim you have. I am done with my soapbox.
Cheers,
Lois
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