Now I ve been around for a couple of years, so I ve seen a bit of the old version, and now I think I see a trend towards a revival of the concept. On the one hand, the concept falters when there are different groups that are treated differently. Now before anybody jumps to any hasty conclusions, let me stress that I personally believe there ARE in fact many such groups. In fact, I take the view that that is almost ALL we have at this particular point in time. And believe me, score will be kept.
Human nature is pretty basic stuff.
You know the type. They re the ones who are so eager for promotion that they are best described as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest management-level derriere. The problem is, accountability itself soon becomes a special interest group. But the term may be interpreted in a lot of different ways by a lot of different officers. And it should come by example, not rhetoric.