The hot story in Bridgetown in recent days has been the fall from grace of a veteran journalist who over the years has shown a penchant for using two heads. For many people with their ears to the ground the exploits of Mr. Roy Morris is nothing new. There was the incident of the girl from St. Lucy; then there is the young lady who worked in the media who is currently overseas studying. BU suppose she must have been happy with her $30,000.00. The question being asked on the corridors and the rum shops__what has the gentleman done to deserve being asked to resign by the company? We could spread the sordid details on the Internet but we have taken a decision not to do so to respect other players involved. Suffice it to say that employees are asked to resign in organizations everyday for one reason or the other. When that time occurs the employee in question will make a judgment call, whether to resign or not. In this matter our source confirms that Mr. Morris has admitted to …
This is what we will say!
We do feel sad for the Morris household, and especially his wife who has shown the steely mettle required to counter the injudicious behavior of her husband over the years. His unprofessional conduct to date would have challenged any Professional Conduct manual in any organization that we know. The retirement of Harold Hoyte, Patriarch of the Nation newspaper, has now exposed it to modern management methods. The shake-out in the form of this latest incident should come as no surprise to those who understand what any organization built on nepotism will have to suffer when there is a new way of doing things.
Who to blame?
The BU view which we know will be unpopular, hurls the blame squarely at the colleagues of Morris, who over the years have witnessed his unprofessional conduct which would violate any quiet sense of office decorum. We could list details but we hope that our proven credibility to date would assure BU readers that we speak from a position of knowledge. The many complaints and activities at the Fontabelle Club over the years and which would have served to embarrass his wife and colleagues did occur. Perhaps if time could be rewound the decision makers at the Nation Publishing Company would challenge Mr. Morris to consider a change in his modus operandi. It is not our intention to be self-righteous in this matter, but we know of many organizations which have sent employees who needed “help” to see professionals. The inclination of the Nation Publishing to negotiate financial settlements in the past has proved to be a quick fix but, BU suspect that it has now become an approach which will be buried.
Where do we go from here?
We are not sure how this matter will shake-out when Mr. Morris returns from 10 days sick leave. One thing is sure, he will join the ranks of highly successful professionals whose fall from grace was precipitated by the hairy bank. There is no doubt that our culture in Barbados, and we can only speak for Barbados, supports prominent people in society preying on females and especially young females. The relaxed values of many of our people ensure that fornication and adultery remain a rampant past time. Going forward the conduct of our professionals will increasingly come under the microscope in Barbados and the Caribbean, as our policymakers’ work to align our laws and codes of behavior to what occurs in the international arena.
Let this to be a lesson to all of us that we have to be our brother’s keeper. Perhaps this is a matter which could have been avoided if we had extended a helping hand to the brother.
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