There is an old African saying “When a fish rots, the head stinks first”. In modern-day leadership, it explains how failure begins at the top. When leaders fail, systems fail. It also teaches that responsibility cannot move downward when problems start at the top. The meaning and relevance show that leaders create rules, culture, make decisions and shape outcomes If leadership is weak, the entire system suffers.

The African proverb also highlights accountability. Accountability means responsibility for actions. Leaders cannot shift blame. They must accept the results. Mistakes happen in every system but the difference is how leaders respond? Responsible leaders accept and fix mistakes whereas irresponsible leaders hide them, as done by Amerandu Prakash by saying “कुछ तो लोग कहेंगे” in his parting speech.

The teachings of the proverb also encourage transparency. Transparency builds trust and  strengthens systems. Management builds company culture. Company culture shapes employee behaviour. When management shows fairness, teams work with trust.

The meaning and relevance show that business failures often start with poor decisions. Poor planning creates risk. Poor communication creates confusion. Poor leadership creates instability. The teachings guide managers to lead with responsibility. Good leadership improves teamwork and productivity.

To keep corruption going, complete erosion of responsibility, accountability, transparency, leadership, ethics, morality, and human values in SAIL

In case of supplies to FAKE Projects, SAIL top management grossly failed on the multiple counts as detailed in our story titled - SAIL PROJECT SCAM: A case of ‘Blatant Compromise’ and Suspension of the Whistle Blower: A weapon to accelerate & intensify corruption 

https://www.bureaugram.com/news/sail-project-scam-a-case-of-blatant-compromise

https://www.bureaugram.com/news/suspension-of-the-whistle-blower-a-weapon-to-accelerate-intensify-corruption

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Numbers given below speak for themselves about the gross failures of top management of SAIL in terms of responsibility, accountability, transparency, and leadership. Apart from continued supplies to FAKE Projects and making SAIL to lose crores of rupees, the hostile, vindictive and prejudiced treatment imparted to The Whistle Blower also indicate complete failure of the top management of SAIL on all the above parameters along with complete erosion of ethical, moral, and humanitarian values in the organization.

 (The above article has been written based on extensive research and inputs from various sources including sources from SAIL)