Death of a child domestic help, resulted in the arrest of wife of a government engineer, has almost gone unnoticed in the social media and the press. She was recruited when she was 8 years old as her father could not bear expenses of her and her siblings.She lasted in this profession about 4 years, enduring all kinds of hardships and tortures. At 12, she finally gave in. Freedom at last! Her body bears all the marks of torture.
In Dhanmondi, another domestic help was choked to death after electric short circuit caused fire to a flat. She was too old to evacuate the building in time. Landlords of the flat where the fire originated were out when the tragedy struck.I am appalled to see no significant reaction, even lukewarm, to death of these people. Having read this sort of news on too many occasions, the society has grown inured to such tragedies.
Culprits purport this kind of crime to working class often perch on upper rung of the social ladder and often go scot free.
Often we see that people get fired or get scolding from school or college authority for social media posts that deem unacceptable to certain quarter. It is because they hurt their values or do not get along with their policies.
Different groups of people and companies have different policies. And they reward or punish their employees or disciples who do comply or do not comply with these policies. Apart from that we also see too many incidents of fake news, cyber bullying and social media account hacking. This kind of conduct destroys life, property and social harmony.
To check this kind of behavior, we should take cue from China that is introducing a unique social credit score for citizens and businesses.Based on this social credit score, individual and business will be rewarded and punished.
How one interacts with others, treats his surroundings, performs his role as a social creature, leads a lawful and ethical life, upholds consumer rights, pays taxes , undertakes corporate social responsibility and patronizes good initiative will be reflected in the Social Credit Score.
You may be a topper in the class but you regularly bully one fellow classmate at school, give troubles to your teacher and spread hatred through Facebook. It will reflect in your Social Credit Score and ultimately downgrade you in your year-end final school report card, which will take into account a student's Social Credit Score.
You may be a government employee, got the job by passing BCS exam, but shirk your duties, take bribes to delay a project, overrun project costs to gain benefits, mistreat subordinates and intimidate others who hold different views than yours. Your Social Credit Score may cost you your next increment or promotion or downgrade you to an inferior position.
By the same token, Social Credit Score can do a lot of benefits to improve business environment. A businessman who fails to repay his loans in time, launders money abroad and cheats friends and clients is worthy of a poor Social Credit Score. It may cost his exclusive right to a business association, MP seat, his children's right to get admitted into elite schools and further loans.
Obviously communist China envisaged such score to carry out massive surveillance on its own citizens and dissenters. It presented Social Credit Score in such a way to convince others and to hide its true intentions. Whatever the motive is, the idea sounds good and if it is implemented by welfare countries where market economy is already functioning by stripping of some of the transgressions.
Despite being a dysfunctional democracy, there is no wrong to get inspired from an idea, mooted and popularized by a communist country. I think this concept of Social Credit Score will find huge audience in democratic west, where it will be put in to test and will work more properly because there already exists enlightened societies who know how to put new ideas into action.
You will alter your conduct towards housemaid if mistreating housemaid costs you your job or promotion. In this sense Social Credit Score nudges one change his or her behavior to others.
Individual traits , good deeds have never been reflected in formal dealings and transactions. Social Credit Score has the potential to formalize our good behavior into our day-to-day dealings and affairs.
It may not root out the social evils overnight, but its nudging effect will reduce the incidence of social vices and value good conducts in the society. Its impact on society is enormous, leading us to the ultimate welfare country that we have been harboring for far too long in our minds.
Doomed is the society that does not recognize contributions of an honest individual ,who does not engage in evil doing but suffers all sorts of evils of an unlawful society, and prizes the evildoers. Swollen bank balance, property and show of wealth cannot distinguish the type and contributions of the two categories of people. Time has come to float Social Credit Score that duly recognizes good conducts of a citizen.
In Dhanmondi, another domestic help was choked to death after electric short circuit caused fire to a flat. She was too old to evacuate the building in time. Landlords of the flat where the fire originated were out when the tragedy struck.I am appalled to see no significant reaction, even lukewarm, to death of these people. Having read this sort of news on too many occasions, the society has grown inured to such tragedies.
Culprits purport this kind of crime to working class often perch on upper rung of the social ladder and often go scot free.
Often we see that people get fired or get scolding from school or college authority for social media posts that deem unacceptable to certain quarter. It is because they hurt their values or do not get along with their policies.
Different groups of people and companies have different policies. And they reward or punish their employees or disciples who do comply or do not comply with these policies. Apart from that we also see too many incidents of fake news, cyber bullying and social media account hacking. This kind of conduct destroys life, property and social harmony.
To check this kind of behavior, we should take cue from China that is introducing a unique social credit score for citizens and businesses.Based on this social credit score, individual and business will be rewarded and punished.
How one interacts with others, treats his surroundings, performs his role as a social creature, leads a lawful and ethical life, upholds consumer rights, pays taxes , undertakes corporate social responsibility and patronizes good initiative will be reflected in the Social Credit Score.
You may be a topper in the class but you regularly bully one fellow classmate at school, give troubles to your teacher and spread hatred through Facebook. It will reflect in your Social Credit Score and ultimately downgrade you in your year-end final school report card, which will take into account a student's Social Credit Score.
You may be a government employee, got the job by passing BCS exam, but shirk your duties, take bribes to delay a project, overrun project costs to gain benefits, mistreat subordinates and intimidate others who hold different views than yours. Your Social Credit Score may cost you your next increment or promotion or downgrade you to an inferior position.
By the same token, Social Credit Score can do a lot of benefits to improve business environment. A businessman who fails to repay his loans in time, launders money abroad and cheats friends and clients is worthy of a poor Social Credit Score. It may cost his exclusive right to a business association, MP seat, his children's right to get admitted into elite schools and further loans.
Obviously communist China envisaged such score to carry out massive surveillance on its own citizens and dissenters. It presented Social Credit Score in such a way to convince others and to hide its true intentions. Whatever the motive is, the idea sounds good and if it is implemented by welfare countries where market economy is already functioning by stripping of some of the transgressions.
Despite being a dysfunctional democracy, there is no wrong to get inspired from an idea, mooted and popularized by a communist country. I think this concept of Social Credit Score will find huge audience in democratic west, where it will be put in to test and will work more properly because there already exists enlightened societies who know how to put new ideas into action.
You will alter your conduct towards housemaid if mistreating housemaid costs you your job or promotion. In this sense Social Credit Score nudges one change his or her behavior to others.
Individual traits , good deeds have never been reflected in formal dealings and transactions. Social Credit Score has the potential to formalize our good behavior into our day-to-day dealings and affairs.
It may not root out the social evils overnight, but its nudging effect will reduce the incidence of social vices and value good conducts in the society. Its impact on society is enormous, leading us to the ultimate welfare country that we have been harboring for far too long in our minds.
Doomed is the society that does not recognize contributions of an honest individual ,who does not engage in evil doing but suffers all sorts of evils of an unlawful society, and prizes the evildoers. Swollen bank balance, property and show of wealth cannot distinguish the type and contributions of the two categories of people. Time has come to float Social Credit Score that duly recognizes good conducts of a citizen.
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