Ethics: Workplace Survivor

In parliamentary systems, those who selected the leader (government) can deselect him (it) at a later date by voting no confidence in his administration. A form of this same sort of thing we know a bit better here in America is the recall election. But certainly the far more well-known version is Survivor Island, where team members have to decide whom to eject from their midst. In thinking about this idea recently, I wondered whether it might not be useful to let co-workers similarly de-select people in their midst who either aren’t really pulling their weight or who are really difficult/disruptive to work with. Because only the boss (or management intermediary in a larger company) can fire someone, such people often find ways to curry favor with the boss or even deceive them. Would it be a remedy for some of this power to be shared with the other people in the workplace?