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When events in the corporate world become so absurd that not to comment would constitute irresponsibility on the part of The Corporate Asylum a Taradiddle Award is bestowed. These events, we realize, take place thousands of times a day, but we here at The Corporate Asylum are, fortunately, limited to ones that we witness or are made aware of by our friends or our faithful readers. It should be remembered that we attempt to secure situations where we do not have to view Taradiddle Award material. This has proven to be an impossibility. The best that we can achieve is a small decline in exposures to corporate brainlessness. Decline is good. The announcement of the award is one of the few instances where The Corporate Asylum uses the actual, real, legal names of corporations or other institutions related to corporations(the government and the military). Not doing so under these circumstances would, again, be irresponsible on our part. Our readers and the citizens of the World Wide Web need this information in order to perform their job responsibilities with a high degree of integrity and productivity.The Taradiddle Award is not a tangible award. Corporations that earn this prestigious honor will not receive plaques, certificates, watches, points or letters of commendation. In truth, sending winners these things would constitute a kind of "poetic justice," but we have better things to do with our time. It shall be and remain a cyber award. What we do offer with the Taradiddle is the notoriety and the liberty for upper-management to accept this distinction as a chance to improve themselves, to reach their full potential, to make a great company an even better one and to see the criticism not so much as something negative but as a golden, if not uranium, opportunity for personal growth. The Taradiddle Award is meant to help corporate managers challenge themselves and never be satisfied with the status quo.
It is not our intention to cause corporate heads to descend into self-pity or depression after receiving this uncoveted prize without offering our assistance. Our web site is always open. Reading it would be good start on the road to recovery from corporate insanity. Personalized advice is also available. Write anytime. Our cyber confession booth can provide relief from guilt and shame. For special cases a corporate detoxification program can help managers conquer overwork habits, eradicate excessive reliance on statistical data and eliminate business convention clichés. Prices vary. Psychiatric care is provided at no extra charge.
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