Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

'Ali ibn Abi Tdlib 627
hope to get his way with him of people who are close to
These are the factors that protect senior officials from going down the
road of accepting bribes or selling out for money:
(a) Paying generously and covering all his needs so that he
will feel independent.
(b) Showing respect to him so that he will have job security
and feel that his post is safe.
What more could the employee want if his life is secure and his
job is stable? This type of security for senior state employees may
also he applied in large companies, corporations and leaders of
Islamic movements; it is a comprehensive guarantee for the
employee that should be granted to the workers, according to the best
administrative principles. Even the Japanese administrative systems
do not grant the employee this level of security of life and provision;
the employee receives a fixed salary, but that salary may not be
enough to cover all his expenses, so what will he do in that situation?
His need may push him to commit immoral actions. The
administrative system of Amir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali (&) ,.. dictated that
the employee should be given enough security and money so that he
could attain independence of means. In other words, it is not
sufficient to give a monthly salary only; rather the standard is to fulfil
all his needs and, moreover, to give him job se~nsit~.~~~
"Show great
respect to him, so that no one could hope to get his way with him of
people who are close to
2.4.10. Learning from people of experience
People of experience are a source of real knowledge, and it is
natural that the seeker of knowledge can benefit more from traders
(people with real-life knowledge) than from those who studied
theoretical knowledge only. The Japanese benefited from this
principle when they turned their factories into universities in which