Jayanta i agree with your point of view on the subject.

Jayanta it is obviously not in the context of betterment of the organisation. If favoritism is bring done on recruitment of personnel then the company slowly and gradually go down in this competitive market.

So at all point of time the recruitment should be done on the basis of merit.  

@Srinivas - I understand what you are trying to say. My policy is "no first use of these kind of arrows". Mr.Muralidharan had plenty of other things in this world that he could have used as an example instead of the congress party.

@Muralidharan - OK, accepted. There will be no further 'political arrows'.

Mr. Munshi is this retort required. Mr. Murali has no poltiical leanings. He pointed out  what is happening. We come to understand you are a staunch congress supporter. You may have your politicalleanings, but dont drag this debate to political fighting. Once you appear here,  BJP sympathizers may land here and hijack the entire debate. Please dont give a political colour to this debate.

Here is a good example for Muralidharan's statement about "Family-run business or Lala companies....

BJP becoming a 'party of sons, daughters & relatives':

PANAJI: In a statement that may cause further embarrassment to BJP, its national vice-president Shanta Kumar on Sunday said he had informed the party high command about the happenings in Karnataka when he was party in-charge for the state, but his complaints were not taken seriously.

In a hard-hitting comment, he also said that BJP was fast becoming a "party of sons, daughters and relatives".

"I knew everything what Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde has now said... I had informed high command about it, but no action was taken," Kumar said.

"I had asked the high command to relieve me from Karnataka's charge, if action was not to be taken against Yeddyurappa. Lokayukta's report is so much damning that the party must take action against the chief minister," he said.

He said BJP came into existence as a party with difference, and continued to be a much better party compared to the rest.

"But of late the culture of parivar-tantra (family politics), replacing Loktantra (democracy), has arisen even in the BJP....BJP has been the party of workers but right from Himachal Pradesh to Karnataka, it is becoming party of sons, daughters and relatives," the national vice-president said.

Kumar reminded that at a recent meeting of BJP chief ministers, it was resolved that the party will oppose corruption. Developments in Karnataka -- where the BJP chief minister is facing allegations regarding corruption in the mining sector -- were tarnishing the party's image, he added.

"Whether in government or not, we are for the nation. If we compromise with the corrupt to remain in power, we have no right to call ourselves a party with difference," he said.

Recently Kumar had written a letter to the BJP president, demanding Yeddyurappa's removal.

Jayanta, nepotism is "bane" for honesty and truth-loving society. However, its "boon" for certain class. We have a classic example in front of us, i.e. 150-year old Congress Party rearing a "dynastic rule"! In G4, those who were considered to be passive and loyal to the family are kept to manage the affairs during the absence of the party president.  What does it show?    Family-run businesses (Lala companies, so to say) prefer "nepotism" to place their family members in positions, wherever possible, in order to retain wealth within the family!

Yes, if it would have been a debate we can express freely without confinements.  Mr. Pi sir said it right.

Nepotism- can not be a boon to any organisation. By favouring to your kith and kin, you are loosing capable persons. If these kith and kin, friends have the ability there wont be any problem for the organisation, if not the organisation will face the consequences. Nepotism of late Y.S.Rajasekahar Reddy, ex-CM of Andrha Pradesh was praised by one and all terming it as credibility of the leader. People are now experiencing the consequences of his nepotism.

Nepotism in general is a bane. There is no harm in hiring a friend or relative if the person is skilled and is of value to the organization. But that is not always the case. This biggest form of nepotism that I have seen recently and is being described as a trend is the back door recruitment to please the trade unions and local politicians and even local thugs. Hiring managers are forced to listen to these people because these people use tricks like black mailing and violence. The funny thing is that this is happening in the IT sector. One hiring manager who refused to dance to the tunes of a local thug was blackmailed using his past relationships. Another manager who refused to hire a unskilled person was robbed. It is high time that organizations understand how defeating it is to hire for favors,sex,money and threat.