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 Originally Posted by CoccoBill
What it generally means though is that the relative is favored over a more competent one, and whether the appointment is made with good intentions or not, it's sure to sow distrust and likely affect the motivation and performance of others.
I agree with this as it applies to the state. Nepotism in the state is basically taking something that there is already high demand for and giving it to a lower qualified person. Yet in the private sector, the demand is not exactly there since each firm loses revenues or goes bankrupt if they don't perform, so a company that hires lower qualified people for nepotism reasons suffers. Perhaps ironically, family and friends are often more productive sources of hires in the private sector since they carry lower risk to revenues for the firm. In government, they're also of lower risk to those with government power, but HIGHER risk to the people who provide revenues for the institution (taxpayers).
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