There are instances where certain initiated members take it to this extreme and more. These active members begin to pick on new members too profusely and cause them to do certain things that can be harmful themselves and others. These are the people that give them bad reputations and cause people to second guess joining a social group, especially when it comes to Greek organizations. Active members tend to lose sight of what the organization resembles and let their pledge practices stray from their core values and focus more on punishment rather than improvement and advancement. The organization as a whole will not be able to prosper is they continue to have people who believe pure punishment is the answer to better pledges to be better members; moreover, “if you [keep the] cruel, vicious people [in the organizations], then cruel, vicious things will [keep happening]” (Wright 1). If they cannot get all these members to believe the true core values, then organization must vote to get rid of the bad seeds to be the best group they possibly
There are instances where certain initiated members take it to this extreme and more. These active members begin to pick on new members too profusely and cause them to do certain things that can be harmful themselves and others. These are the people that give them bad reputations and cause people to second guess joining a social group, especially when it comes to Greek organizations. Active members tend to lose sight of what the organization resembles and let their pledge practices stray from their core values and focus more on punishment rather than improvement and advancement. The organization as a whole will not be able to prosper is they continue to have people who believe pure punishment is the answer to better pledges to be better members; moreover, “if you [keep the] cruel, vicious people [in the organizations], then cruel, vicious things will [keep happening]” (Wright 1). If they cannot get all these members to believe the true core values, then organization must vote to get rid of the bad seeds to be the best group they possibly