Total Quality Management expert W. Edwards Deming (
now deceased) pointed out that most
organizational problems are structural and not employee based.
She then discusses potential obstacles to taking the needed steps required by a lawyer's impairment (a firm's
organizational structure or various contractual obligations; discrimination laws, etc.), and suggests a firm «Consider amending any documents
now to avoid
problems or confusion in the future,» while remembering that such internal organization issues can not be allowed to prevent necessary action when impairment is causing or likely to cause damage to the lawyer or others.