In light of recent changes I thought to propose a counterview might open up the debate a little. I'm just throwng this out there for coments. I have plagiarized the following from another poster here:
There are so many who feel that reform is possible; some even feel that most of the GB are going to be carted off to jail because of the child abuse scandal (rather like Judge Rutherford and the WT directors in 1918), and that will leave a group of senior brothers ready to pick up the reins and reform the Society.
I realised it was impossible, because:
1. Even though they were sentenced to 99 years in prison, Judge Rutherford and the other directors remained as president and directors of the Society; there is no reason to believe that the Governing Body would be replaced today, if they were sentenced to time in prison. After all, JWs believe they are 'anointed by Jehovah,' and that anointing could never be taken away by worldly authorities. The Society would explain away any prison sentences as simply 'persecution' that should be expected in these 'last days.' They would no doubt claim this persecution was prompted by apostates and the clergy of Christendom, and was further proof they were Christ's only true disciples!
2. The Governing Body is self-perpetuating: i.e. if they are anointed by God, and are his 'only channel of communication with mankind,' then they are the only ones who can appoint new members to the Governing Body. Thus, they will only appoint as new members any whom they are confident will think the same way as they do. If they were convinced reform was needed, they would be doing it already. The fact that they are not, and that the latest appointments were all Jarracz 'clones,' proves that they do not accept a need for future reform.
3. Whatever changes have been made in the past have been merely tinkering with the machinery of the organisation rather than any radical reform. Even when the Governing Body took control of the organisation from President Knorr (which, at the time, was as radical as anything that had ever happened within the history of the organisation), the basic structure remained the same: control by an elite group, claiming authority from God, imposing Pharisaical rules and regulations on--and then loading guilt on--their members and berating them for not doing more and more and more for the organisation. In the end, however, those changes were no more than rearranging the furniture, the basic house remained the same. There is no reason to believe that any future changes, however radical in appearance, will be any more significant.
4. As the current policies and doctrines of the Society give the GB an enormous amount of power, there is no incentive for them to make any significant changes: any pressure to amend the traditional teachings and policies now in force will be strongly resisted. Any new members will very quickly get used to, and will consequently become unwilling to yield, any of this power.
5. There is a further, fundamental, reason for not expecting any radical change in direction, no matter what the change in personnel at the top. And that is the concept on which the whole organisation is founded. This concept is not their 'unique' doctrines (which are not unique at all), as even their wackiest beliefs can be found in other religions. This concept is the organisation's belief that Jesus Christ selected THEM as his 'faithful and discreet slave,' giving them ultimate authority over all 'his belongings' on earth. This concept dominates the thinking, the writing and every action of the organisation, that God MUST deal with humans through an organisation, the WT organisation, of course! No matter how many problems a 'loyal' JW may see with the organisation, or whatever doubts he may experience about their teachings, so long as he accepts this concept, no significant change will ever be made. I expect most of the present GB believe in this concept, doubtless their subsequent replacements will do also.