I see that as more of an aesthetic question. Is there a higher-up who'll object to the current method you use? Personally, I only use short cables when I know I'll never need to move them again or ...
How do you handle getting Cat 5E (or I guess Cat 6) from your servers to the core switch? Just straight cable runs in the ceiling/under the floor? Patch panels? Or something else? Basically I want to ...