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David: On Thu, 08 November 2001, David.X.Kahn@gsk.com wrote: > > Reeve wrote: > > > So, if you install this chimera and something bad happens to your > > system, do you think your boss, or the owner, or the board of > > directors will applaud and say, "Hey, nice try!" Sorry, the line > > for the lynching party forms at the end. If one of my valued, > > long-time people even downloaded TT without talking to me, it would > > be the end of that career. > > Look at it another way. If your company is about to pay a chunk of green > screen tax do you not have an obligation to your bosses at least to make > them aware of the existence of a possible alternative? Your memo will of > course point out both the ethical issues and the business risk and may well > recommend that you do not purchase it, but how are your managers meant to > make a decision without a full awareness of the alternatives? I see this as a troublesome path. It can be seen similar to pointing out that new fleet vehicles can be purchased more cheaply from local chop-shops. Or that expenses can be inflated by questionable accounting practices, etc. (Yes, I know I'm stretching the point.) That is, if it can be viewed as an ethical/moral/legal issue, there's no reason to advance it as an alternative. I certainly wouldn't want such a memo on file with MY signature on it. OTOH, if management has proposed the alternative, then a memo is in order ASAP. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.400Security.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/
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