Re: "Gamble my career"?

Tom wrote:

> 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.)

Stretching? I don't think there's a valid comparison between a course of
action which is clearly criminal and one which might lead to civil
litigation whose outcome is far from certain. But then again IANAL, even at
10c.

> That is, if it can be viewed as an ethical/moral/legal issue, there's
> no reason to advance it as an alternative.

Perhaps there's a difficulty with the word "issue" here. If it's a question
of whether or not the company should knowingly take a course of action that
is either unethical, immoral or illegal then there really is no issue. It
should not do it, and either as an employee or a consultant I for one would
not be a party to such an action. To my mind the issue is whether the
action being considered is any or all of those things.

Dave...

"Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow." - Oscar Wilde

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