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When Work Tools Become Play Tools
I'm the boss of a company that does computer sales, and we installed Instant Messaging on our sales associates' computers a few months back as a tool for them to communicate with their clients. Recently, my senior manager approached me and asked that we ban IM because he felt that...
Tags: Instant messaging, Where's The Line?, communications revolution, Self-Policing, IM, e-mail
Blog posts 2007-05-28
It's All About "Show Me The Money"
Two of my colleagues recently approached me and told me they were starting their own firm and wanted me to join them. I thought about it for a night, realized I liked my current employment, and respectfully declined. When I told them the news, they said that they would expect...
Tags: Where's The Line?
Blog posts 2007-04-26
The Ad-Pitch Thieves
My company recently made an advertising pitch to a large company. They did not hire us for the campaign, but they clearly stole some of the ideas we presented in the pitch. Wheres the line?In a creative field like advertising, having your ideas stolen is the same as having your...
Tags: Where's The Line?, Idea Theft
Blog posts 2007-04-09
The Gentle Art of Trading Favors
My company recently lost a bid for a city government contract. We have learned that the company that submitted the winning bid -- which was more expensive than our own -- has a family connection to someone on the approval board. This is in clear violation of the boards policy...
Tags: Corporate governance, Where's The Line?, board
Blog posts 2007-03-23
When a Pitch Gets Illicit
I recently went on a business trip with a female colleague to make an important advertising pitch to a potential client. After the pitch, we joined their executives for dinner and drinks. I went home after dinner, but my colleague, who had been flirting with one of the executives, stayed...
Tags: Where's The Line?, business trip
Blog posts 2007-03-13
Will a New Tattoo Become Career Suicide?
Dear Conscience,Im a young female lawyer at a large law firm, and I have been planning for some time to get a large tattoo around my left wrist. I mentioned this to a male colleague, and he lectured me and told me the tattoo would kill my career. Did this...
Tags: Professional development, Where's The Line?, career, tattoo, body art
Blog posts 2007-02-26
Get Out of a Client Vendor Bender
Dear Conscience, I work for a small company. When we take on work for one of our larger clients, they will often give us a list of vendors they want us to use. Is this a request or a demand? Is it OK to say no?Don’t let your...
Tags: Where's The Line?, Cronyism
Blog posts 2007-02-15
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