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		<title><![CDATA[When Work Tools Become Play Tools]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=39]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 06:18:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's All About "Show Me The Money"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=31]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:16:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Ad-Pitch Thieves]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=27]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:10:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Gentle Art of Trading Favors]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=22]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:14:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When a Pitch Gets Illicit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=19]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:40:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will a New Tattoo Become Career Suicide?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=14]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:15:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Get Out of a Client Vendor Bender]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=12]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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&rsquo;t let your...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:40:48 -0800</pubDate>
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