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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by sa46 on Saturday January 13, 2018 @11:58PM (#16142869)
An interesting variation to this thought is:

When is appropriate to fire someone for making a mistake?

Some ideas:

- gross negligence / malice

- ethics

- publicity damage / internet pitchforks

Additionally, it doesn't seem like the forgive mistakes approach meshes well with the startup advice of "it's never too early to fire."

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Re:Alert About Missile Bound for Hawaii Was Sent in Error, O... by Renaud on Sunday January 14, 2018 @01:08AM (#16143036)
Incompetence should probably be number one.

There is a big difference between someone making a mistake due to unclear or incomplete process and someone doing that mistake because they are not competent to perform that task.

This then raises the issue that hiring and leaving incompetent people in place is itself proof of an organisational incompetence...

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