Re:OpenTable Fires Employee for Making Fake Reserve Bookings
by femto113 on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @10:27AM
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Reasonable people may disagree about what counts as unethical, but I don't see any gray in this scenario: if you're convinced that something is bad enough that you need written cover from a superior before you'll do it then you just shouldn't do it. Likewise if an employee comes to you and says "I want to do this thing but it seems smelly so I want written approval from you" you shouldn't approve it.
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Re:OpenTable Fires Employee for Making Fake Reserve Bookings
by gnud on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @11:39AM
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There are things you shouldn't do because they're plainly unethical.
There are also things that are ethically fine, but maybe your boss' boss, or some other department, or the customer, might not like. In those cases, it can be a good idea to document that you didn't come up with this on your own.
Re:OpenTable Fires Employee for Making Fake Reserve Bookings
by andrewaylett on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @02:27PM
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Stuff that requires a SOx audit trail (or equivalent local, or even internal, equivalent) is definitely not OK to do if asked verbally but (probably) fine to do with the correct paper-trail in place.
And I've definitely used "please put that in a ticket" as a stalling mechanism so I can go away and check that what's being asked for is legit.