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Re:Ex-Netflix VP found guilty of awarding tech contracts in ... by burntoutfire on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @02:37PM (#27053900)
> IBM has very strict rules about anyone (below a certain but unspecified level!) offering or accepting anything at all. IBM employees you might meet are not allowed to so much as buy or accept lunch at a conference.

...in the US. In Poland IBM was caught bribing a government official a couple years ago.

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Re:Ex-Netflix VP found guilty of awarding tech contracts in ... by ncmncm on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:00PM (#27054916)
Ah, but was it by anyone you might meet? Or someone above that certain level?
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Re:Ex-Netflix VP found guilty of awarding tech contracts in ... by burntoutfire on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @05:18PM (#27055956)
It was a local "sales director" (which in many companies is a title given to pretty much everyone doing enterprise sales).
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Re:Ex-Netflix VP found guilty of awarding tech contracts in ... by ncmncm on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:30AM (#27059185)
Not everybody follows the rules. Not everybody who breaks them gets caught.
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