Because Adam Neumann did it openly and followed the law? If Netflix VP disclosed company affiliation and kickbacks to Netflix and Netflix was fine with it, it w

Because Adam Neumann did it openly and followed the law? If Netflix VP disclosed company affiliation and kickbacks to Netflix and Netflix was fine with it, it won't be a problem. At much smaller scale, engineer on my team had brother who owned business organizing offsites/company retreats. Engineer suggested we use his brother company for our team offsite (and told what a cool rope courses they do) and disclosed affiliation (that he is his brother). After that I checked websites, looked at other options and decided to go with engineer's brother company. I email HR just in case and it was totally fine. Key was that I (unaffiliated with brother company) made final decision and disclosure of relationship. Event was a blast and frankly I feel that we got more than we paid as brother worked extra hard to make sure everything went smooth and cool. I recommended that company to other managers and I know that a few other teams had events with them. At this point it was twice removed (those managers did not even know engineer on my team) and no disclosure was necessary. Disclosure is key.