3 ms·
In my corporate training, we're counselled to never refer to what competitors do, and particularly not to discuss affecting competitor sales (even braggadocious
by superchroma 4y ago
In my corporate training, we're counselled to never refer to what competitors do, and particularly not to discuss affecting competitor sales (even braggadociously), matters of marketshare etc. to avoid running into risk of bad legal outcomes if such material were to be brought up in trial. Interesting how Apple does not feel compelled to hold itself to the same standard.
- lostlogin 4y agoIs saying “no comment” really a better standard? Also, a few hundred billion in the bank might alter ones response.
- superchroma 4y agoWe don't have hundreds of billions, but we are one of the largest companies on the planet :)
- shapefrog 4y ago> corporate training I guess Apple, with its $2.5 trillion in market cap and net profit margin of 24% still has a lot to learn from Joe at "Corporate Training e-books LLC".
- bell-cot 4y agoYour training is based on both the legal / regulatory / marketing situation in your industry, and issues which can be created by many loose tongues in the trenches. (Especially legal "discovery".) Vs.: (1) Tim Cook's behavior is based on the situation in his industry, (2) a CEO's "public" job is quite different from the jobs in the trenches, and (3) any edgy statements which Tim seems to make have been gone over, in advance, by the best legal team which money can hire. (And note that legal discovery cannot apply to either the CEO's public statements, nor the legal council he receives regarding those - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_professional_privilege https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_professional_privilege .)