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> avoid even the appearance of impropriety the real world standard is don't do anything that knowingly or intentionally violates the law or your employers poli
by metalspot 3y ago
> avoid even the appearance of impropriety
the real world standard is don't do anything that knowingly or intentionally violates the law or your employers policies.
anyone can falsely claim that what you are doing is wrong but as long as it doesn't break employer policy or law then they are wrong.
in the corporate world it would be suicidal to "avoid the appearance of impropriety" because your competitors will slaughter you while they are following the letter of the law.
- jameshart 3y agoMost (serious) employers’ code of conduct policies are ‘don’t do anything that risks the appearance of impropriety* * without talking to legal first’ So I take your point. But the FCPA and rules around federal government gift-giving mean that in practice companies are generally cautious about this sort of thing.
- metalspot 3y ago> companies are generally cautious about this sort of thing yeah, they hire lobbyists to do it for them so they don't have culpability, but you are right.