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jrose
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posted 07 April 2008 09:04 AM      Profile for jrose     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
What if your workplace makes offensive products?

This is a great one, from Ms. Communicate!


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scooter
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posted 13 April 2008 09:09 AM      Profile for scooter     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
That Garda airport security guard must have read her response. The guard has since quit his job. I guess the guy does have principels.

For those not in the know, the guard forced a wipe down of a WestJet aircraft due to "contamination" caused by a group of gay rights activists.

Babble thread.


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Timebandit
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posted 14 April 2008 02:19 PM      Profile for Timebandit     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I don't know that it's necessarily that workplaces don't have standards or that they just don't care -- it could be simply a difference of ethic. If the boss values freedom of organizations to express and promote themselves over a workers' specific ideals and beliefs she isn't necessarily in the wrong. She may simply have a different perspective.

It could also be that she can't afford to turn away a customer. Sometimes you have to compromise in order to make a go of it.

As an employer, I can't say I'd be all that receptive to being taken to task by an employee over the ethics of my business decisions. I'd avoid that chat if I were "Uncomfortable". Bad, bad, bad idea if continued employment is on the agenda...


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