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Subject:Re: Ethical Problem From:Steven Jong <SteveFJong -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:54:20 EDT
A previous poster suggested letting your subordinate fight her own battles. I
strongly disagree. If she is indeed your subordinate, then you are her boss,
and it's part of your job to stick up for your people. Even if it costs you
some, it's less costly than letting a subordinate twist in the wind would be.
(If you think you'll lose your job by sticking up for her, you *do* have an
ethical problem. I suggest, though, that getting even a photocopy of the
attaboy incidecate your manager was called on the carpet for it.)
I wonder if your manager got some negative feedback about the document. If so,
why hasn't he shared it with you? I think I'd ask first. (If he hasn't, and
this is his personal reaction, he's a !*@&$.)
-- Steve
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Lightbridge, Inc, 67 S. Bedford St., Burlington, MA 01803 USA mailto:Jong -at- lightbridge -dot- com 781.359.4902[V], 781.359.4500[F]
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