Posted on 10/25/2004 7:13:25 PM PDT by Damifino
My wife works for a corporation where one of the board members emailed "everyone all locations" (many offices across the US) about the upcomming election. He indicated that he "hesitated" to share his reccomendation with everyone, but many people have asked him which candidate would be more helpful to the company. He endorsed Kerry and asked everyone to vote.
Is this legal, ethical or just tacky?
Legal yes... ethical hell no....tacky....big time
Just tacky.
Where do I send my resume?
Well if he's the top guy in the company say you are voting for sKerry but vote for Bush....and look for another job.
Check the corporate policy on spam, from within or without.
It is a public company, shares traded. The individual in question is high enough that he has to disclose his company stock transactions .
legal or not, if i were a shareholder for that corporation i would be trying to recall this board member. business and politics do mix -- you just do it at the lobbyist level, otherwise you shoot yourself in the foot. it is unethical for a person of authority to tell someone else how they should vote.
I've owned pizza joints. Never has anyone except the owner made more than $25 an hour. You must elaborate.
At the very least, tacky, no matter who he was endorsing. Any lawyers out there who can give a legal opinion?
Of course it's perfectly legal, however, I think he did more damage to Kerry than good.
"Its the DNC"
FOTFLMAO -- first F is for flopping.
It's poor management at least.
A board member pestering working people.
If it's a public company he should be exposed and then removed by the stock holders.
Just click reply to all. Then paste a link to this thread... :)
Have any openings?
Legal, I don't know; but tacky yes. My corporation makes it a point to stay out of politics; atleast where the employees are concerned.
Except, in this case, the individual was on the Board of Directors. The only "boss" Directors have is a majority vote against them by other Directors.
Perfectly legal. Where it would get dicey for the employer is if there was an 'or else', literally or implied.
Voting harassment! Voting harassment!
Tacky. But you might want to ask him how he concluded that raising taxes and not doing a damn thing about tort reform is going to help the company?
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