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  • #31
    Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
    Rules like that were very common in American companies in the 1950s, but were changed in the 1960s. Then as the sexual harrassment craze hit the legal scene companies began to re-instate the old rules. The problem is that other countries have different legal environments. Workplace sexual harrassment may not be considered much of a problem in Germany.
    Doctor S -- you said pretty much what I was going to say. In most North American workplaces, office romances are frowned upon. Its particularly not liked if the employees wield power over one another since if it goes sour, its a textbook sexual harrasment claim.

    I have no idea about the german environment but it sounds as if there is a little culture clash underway
    You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto Luongo

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    • #32
      Yeh, it's because they don't want private matters impacting the business and business matters impact private matters. Mostly it's against misuse of management power, but there are other reasons for it. Many American companies have such rules.
      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Flubber

        I have no idea about the german environment but it sounds as if there is a little culture clash underway
        That is to say things in a modest way - I guess that in most european countries such company rules would be laughted at - that is not a thing that a company has any thing to say about.
        With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by DanS
          Yeh, it's because they don't want private matters impacting the business and business matters impact private matters. Mostly it's against misuse of management power, but there are other reasons for it. Many American companies have such rules.
          I find it a little funny that the land of the free accepts that a company has the right to decide what people do in privacy.
          With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

          Steven Weinberg

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          • #35
            Why so? An employee has the right to decide where they work (see Spiffor, etc.).

            The intent of these rules are pretty above-board. Besides the legal implications, they are meant to protect employees against predatory management and against any appearance of employees climbing the corporate ladder through their private relationships.
            Last edited by DanS; June 19, 2005, 20:22.
            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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            • #36
              Maybe it's just me, but I would never work for a company that tried to meddle with my private life, and I wouldn't mind a bit if such a company went bankrupcy as fast as possible.


              Edit: There are plenty of laws that prevents abuse of employees in a sexual way, so there are no reason why a company has to make rules that prevent people to have relationships just because they are working at the same place - it's just rediciously - in my current company there are plenty of that kind of relationships and we still exist.
              Last edited by BlackCat; June 19, 2005, 20:27.
              With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

              Steven Weinberg

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              • #37
                Why would I care if Walmart goes bankrupt?
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #38
                  They only ban people from hitting it if one of them has an influence on the employment prospects of the other AFAIK. We have several employees dating each other at my store and those are the only ones I know about.
                  I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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                  • #39
                    Walmart employee?
                    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                    • #40
                      Yes.
                      I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                      For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                      • #41
                        I work at a law firm and there would be nothing worse for morale than the appearance of favorable or unfavorable treatment due to private relationships. If I had a relationship with one of my close colleagues, I would feel obligated to tell my boss about it in order to protect myself, my SO, and the firm against potential conflicts of interest.
                        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                        • #42
                          Maybe yoou should mary the firm.

                          Walmart(again)
                          Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                          Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by BlackCat
                            Maybe it's just me, but I would never work for a company that tried to meddle with my private life, and I wouldn't mind a bit if such a company went bankrupcy as fast as possible.
                            And you're free to do both of those

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by DanS
                              Why would I care if Walmart goes bankrupt?
                              Well, considering that Wal-mart has more profit than any other corporation in the world...even more than the oil companies...

                              Besides, you just have to love corporations that except even the lowest classes of society and help the community...

                              Honestly, sometimes I wonder if Mr. Walmart does it because he is a true Social Democrat or because he justs wants PR and doesn't want the US imposing anti-trust laws on him....

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                              • #45
                                Page not found | TIME
                                http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074120,00.html


                                Interesting article on the growth of Wal-mart in China and how it is changing some of the ways Chinese do business.
                                Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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