Corruption

[VetLegion]

Say you work for the government and have a say in the hiring process for some branch of it. In the recent hiring process one of the candidates is your high school mate. He phones you, you talk old times. He either hints or explicitly asks for a favor - give his application a push.

Do you do it?

[LordShiva]

It's called "networking."

[VetLegion]

Yeah. We're hardwired to help our buddies and expect reciprocity from them. But this is also considered immoral as it breaks the contract you have with the employer.

So which loyalty is stronger? To the contract or to the person? I wonder what majority of people would do. I think that they would help their friend. But if so, how is uncorrupt government ever possible?

[LordShiva]

I'm not sure if people would necessarily help a friend if the friend isn't qualified for the job.

[Jon Miller]

If you have two good people, and one interviews better, you hire that one, right?

And if you have two good people, and you know one (and like thme), why not hire him?

Jon Miller

[Ming]

If my friend was qualified and right for the job... I'd hire them in a second.

[VetLegion]

Well I consider myself a fairly upstanding guy but I can't confidently say that I would refuse a friend even if he was the worse candidate.

[b etor]

then you are a bad, bad man and you will be the reason your friend fails.

[Ming]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Well I consider myself a fairly upstanding guy but I can't confidently say that I would refuse a friend even if he was the worse candidate.

If the other candidate was marginally better on paper, I would still go with the preson I know. If my friend wasn't even close to the best, I wouldn't hire him.

[Blaupanzer]

Originally posted by Ming
If my friend was qualified and right for the job... I'd hire them in a second.

Exactly. That is doing the company/entity a good turn. That is not corrupt. If he/she is not qualified then "Sorry about that, wish I could help."

[Whoha]

Originally posted by LordShiva
It's called "networking."

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Ming


If the other candidate was marginally better on paper, I would still go with the preson I know. If my friend wasn't even close to the best, I wouldn't hire him.

Indeed... knowing someone's character and whatnot is far more valuable than some "interview". I used to interview people, and it was completely random... some of our worst hires (like the one I had to terminate a month into employment) were some of our best interviews.

[Cartimandua]

If I thought my friend would really do a good job, I would give my endorsement, sort of like a reference, but I would then ask to be removed from the hiring decision.

[Starchild]

If I thought he could do the job, I'd recommend my friend but I wouldn't hire him outright. Its too much a conflict of interests.

[DAVOUT]

I would not hire a member of my family. Regarding my friends, I would not hire a close friend, and I would consider an ordinary friend not better than a non friend.

As a manager I dont want to be tied by sentiments.