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Q: What would you do with dishonest consultants?
A: The same thing you do with dishonest interns, trainees, employees,
managers, CEOs, Chairmen of the Board, etc. And it depends on who "you"
is. A "you" with sufficient authority must be found to take the needed
action and who can take into consideration all the repercussions of his
action, such as the effect on morale if he does or does not do what many
think he should. Consultants do not have a monopoly on dishonesty or
making mistakes. Nor do employees have a monopoly on company loyalty.
One size still does not fit all.
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100% agreement, as far as it goes. Complete honesty and integrity have
to be the top priority, but not the only one. I maintain that
discrimination on the basis of ability is still an acceptable practice,
provided methods of improvement are available. An operator who makes a
mistake because of lack of education should have an oppurtunity to
learn, and should be better supervised. An operator who willingly
diverts funds, or other resources, to his private use and profit, to the
company's detriment, should be terminated and, if possible and feasable,
prosecuted. Every employee has an obligation to safeguard the
stockholders from unethical and/or illegal activities that cause losses,
either financial or in the public image of the company (resulting in
indirect losses).
As systems programmers, regardless of the actual title, we hold
positions of high trust and, as such, we need to set high examples. Like
Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, we have to not only BE pure, but also be
PERCEIVED as pure. And we need to set an example for the PFCSK's that
will follow us!
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