From: "Adaryl Wakefield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [KCFusion] ethics Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:06:56 -0600
"If everyone at the company were to do what you are contemplating, would it harm the company?"
Boy I got more than a bargained for yesterday. Appreciate all the input. I
was just reviewing everything everybody wrote and I ran across this again I
realized..this is a very "Office Space" kind of comment. I'm sorry I know
I'm totally annoying somebody with this but I just had to say something. ;-)
A.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 2:04 PM Subject: RE: [KCFusion] ethics
> Ethics is not so simple because it is subject to individual interpretation
> and is subject to enforcement or nonenforcement by management.
>
> If everyone at the company were to do what you are contemplating, would it
> harm the company? If the answer is 'yes' or 'it depends', then perhaps
it's
> not ethical behavior...even if the behavior would probably not lead to an
> unfavorable outcome.
>
>
> -Billy Cox
>
>
> >From: "Safley, Nicole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: [KCFusion] ethics
> >Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:47:43 -0600
> >
> >I absolutely agree. Is it ethical to do other work while on the
employers
> >dime? No. Is it illegal or does that company then have rights to the
> >product? That has been addressed in previous emails. Ethics is really
> >pretty simple. The legal implications are the tricky part.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Behalf Of Templin, Luke
> >Sent: December 22, 2003 9:44 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: RE: [KCFusion] ethics
> >
> >
> >Don't confuse ethics with being legal. The two are not the same.
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Behalf Of Hale, Frederick L, WCS
> >Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:36 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: RE: [KCFusion] ethics
> >
> >
> >I agreed with Bruce. Is the code patentable. It's not 'Business Logic
code'
> >. He's not using company secret's to make a profit. It's program logic to
> >solve a problem.
> >
> >
> > Frederick Hale
> >R.O.A.M. Support
> >*Phone: 816-391-7745
> >* Fax: 816-391-5027
> >*E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Bruce Dunwiddie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:26 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: RE: [KCFusion] ethics
> >
> >
> >Given the other answers, you now know some of the legalities behind it.
> >However, ethics does not always directly correspond with laws. Even
ethics
> >does not put food on the table or pay the bills. For me, the question
> >always comes down to, who would get hurt in the deal. If the answer is no
> >one, or the only big corporate owner isn't doing anything with the
product,
> >then I'm a lot more likely to consider something like that. Obviously,
you
> >have to be aware that if your product makes money, you could be liable
for
> >money on down the road, but come on, we're Americans here, and we never
> >worry about things in the future. The other fun thing to consider is just
> >rewriting the same application over without looking at any of the current
> >code. Then, it comes down to patentable ideas, which is probably
something
> >the company wouldn't get involved in.
> >
> >
> >Bruce Dunwiddie
> >Ticket Technology
> >P: 866.543.3331
> >F: 913.451.7832
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Behalf Of Adaryl Wakefield
> >Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 3:21 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [KCFusion] ethics
> >
> >
> >So I was thinking, and as usual having no one else to talk to about this
> >stuff I turn to you guys. Would it be ethical for me to take and
> >application that I had written for my company and turn around and use it
> >for my own commercial purposes?
> >A.
> >
> >
>
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