Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Horse Hockey. Soliciting someone to obtain confidential or proprietary information about a competitor is certainly fraught with ethical and legal issues, but simple employment? Horse Hockey! Austin Franklin wrote: > > Apparently the new Leica Distributor in Canada tried to have him switch > > job from Kindermann. He refused. Other technicians were also > > unsuccesfully approached. > > I believe in the US there are laws about soliciting people 'in this > manner'. Usually, there are agreements in place that prohibit this. If > the technician wanted to contact the new distributor, that is certainly OK > in my book, but for the new distributor to solicit them, I believe, is > unethical. > > JMHO - -- Mike Leitheiser Lake Oswego, Oregon "When the trout are lost, smash the state." Tom McGuane