Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No intent here to be deliberately rude, but you don't have a clue. Think about it a little bit. The kind of "ethics" and or "legal" position you are purporting to take is so far removed from reality and from the fundamental concept of the individual freedoms that................wait a minute, I get it, nobody could seriously propose this kind of nonsense...its an April Fool deal right? Austin Franklin wrote: > Well, it depends on how these persons names were obtained, and how the > contacts are made. A companys employee list certainly can be considered > confidential and proprietary, and it is certainly an asset of the company. > > If I leave my company, and go to a competitor, and I, or my company through > information obtained from me, solicit my old colleagues, that certainly > would create a problem. If, in a passing conversation, I am asked by an > old colleague if there are any opportunities with my new company, then the > coast is clear. > > No horse, or hockey here, but it's an interesting concept... > > > 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! > > > > > 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. - -- Mike Leitheiser Lake Oswego, Oregon "When the trout are lost, smash the state." Tom McGuane