| Title: | The Digital way of working |
| Moderator: | QUARK::LIONEL ON |
| Created: | Fri Feb 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Does DEC have an ethics committee? What is the appropriate
channel for reporting questionable ethics?
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| 810.1 | LESLIE::LESLIE | Andy ��� Leslie, CSSE | Sat May 13 1989 08:17 | 3 | |
WAG: If personal ethics, myob. If business ethics, your Manager abd/or
Personnel.
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| 810.2 | no | EAGLE1::EGGERS | Anybody can fly with an engine. | Sat May 13 1989 13:38 | 8 |
Re: .1
Therefore, no. Without an independent group that has some experience
looking at a variety of problems, many managers (as supported by
personnel) will yield to "situational ethics" or "ethics by
rationalization", which is no ethics at all. Good managers will do
better than this, but rationalization driven by an immediate problem is
an incredibly powerful persuader.
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| 810.3 | Use the "open door" policy | DR::BLINN | Bluegrass music is where it's at | Mon May 15 1989 12:27 | 25 |
Strictly speaking, I doubt there's an "Ethics Committee" in any of
Digital's formal structure. However, issues of ethical conduct
are addressed by a number of Digital's Personnel Policies.
For the most part, the policies provide guidelines and specific
practices to be followed. In the absence of a violation of a
specified practice, you're in the grey area of interpreting the
guidelines.
Depending on the nature of the "ethics" violation, the appropriate
channel could vary from your own manager, your manager's manager,
the director of corporate personnel, the director of corporate
security, or even directly to Ken Olsen's office.
Since you've (probably wisely) not given any indication of the
"violation" or the people involved, it's impossible to tell you
just who you should contact (if, in fact, you should contact
anyone at all).
If you intend to pursue this, I'd strongly recommend you read
all of the applicable sections of the Personnel Policies and
Procedures manual. Deciding which sections apply is left as
an exercise for the reader.
Tom
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| 810.4 | SCARY::M_DAVIS | nested disclaimers | Mon May 15 1989 12:41 | 4 | |
Do follow up. DIGITAL does take professional ethics very seriously.
It's part of "do the right thing".
Marge
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| 810.5 | LESLIE::LESLIE | Andy ��� Leslie, CSSE | Mon May 15 1989 17:51 | 3 | |
Provided the ethics in question *are* professional/business ethics. If
you have concerns about a colleagues ethics outside the workplace, I
think it's none of DEC's business.
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| 810.6 | Thanks for all the replies | ATPS::BERGER | Mon May 15 1989 19:30 | 3 | |
Thanks for all the replies. You have provided useful information.
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