Observations
Why Managers Shouldn’t Date Subordinates (WMSDS) #1: Harry Stonecipher, 68, called out of retirement to be CEO of Boeing and restore a little ethical backbone, gets hoisted on his own petard (affair and erotic emails with a 48-year-old Boeing subordinate) and loses (1) his job and (2) his wife. link
In the Philippines, “blue jokes” are “green jokes.” So, playing blue or off-color here qualifies as green there. link
A big national law firm decides to promote a partner to a top executive position despite having recently found him harassing younger female colleagues. link The guy apparently liked to ask women to “feel his pipes.” link Initially, the firm lamented that the publicity “recklessly and unfairly impugns the reputation of one of the firm's finest partners who cannot defend himself.” link Then it notices no one's buying the "pity-the-poor-harasser" story, so it retracts the guy's promotion. link
A court awards $875,000 against a police department for sexual stereotyping a transgendered cop. Apparently the senior officers questioned the “command presence” of the 18-year veteran officer, who “was living off-duty as a woman, had a French manicure, had arched eyebrows and came to work with makeup or lipstick on his face on some occasions.” link
In the Philippines, “blue jokes” are “green jokes.” So, playing blue or off-color here qualifies as green there. link
A big national law firm decides to promote a partner to a top executive position despite having recently found him harassing younger female colleagues. link The guy apparently liked to ask women to “feel his pipes.” link Initially, the firm lamented that the publicity “recklessly and unfairly impugns the reputation of one of the firm's finest partners who cannot defend himself.” link Then it notices no one's buying the "pity-the-poor-harasser" story, so it retracts the guy's promotion. link
A court awards $875,000 against a police department for sexual stereotyping a transgendered cop. Apparently the senior officers questioned the “command presence” of the 18-year veteran officer, who “was living off-duty as a woman, had a French manicure, had arched eyebrows and came to work with makeup or lipstick on his face on some occasions.” link
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