Question:
Ethical issue! Need honest opinion?
Meiyo
2012-02-27 10:35:19 UTC
You are a business manager with an employment contract. The contract requires you to work solely for your employer and use your talents to attract new clients to the business. If you begin attracting more clients than you believe your employer can handle, you may wonder if there would be an ethicle issue with you diverting the excess business elsewhere and taking the commission. What, if any ethical issues are involved here? How might you resolve them?
Three answers:
Uncle Pennybags
2012-02-27 10:39:01 UTC
There's no ethical issue here.



You signed a contract that states you will work for your employer only, and attract new clients to them.



It's the employer's problem to deal with if they cannot handle the volume of new business you are bringing them. And without knowing the true level of the problem, they won't implement any solutions, like increasing production capability.



It would be wrong morally and contractually to steer that excess business to a competitor.
tehabwa
2012-02-27 11:00:44 UTC
It's unethical to break your contract, and do what is clearly a violation.



And the consequences would be disastrous. Not ONLY would they have an iron-clad court case against you, but you'd never be hired for any job for the rest of your life.



The contract doesn't say "Unless you're REALLY tempted" does it?



The thing to do is to talk to your employer and discuss how they could ramp up to deal with the business you bring.
suddeth
2016-10-01 16:31:37 UTC
the moral concern is your conceited physique of recommendations that provides you the thought that it relatively is by some potential your interest to confirm no rely if or not your organisation can take care of his purchasers. If he could not he does not be the Boss... Your Employment settlement binds you to this organisation and diverting purchasers plus taking the 'value' is in violation of your settlement and that i've got faith unlawful, rendering your settlement null and void and you'd be fired and likely Sued by potential of the organisation for those movements.


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