You're Fired!
Come fuck me on my king size bed cushioned with money.
There is one reason and one reason only for firing someone -- you've cost the company money.
You stole office supplies? You're fired.
Screwed a big account? You're fired.
Blog too much? You're fired. (Eek.)
You sexually harrassed a co-worker? Uh...
Okay, think of it this way -- now the corporation has to make up for lost time and productivity due to the psychological trauma inflicted upon the harrassed co-worker, not to mention the therapy bills and restitution that the corporation will pay so that they aren't sued and the whole thing gets dragged into court, smearing the name of the company and causing stock prices to plummet. You cost the company money by behaving like an asshole to the hot chick in accounting. You're fired.
So what of consensual sex?
If you screw someone at the office, like the former CEO of Boeing did, so what? It's up to you to deal with the ramifications of that and be responsible. If the relationship ends and you can't perform your job with your ex-lover working in the adjacent cubicle, you quit or you're fired.
Perhaps Stonecipher (an odd name meaning "Rock Hard Nothing") took his relationship too far; perhaps there is a harrassment that Boeing's trying to cover up; maybe Boeing knew that because of what their CEO did, which may very well be more than we currently know, they knew they would lose money. Fine.
But if we take this at face value -- two executives liked to hit it doggy style on the road -- then I think Harry got shafted.
As for me, I don't shit where I eat, and I certainly try not to fuck there, either.
1 Comments:
Any policy adopted by a business to define "professional ethics" so broadly as to include provisions against private consensual sexual activity between coworkers ought to be condemned as an attack on individual liberty and the right of every human being to pursue happiness. Specifically, I would argue that such a policy constitutes sexual harassment. As is well known, relationships with subordinates, students, and other individuals who depend upon the goodwill and patronage of their superiors are uniformly looked upon as suspicious (although not unethical by default) because of the inherent possibility of the abuse of professional power. In this case, the speculation that there may be "harrassment that Boeing's trying to cover up" is utterly beside the point; the stated reason for his dismissal must be dealt with directly. In defining his affair as a breach of professional ethics, Boeing is leveraging it's power to effect change in the personal sexual decisions of it's subbordinates – the very definition of sexual harassment. That this decision has not caused an immediate and overwhelming backlash is cause to worry. The capitulation of the parties involved, the media covering the event, and defacto acceptance of unrelated executives all serve as indicators that corporate power is becoming the default authority for all matters of public and private concern, including the human heart.
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