{"id":1942,"date":"2007-09-12T10:32:56","date_gmt":"2007-09-12T09:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2007\/09\/12\/ibm-dig-deeper\/"},"modified":"2007-09-12T10:44:44","modified_gmt":"2007-09-12T09:44:44","slug":"ibm-dig-deeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2007\/09\/12\/ibm-dig-deeper\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM? Dig deeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"070912_ibm.jpg\"<\/a>Hi, I’m an employee of HP, and I can understand why they did well in your survey. They’re a fine company and treats customers & employees with respect. But I used to work for <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/st1:stockticker> and for the life of me I can’t understand why they even made your list. I knew managers there who needed to be jailed, forget about fired. <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/st1:stockticker> works hard to keep a clean image – dig deeper and you’ll see what they’re really like. <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/st1:stockticker> likes to do things which are morally wrong but (barely) legal when it saves them money. That’s their business, but you shouldn’t be labelling them “ethical”. Examples: *) They skipped paying $1.6 BILLION in taxes when they discovered a loophole in the taxcode. Right after they did this the <\/span>IRS<\/span><\/st1:stockticker> jumped to close it. Who makes up for the lost tax revenue? You and me. Don’t take my word for it, read this<\/a>. *) To promote their image, they have SCCAP (Special Care for Children Assistance Plan) to help kids problems. Sounds good, right? It does to the 99% of employees that don’t apply. I was in the 1% that did apply, and never got a cent after filling out paperwork and asking 5 doctors to do the same. My favorite response was when I asked them to help pay for my son’s AFO leg brace, the response was “no because he had a stroke”. That’s right, a stroke is a medical problem so SCCAP couldn’t help pay for his leg brace. *) I had a co-worker laid off after 10 years at the same job. <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/st1:stockticker> paid her 4 weeks severance, much below the industry norm, because they could. <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/st1:stockticker> bought the company after 8 of those years so they reset her seniority. They’ve played similar games with pension plans, check with employees.*) Have you heard of <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/st1:stockticker>‘s clean-desk policy? <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/st1:stockticker> secures the buildings with locked doors and security guards, but employees must not leave documents on their desks overnight. Why? Because even <\/span>IBM<\/span><\/st1:stockticker> knows they hire some thieves but it’s cheaper to lock down documents than find the employees that are crooks.As I said, all of this is legal. Just not ethical. Image source: images.businessweek.com
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