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0 pointsksdale4y ago0 comments

When I was in law school, I felt patronized by the amount of time we spent talking about conflicts of interest because it seemed so obvious to me. In retrospect, having read so many of the disbarment announcements in the bar association newsletter, it's clear that a great many people do not understand what a conflict of interest is.

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nindalf4y ago

I feel patronised by yearly mandatory training. All of it seems obvious and not relevant to me because I’ve never negotiated a contract on behalf of my employer. Still, good to know there’s plenty of people who might find training useful.

nitrogen4y ago

It's also for everyone not involved to notice something is wrong if they overhear a contract-related conversation that mentions kickbacks.

eganist4y ago

s/understand/care

ksdaleOP4y ago

Perhaps I'm naive, but I think the number of people who know and don't care is a small fraction of the people who honestly don't understand that they're doing something wrong. I mean, obviously this guy knew he was doing something wrong, but a lot of people just can't imagine that their own unethical behavior wouldn't be obvious to them.

loopercal4y ago

I think a lot of people feel "clever" and like what they're doing is, while not expressly allowed, not forbidden either.

See a bunch of people in this thread finding out they're probably committing tax fraud by underpaying themselves from their own s-corp to dodge taxes.

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