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Lucy Kellaway, FT – Report abuse of others is a moral choice to such heavy consequences for the accuser and the accused, knowing that the company is not a democracy
The issue
“I’m sitting next to someone who, before Christmas brought his girlfriend at The Ivy restaurant. I just see a complete meal costs 245 pounds in our form. I was not surprised, he never demonstrated a great sense of ethics; I told him it was the flight. He laughed at me. Should I go further? We just have training on ethics and honesty. Should I really spend in the profession as a cafteuse? “
Bank Used, 24.
The answer Lucy Kellaway
Before answering the question of whether you should “go further”, it is necessary to clarify a few points. I assume that your colleague has its costs on a computer, which means that, to see what he was doing, you must have been particularly close.
Even if you have seen copy fees a meal at The Ivy, how do you know it was the one he took with his girlfriend? He may have made two meals that month at The Ivy, and was doing the right note fees. How do you know that his girlfriend is not as a client? What would be simple, even if the relationship is not. And how do you know that his laugh was not his way to express his disdain for your displaced interference?
If you are absolutely sure that he cheated, having gone so far, you must continue so. In the past, it was normal to take a few liberties with the expense. This did not mean you were morally questionable, it meant that you claim that your employer even considered part of your total compensation. Those days are gone, even at Westminster and even in journalism.
Nowhere is less acceptable to fiddle his expense at the City. Or rather, nowhere punishment for doing so may be more severe. In December, a hedge fund manager who worked for the City for more than 20 years was banned forever the profession by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) because he had cheated on his daily commute.
I suggest finding the person responsible for compliance and tell him exactly what you saw, then let her. Once you have told your story, return to your work, and take care of the least expense of your colleagues, unless you’re seeking a career in the respect of compliance rules.
“By directly confronting your colleague, which was brave, you have earned the reputation of being a pedant, you meddle in what does not concern you and fayotter. Add “cafteuse” does not make a huge difference “
As for your reputation, I do not think that will make you raise alarms popular with some of your colleagues, but I guess the damage already largely been made in directly confronting your colleague, which was brave, you have earned the reputation of being a pedant, you meddle in what does not concern you and fayotter. Add “cafteuse” will not make a huge difference.
Advice readers of the FT
Report this behavior. It is bad. If the company does not endorse something as obvious, you are not in the right and it’s time to move on. On the same subject, she will meet more difficulties if his sense of ethics is so poor that she does not care. It will soon be torpedoed by the rules of increasingly severe implemented worldwide. You are at the perfect time in your career to see if your business is worthy of you.
Executive officer, 60
Cafteur or whistleblower, depending where it is placed.
independent journalist and former banker, 57
Take on your colleague in a common place of the bank. Tell her to lie on her expense affects your bonus. The rumor reaches the right people. You will gain the reputation of someone who takes care of her problems herself and who pays attention to the finances of the bank.
Manager, fifties
All of us in the financial sector has a duty to report unethical behavior. Mathew Martoma, sentenced to nine years in prison for insider with SAC Capital offense was expelled from Harvard Law School for cheating on his notes and not having revealed. In an industry driven by greed and ego, small dishonesty can turn into a more serious crime if it is not taken in time. Your colleague must now be stopped lest he follow the path of Mathew Martoma.
Fund Manager, thirty
Put yourself in the place of your CEO: “I have an employee who makes up stories to 245 pounds expense, turn it.” Put yourself in the skin of human resources, “She has no sense of the collective, it virons . “Put yourself in the place of your colleagues:” It does not collective plays, avoid it “Put yourself in the shoes of your shareholders.” Wasting time on 245 pounds when she should work to make me do more profit, turn it. “
Move!
Anonymous
Those with a budget entertainment abuse it. This is part of their compensation. Therefore expense reports are approved. This type is not your brother, no need to go tell mom unless you are applying for a job regulatory compliance. Keep your eyes open for Libor type of scam, and things that people should be arrested.
Anonymous
Exit the company, then swing. After both good things for FT readers and give us the name of the company that we revendions our actions.
Anonymous
Next question
” Some of my colleagues say that I have a relationship with my boss. As proof, I sometimes teases and I do not give the impression of fear. Much stupidity amuses me, but this misogyny annoys me too. I am one of the top women featured here; it is depressing that colleagues believe it was my way to the top. Should I laugh? Should I try to silence the rumor? And if so, how “
Woman, 40
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