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On 23:31 Thu 04 Aug , Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> On 2011.08.04 21:10, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > I disagree. I don't think it's unethical nor even unusual for me to |
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> > fund my own decisions in a personal or corporate environment. It |
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> > seems much more unethical to me that some "helicopter parents" can |
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> > choose not to fund a decision; that's one way how we get so many |
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> > screwups in our government, with unfunded decisions that cost money. |
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> I think we have to agree to disagree on this one. The corporate norm |
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> of checks and balances is to have applications for expenditure, be it |
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> for trivial sums or large capital items, to be signed off by |
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> someone/some group with no interest in the outcome, so they can make |
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> an objective decision. |
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> e.g. I can sign off travel and expenses for others but not for myself. |
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At least in my experience, each division would receive its own budget |
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with independent spending authority. This is subject to auditing but |
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only in retrospect, not prior to the expense taking place. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Council Member / Sr. Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.com |