Workplace Romance A No-No at Gates Foundation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday July 3, 2006 @12:53AM from the prolly-a-bad-idea-almost-anywhere dept.

theodp writes "The past week has brought NY Times coverage of the workplace romance of Gates Foundation co-chairs Bill and Melinda Gates, as well as Newsweek coverage of the workplace romance of Gates Foundation CEO Patty Stonesifer and her subordinate, Slate Editor-in-Chief Michael Kinsley. So the Foundation's Conflict of Interest Policy comes off as just a tad hypocritical: 'Additionally, certain types of relationships between co-workers may create impermissible conflicts of interest. For example, a romantic relationship in the workplace may raise perceptions of bias and favoritism.'"

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Re:Yep. An issue by Jeff+DeMaagd · 2006-07-03 02:30 · Score: 2, Informative

I'm understand or see where the hypocrisy is, I haven't seen a good explaination. The reason that superior/subordinate relationships can cause problems is of potential for blackmail or favoritism, as well as the risk for sexual harrassment lawsuit.