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How To Convince My Boss Not To Spam?

Posted by kdawson on from the engendering-ill-will dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The small travel agent that I work for recently received an email from one of our competitors with several thousand of their potential customers in the 'To:' and 'Cc:' fields. My boss now wants to use these addresses to send unsolicited advertisements. I would like to convince him not to do this, as I believe that this practice is morally wrong and legally dubious. However, morals don't go very far in the business world, so I'm asking Slashdot: what business-oriented arguments can I use to dissuade my boss from spamming?"

5 of 475 comments (clear)

  1. why convince? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whack the stupit git!

  2. Re:this will go completely against the grain here by vistatip · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    vista guide

  3. Re:my $0.02 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GTFO or show moobs?!

  4. Re:my $0.02 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm happy to transfer my Road Rage quotient towards a travel agency any day! BTW, I have 4 bumper stickers.

    Please post the travel site and emails! ALL OF THEM! That way, if the spammers don't already have them, they will.

  5. My first thought was with a hammer... by shanen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are you really sure you need that particular job that badly?

    For what little it's worth, I once encountered a similar moral dilemma, and I gave notice immediately. I haven't regretted it--and I'm pretty sure his business went down the tubes, too. At least I never heard of it again.

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