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        <title><![CDATA[I agree]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[that not everyone under 50 lacks ethics.  I, a 25 year old, would never cause harm to a company that hired me.  It's not the threat of legal action either, its the simple fact that IT'S WRONG.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wwitthoff1@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:23:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thanks for the laugh.....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[nt]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wwitthoff1@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:15:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: When IT pros go bad]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In any case where an employee has the privileges to access secured information and control settings, there is the potential immobilization of operations.  But this is a fact of life, is it not?  This is like accountants and bookkeepers who end up embezzling money from a company, or like a bus driver who goes on a rampage.  They keys these people are given are the keys they require for there jobs.  It is a shame that people feel it necessary to abuse their positions.  The only real solution is careful screening of the people you hire, and of course that isn't perfect either.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ben@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:13:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[But in this case the Paid Crew]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is called Upper Management who expect a Massive Bonus the worse they perform. The more money they loose the company the more they expect to get paid.A perfect Example of No Unions in the place. After all how Unionist would be paid a 17 Million $ Golden Handshake? And have their income measured n how many thousand $ they get an hour even when they are asleep?There is bad on both sides and the Upper End of Town is so outrageous that it's almost funny the Obscene amounts that they get paid to ruin a place.Col ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:06:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yep!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Seen that myself more than once!  The paid crew moves on to do damage somewhere else but the rank and file are out of work.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MavMin2]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:43:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hmmm]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Doesn't stop the players from being traded or cut so it isn't completely worthwhile.  To those lads their dues were a waste of money.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:42:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And the Interests of the Individual]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When things go wrong. If there is nothing in place it's easy to blame the Innocent for Managements Incompetence by saying &quot;You had no right to do that.&quot;But if the Requirement is written out this just can not happen.It's not a perfect answer but at least it's a start. Many places just fail to see the need to even think about addressing situations like this.Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:08:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Amen to that!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have noticed that the union that I can see only protects the misfits, malcontents and the miscreants.  If you do your job you don't need a union.  I have lost jobs because the union members drove the company into bankruptcy and watched them close down other companies by their unreasonable demands.  I have seen good workers laid off and the sorry ones stay because once the sorry gained seniority they basically had to commit a felony to be fired and stay fired.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:45:53 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[SIMPLE TO BEAT, BUT HAS THE IDEA]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Even this policy does not really do away with the problem, but the good thing is it addresses the problem I think the goo thing about it is that it places responsibilty on someone. Policies are not necessarily meant to stop things from happening but to safeguard the interest of the organisation.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bryanmuts2000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:18:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Now Those.......]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...are true words of sage wisdom.  I cannot even begin to thank you for what you have just posted, since I am surrounded by PHBs...all alike.Thank you.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kehill50@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:52:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Truer words....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Be fair to your employer and yourself. Your reputation is more valuable than your skillset. ...were never spoken.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:40:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You still have to live with yourself]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have been in this business since 1976. In all that time I have never given anyone reason even question my integrity. Even when my last employer let me go for being too old. (he actually told me he thought I had been doing IT too long and needed a change) I thanked him for making that decision for me and asked his permission to contact companies that I had been taking care of under his name.  He agreed, (avoiding litigation) and now I work half the hours making 6 figures.  One of my current clients does my advertising for free telling all their business associates that &quot;this IT guy can be trusted to do the job right or make it right every time&quot;. I don't like to brag often, but it needs to be known that what goes around comes around.  Do what is right.  Control your emotions. Be fair to your employer and yourself. Your reputation is more valuable than your skillset.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:15:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I could beat that with no problem]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That really wouldn't stop anyone who knew his stuff.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bernalillo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:12:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The protection policies are rather simple]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After installation, root administrative password should be written down in the presence of a C level officer commision. Specialized administrative accounts with lower privileges should be created. These privileges may not include administration of root account, of course. After that, root administrative password is put into sealed envelope, and locked in the safe box.If employer doesn't follow the above rules, the blame is entirely his.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:12:20 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Excellent comment]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well said Brad. I totally agree. Seemed like a bit similar to what I have mentioned few posts ago. It all comes down to the &quot;choice&quot; we make for ourselves.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell_dazzle]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:57:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Relative truths]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Saul, you're a brave man opening that can of philosophical worms I reckon I totally agree that most of us are prevented from rationalising malicious damage to employers past or present, but by our moral/ethical compass as others have already noted.Like most contributors here, I take my trustworthiness and commitment to my duty of care very seriously indeed as key traits that make me employable.If employers take the leap of faith &amp; give me the keys to their kingdom, *I* know they won't be misplacing that trust. That's my truth.But *they* don't know until I've proven myself to them (assuming they give me that opportunity) because grubby boofheads like somebozo (above) plant the seeds of FUD often enough to largely negate any inate trust of IT people that may have once existed. That's their truth, in many cases. But is there justice in that ? Depends which end of the pineapple you're presented with.Just like real life I guess ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:33:46 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It comes down to philosophy Is truth relative or objective]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is there true justice?  Is truth opionion or fact?  how you answer these questions ultimately decide how you live your life.  I think most IT guys have come to the conclusion that Truth is fact (either the servers down or it isn't).  This prevents most of us from making the rationalisations necessary to destroy our employer (or x employers networks).  IMO]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[SaulGoode]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:31:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Funny think is I thought that a Exec]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Refusing a 6 to 8 figure Golden Handshake would be a bigger news story than then accepting them.Still haven't seen one of those stories yet though.Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:10:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oh, come on now...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are plenty of ethical execs in governemen business and ngo's.  The pool of talent they come from is the same pool policeman, firemen, accoutnants and babystitters come from.  Humans.   Trouble is we don't hear much about the thoughtful ethical and concientious, just the rotten apples, the CEO's gone wild.  It adds fuel to the fire when the rotten apples get away with high level crimes after year.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bernalillo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:53:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[too bad execs don't have any worthy of the name ethics]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yah, it's too bad/sad executives in gov't, academe &amp; business don't have ethics worthy of the name.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Professor8]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:52:50 -0700</pubDate>
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