Re: AUGD: Re: What are we allowed to discuss?
Re: AUGD: Re: What are we allowed to discuss?
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Re: What are we allowed to discuss?
- From: Dave G <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:08:22 -0500
Wasn't this thread already killed?
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Pat Fauquet<email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I was the original poster of the ethics question. Since I work with clients
> around the world by telephone, there was/is no way that any of you could
> figure out exactly who had sold the software--and since I did not ask my
> client what user group he was associated with--nor who was the president, I
> thought the issue of apparent software piracy was a good one to examine.
>
> I have been involved in user group leadership and leadership training for
> many, many years. As many groups are about to begin new program years and
> many also have new leaders, this seems like an excellent time for all of us
> to do a bit of thinking and planning.
>
> I am not sure how groups handle leadership training (I loved the old User
> Group Universities), but I have not seen much on the topic of leadership,
> planning or ethics on the list lately. They are all worthy subjects, and
> ones that we need to be addressing in our groups.
>
> Perhaps the president of that unknown group did not realize that he might be
> participating in piracy. I wonder if his (and your) group have discussed the
> ethics of acting as consultants for your members--what are the ground rules?
> Do you allow everyone who is paid for consulting to advertise or promote
> themselves? What happens when work goes bad? How do you handle conflicts of
> interest?
>
> While the question posed concerned possible piracy, there are lots of things
> to consider. How are your by-laws? Do you have any insurance for your board?
> What about liability insurance? Who can sign contracts for the club? Who can
> spend funds?
>
> There is a lot to think about--
>
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