Hi Amanda,
Boy, your question sure reminded me of a similar situation where I work.
Let me just say, I am NOT an attorney, so I don't know what the
ramifications of this would be. I would think that if you were only doing
what your management required you to do, you wouldn't be able to be pinned
for any wrongdoing. After all, how do YOU know what the data is going to be
used for? There have been a couple of occasions where my boss has asked me
to pull data out of a database using CF (for a report, data administration,
whatever) and I have no idea what the data is being used for, nor do I care.
Secondly, what if you refused to include that data? That, I would think,
could be considered insubordination, which is cause for termination.
Here's my rule of thumb: When in doubt, *get it in writing*! If you really
are concerned about it, type up an email outlining your concerns and send it
to the powers-that-be that are driving this initiative. That way you have a
legal record of where you stand on the issue. If they insist that you build
it according to those specs, insist on a written response indicating such.
I really doubt that you could be held liable for any terminations based on
the application that you were directed to create (though in our increasingly
letigious society I suppose anything is possible at this point). The
application would run the numbers consistently across the board for all
employees, correct? It's just that the numbers entered into the database
could cause the skew. In that case, how can you be held responsible for the
data entered into the database?
Just my two-cents worth ;)
Terri
----Original Message Follows----
From: Amanda Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: legal question?????
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 12:25:26 -0700 (PDT)
Hello,
Not sure if anyone can answer this question/concern
for me but will ask anyways.....I have been creating
some reports for HR that will be used internally to
keep track of our employees work(ie number of items
completed, average numbers etc). One of the averages
I am being asked to report will be a very skewed
number and I am concerned because these averages are
used to "grade" employees. People have been let go
over these numbers. Bottom line is, I do not want to
have any numbers on my report that I already know are
skewed. I expressed my concern to my employer and
they agreed that the numbers will be off but they want
it anyways and they say they will take that into
consideration. Am I in anyway liable or am I being
paranoid???
:)
Thanks,
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