Where do these scenarios get dreamed up? If you have a services issue, then you can always fire someone if they aren't living up to the terms (or your perception) of an agreement. If you're wrong, then a lawsuit by the other party may help clear things up.
If you suspect something criminal, by all means you can see if a District Attorney is willing to go for it, otherwise you can pursue a civil suit. The rest is simply nonsense. Firing someone for a mistake is silly. Despite the melodramatic points raised, even when someone is KILLED, the individual responsible may be liable, but unless negligence or criminal intent can be proven its highly unlikely that they will be fired. In fact, from the legal perspective the individual making the mistake may not even be considered responsible if they can prove that they weren't adequately trained for the responsibility given to them. Adam Yes, if they were stealing services or committing some act of fraud, maybe they should get fired. > A clue was given when it was said that SMF had been turned off. Now, if > charge-back accounting was being done AND these consultants were in some > way being charged for CPU time (and/or other resources) that they used > then this was a form of theft or embezzlement/fraud. > > That being the case: depending on what corporate counsel advised, I > would present them with a bill for 1.5 times their average use on a > weekend, point out specific points in any contract that shows or states > this is a material breach. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
