Where have all the good people gone?
- Ethics take home exam this weekend. I am very ethical
- I had a dream about Faith the wonder dog last night. Jeff Hodge says Faith is "inspirational."
- I have some old yogurt in my fridge
- Last night was Indian night at Don's Tavern. Fantastic food and great Indian music. Then the always sexy date auction. Didn't get to see all of it, but I bid $40 for Samir...he unfortunately went for more.
- So I'm talking to my new South African friend last night. I bring up golf because I heard that her and some friends went to the driving range. She says, "I'm not too good. Just started playing. But golf runs in my family. My grandfather is Gary Player." Well holy shit. She's promised me a signed photo from the Black Knight himself.
posted by The Vitamin's Blog @ 12:05 a.m.
6 Comments:
Thanks for coming out last night Gord, and your $40 offer was much appreciated. lol
Gord,
why is Gary Player called the black night? He is white? I think you are racist
Did I really say inspirational? I meant to say 2 legged...
fuck ethics.
Bronte's Brother.
I have a story about ethics.
I was speaking to one of our directors the other day about trying to find articles. So he, as an accountant, and me, as a law graduate, both have/had similar proceedures to follow before we could get licensed in our respective profession. I mentioned going to work for a big firm, then said well I'd prefer to go work with a smaller firm not only to get more practical legal training but also to learn the business of running a law firm. Then I could go off eventually and work for myself and call the shots. His, as most Public Servants who are terrified or risk and very complacent, was why go to a small firm when they often have to compromise their ethics to keep clients. Then I reminded him of two important events:
1) The Enron scandal whereby accounting giant Authur Anderson, among others breached the most fundemental principles of accounting to "keep" Enron as a client - In fact AA showed Enron how to do what they did.
2) The government that employed this director was involved in one of the biggest ethical breaches in Canadian history. Another recent "scandal" in the Public Service has also been presented, although no charges have yet been laid.
So my point is that this person who was basically discouraging me from wanting to gain as much experience as possible so that I could perhaps one day have more control over my work and life, unlike those who remain employees or under someone elses control, by explaining to me that smaller firms (be it accounting or law) are unethical. Sounds to me like a bit of contradiction? Anyways, sorry for the rant lol!!!
KL Chris - Experience is the spice of life and don't let anyone ever tell you anything differant. I am often approached by our clients about whether I would like to work for them. However, in Australia things like public service superannuation are excellent so it is a disencentive to work for a private firm. I say this as the female attrician rate in firms is very high in Australia despite the skill shortage. Ideally I would like to work in a big firm. My plan is to do more post graduate studies in law acheive excellent results and then I will work for a private firm again. In the meantime I will have the government subsidise my studies and tax dedeuct the rest.
Back to your original point though there are advantages and disadvantages in working in the private and public sector. At the end of the day it is a lifestyle choice and it can also depend upon the area of law you wish to specialise in as sometimes you can experience more interesting work in the public sector.
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