Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Kindermann Canada camrea servicing
From: Mike Leitheiser <flyh2o@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 11:47:59 -0800

Horse Hockey.  Soliciting someone to obtain confidential or proprietary
information about a competitor is certainly fraught with ethical and legal
issues, but simple employment?   Horse Hockey!

Austin Franklin wrote:

> >  Apparently the new Leica Distributor in Canada tried to have him switch
> > job from Kindermann.  He refused.  Other technicians were also
> > unsuccesfully approached.
>
> I believe in the US there are laws about soliciting people 'in this
> manner'.  Usually, there are agreements in place that prohibit this.  If
> the technician wanted to contact the new distributor, that is certainly OK
> in my book, but for the new distributor to solicit them, I believe, is
> unethical.
>
> JMHO

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Mike Leitheiser
Lake Oswego, Oregon

"When the trout are lost, smash the state."
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