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am 24.06.2008 von http://www.jurabilis.de
Diesen Titel trägt das neue Blog der mittlerweile berühmt gewordenen Ex-Paul-Hastings-Associate Shinyung Oh (...jurabilis! berichtete mehrfach). Dort liest man:Youd think I spoke out against Stalin or the Genovese family. All I did was speak up against a group of men and women who run a business. They sit around and think of ways to protect and increase the million plus profits they each take home at the end of the year, and firing some underling and sabotaging her reputation in the process is par for the course in their world. What does it say about our times and our profession that calling them out should be considered so unusual? Shouldnt we all be protecting ourselves against bullies like them?
By the reaction, you wonder if McCarthyism hadnt ended in the 50s. Do I have to worry about being blacklisted because I didnt subscribe to their prescribed view? Is my career on the fritz because I didnt take their hush money and disappear quietly? Are we still living in a time when I have no choice but to betray myself and what I know to be true in exchange for job security?
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