Comments on: Dear Freelance Ethicist http://www.methodtree.com/branches/2007/04/dear-freelance-ethicist/ The voice of Methodtree, Inc. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:44:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sandor http://www.methodtree.com/branches/2007/04/dear-freelance-ethicist/comment-page-1/#comment-18 sandor Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:09:41 +0000 http://www.methodtree.com/branches/2007/04/dear-freelance-ethicist/#comment-18 I'll come clean -- when I wrote this, I'd already mailed the contract form back, with the numbers crossed out and the proper amounts written in. I had come to the same conclusion you both did -- better to earn the karma and not the extra, filthy money. But I wanted to see how y'all (all two of you) would handle it. I'm glad I did correct it, but it's unclear if the karma points will evem come through. When I called the company to clarify the situation, whoever I spoke to didn't seem too impressed by my forthrightness, and I'm not sure the word ever got back to my original client. So it goes. Ethics are followed because it's the right thing to do, not because we count on being recognized for it. I’ll come clean — when I wrote this, I’d already mailed the contract form back, with the numbers crossed out and the proper amounts written in. I had come to the same conclusion you both did — better to earn the karma and not the extra, filthy money. But I wanted to see how y’all (all two of you) would handle it.

I’m glad I did correct it, but it’s unclear if the karma points will evem come through. When I called the company to clarify the situation, whoever I spoke to didn’t seem too impressed by my forthrightness, and I’m not sure the word ever got back to my original client. So it goes.

Ethics are followed because it’s the right thing to do, not because we count on being recognized for it.

]]> By: Scott Robbin http://www.methodtree.com/branches/2007/04/dear-freelance-ethicist/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Scott Robbin Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:48:16 +0000 http://www.methodtree.com/branches/2007/04/dear-freelance-ethicist/#comment-17 Now that you've confessed your sins to the Internets, the only way you'll be able to pull this off is to open an off-shore account and deposit the funds under a pseudonym, like Wandor Seisz or Santheo Huckstable. But seriously forks, honesty is the best policy...you'll be racking up freelance karma points (points not redeemable in CA, HI, and PR). Now that you’ve confessed your sins to the Internets, the only way you’ll be able to pull this off is to open an off-shore account and deposit the funds under a pseudonym, like Wandor Seisz or Santheo Huckstable. But seriously forks, honesty is the best policy…you’ll be racking up freelance karma points (points not redeemable in CA, HI, and PR).

]]> By: Andrew http://www.methodtree.com/branches/2007/04/dear-freelance-ethicist/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Andrew Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:37:39 +0000 http://www.methodtree.com/branches/2007/04/dear-freelance-ethicist/#comment-16 Definitely call the boss. It is almost guaranteed to be a mistake, but in the off chance that they intended it, you'll come off much more honest gracious for pointing it out. If you do this and they catch it, you can probably kiss working with them again goodbye. Definitely call the boss. It is almost guaranteed to be a mistake, but in the off chance that they intended it, you’ll come off much more honest gracious for pointing it out. If you do this and they catch it, you can probably kiss working with them again goodbye.

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