Do you read the Bible? I recommend it. Not only is it a great work of literature, but its wisdom helps us be better lawyers.
I was meeting with a new client last week. The scenario: A male manager and a female employee engaged in inappropriate, albeit consensual, conduct. One client option is terminating him but merely reprimanding her. But isn’t that sex discrimination?
Not in the eyes of the case law: It empowers an employer to hold managers to a higher standard than rank-and-file employees.
Is there support for that result in the Bible? Read Luke 12:48: “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” The legal and the moral converge.
Um... yes, except for the rest of the Bible, which focuses on God's love, mercy and forgiveness, and let he that is without sin cast the first stone, and turning the other cheek ...
Posted by: Cicero Ril | October 28, 2012 at 05:52 PM
So what exactly is the "inappropriate" behavior?
Sex? That would be OK if they were married. The only difference is that the boss might be exerting power over the secretary, while his wife is already his property.
What a crock! Singles, gays, marrieds have the same right to sex. cf Lawrence v Texas.
Posted by: Jimbino | November 10, 2012 at 06:27 PM
Give them both a warning. Proverbs in the bible offer so much wisdom and its a great book for everyone to read.
Posted by: Tom | November 27, 2012 at 12:36 PM