Show Me the Money
In November’s column “When is a deal a deal?” a city manager had negotiated a better paying job with a neighboring community and had agreed to accept the job except for one small matter–no one had signed on the dotted line! In the meantime, the city where the manager was currently employed made a substantial counter-offer. Thus the question became: “Did the city manager violate his profession’s ethics when he reneged on the verbal agreement?”