Something just happened to me. I returned after Short Term Disability only to find
that my files on my "H"ome drive had been deleated. I asked why and was told that
they didn't have room for all the files so them deleted some- including mine. I had
some Permanent records on that drive as it is the one the gets backed up every night
so they deleted files that should never have been deleted. And they did it with out
asking. Just another case of if I don't know there are retention schedules then it
doesn't matter. Here in Indiana it is a class D Felony to dispose of public records. No
one will ever do any thing about because they don't think the rules apply to them.
Please leave my name off this, thanks.

Date sent:              Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:29:31 -0800
Send reply to:          Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
From:                   "Earl Johnson, Jr." <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                Any ethics-related issues in a RM setting...
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RM ListServe;

I am preparing a presentation entitled "Professional Ethics: Outdated
or Replaced?"  for the Houston ARMA Chapter's Spring Conference next
month, and would like to include some real world case studies
regarding ethics-related issues or concerns that you've faced as a
records manager.  Have you ever been asked to do anything that was
either downright unethical, or caused a great concern for you records
management-wise?

For example, as a RIM supervisor a few years ago, I was asked by a
manager in our Accounting department to "hide" some 20+ boxes of
records he had that belonged to a 3rd party because they didn't want
the auditors to see them.  While this may not necessarily be unethical
and even though I don't remember all of the particulars (like why we
even had these boxes in the first place), there was something about
his request that definitely made me very uneasy and I refused to do
it.  As a matter of fact I was more than a little disappointed that he
even asked me to do something like that as if he knew I'd go along...
and yes, "hide" was his word, not mine.

I'd love to be able to relay some of your own experiences to my
session attendees and will be happy to give you credit (or keep you
anonymous if you prefer).  For that reason I'm asking that you respond
directly to me offlist, and also so that none of the Houston folks on
the List will get a heads up on my session!

Thanks.
Earl




Earl Johnson, Jr.
Senior Consultant, Millican & Associates
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