>The original article doesn't say that Iron Mountain or Shred-It failed to
>perform shredding services; that's not what was in question.  The issue
>was that they agreed to shred in such a way that the size of the shredded
>particles would be below a certain size threshold -- which was specified
>in the contracts that they signed -- but they didn't have any machinery
>that could actually shred things to the size specified, nor did they take
>steps to attempt to meet the specification.  The whistleblower who
>initiated the legal action was a small shredding company who wanted to
>bid on the contract, but knew that he couldn't meet the size
>specification, so he (ethically) didn't submit a bid.  He objected to
>larger companies bidding on, and winning, the contract when they weren't
>able to meet the specifications either.

Pilar C. McAdam, CRM, ERMm
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