Old 04-04-2008, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Cubdriver View Post
I hasten to admit that TD raises a valid concern, because in several or many occupations there are dire implications if an employee accrues even a single DUI/ DWI. For example, engineers are subject to scrutiny in public record, such that if they get a single DUI then they likely can expect a pink slip very soon. The reason is not at all moral or personal. It is that if there is a failure in the work the employee performs a lawsuit often follows and the company will lose a lot more money than they would if they hired somebody else. Still, I do not think the law or even the companies should be totally unforgiving. At the end of the day we all have to operate by our conviction or convictions, and we are all human.
Yeah, good point. If he's medically unstable enough to do this, he should probably have his medical license yanked...not punitive, but to protect his patients. I think a lawyer would get disbarred.
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