Bosses told: list assets - including lovers

[emad]

Giles Tremlett in Madrid
Wednesday May 11, 2005
The Guardian

It's a directive that promises to give a new meaning to the expression "corporate relations".

In a move that has caused horror in boardrooms across Spain, the country's stock market regulator has demanded twice-yearly disclosures about the love lives of business leaders. From July, directors will have to own up not just to any dealings with their spouses and family, but also those with anybody else with whom they have developed an "affectionate relationship".

It is widely agreed that lovers and gay partners will be part of the package.

The regulations, the work of the national stock market commission, are designed to stop lovers and their families being the beneficiaries of special contracts or privileged information about stock movements.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1481058,00.html

[jimshoes]

1. Wonder if we can

get something like that here?

[emad]

2. Is a lover an asset or a liability?

And why 'fess up to the number you have?

[DireStrike]

3. Well, that's a little extreme.

I can see both sides on this issue. I'd hope substantial studies back up the need for this before it gets implemented.

[merwin]

4. Open the phonebook, start writing down names, and tell them that you

are affectionate towards all of the world

[Brooklyn Michael]

5. OR, just tell them...

...that you're a neo-Conservative, and that you're screwing the rest of the world...