Firm: 'Waterboarding' suit hasn't hurt sales

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Firm: 'Waterboarding' suit hasn't hurt sales
By Donald W. Meyers
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 03/16/2008 07:48:05 AM MDT

PROVO - Prosper Inc.'s legal problems have hit the national media and have been analyzed and mocked by bloggers.
Just typing the words "Prosper Inc." and "waterboarding" into Google's search engine generates 2,310 hits.
But Dave Ellis, president of the financial-coaching company based in this central Utah County community, said the unwanted publicity from the lawsuit filed by the former employee, Chad Hudgens, hasn't really hurt business.

Hudgens alleges that, during a company motivational exercise, an executive poured water over his face while colleagues held him down.

Said Ellis: "We agree a training meeting took place, but the witness accounts vary from the claims that Mr. Hudgens has made. As soon as we found out about it, we hired a labor-relations specialist who interviewed everyone involved.
"People understand that our business does not condone or endorse any kind of training that causes discomfort. We've had some inquiries, but as we have explained, it is not condoned."

EEGADS! Causes "discomfort"?!

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