"Flirt" is actually a cognate: flirten, kokettieren, auch (to coquette)
Good for the Germans. . . .
jks
--- Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> [sorry if this was posted and i missed it]
>
> <
>
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=8813190
> >
>
> Workers keep right to flirt
> Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:37 AM ET
>
> FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court has upheld the
> right of Wal-Mart
> staff in Germany to flirt at work, a spokesman said
> Thursday, showing
> that Germany's restrictive labor laws also have
> their permissive
> aspects.
>
> The court rejected parts of Wal-Mart's code of
> conduct relating to
> employees' love lives, alcohol and drug use and a
> requirement for
> staff to report code violations via a so-called
> ethics hotline, the
> spokesman said.
>
> He could not immediately confirm the grounds on
> which the Wuppertal
> employment court had ordered the clauses to be
> removed for German
> staff, saying the judge's opinion was still in the
> process of being
> written.
>
> The Financial Times Deutschland said the court had
> found the clauses,
> including one banning "any kind of communication
> that could be
> interpreted as sexual," contradicted German labor
> law, in its ruling
> on the case brought by Wal-Mart's works council.
>
> Wal-Mart Germany, which is based in Wuppertal and
> can appeal against
> the decision, had no immediate comment.
>
> The ruling could have far-reaching effects for U.S.
> companies with
> staff in Germany. Such restrictions are increasingly
> common in U.S.
> corporate culture as firms seek to prevent scandals
> that could damage
> their reputation.
>
> An affair with a female executive led to the
> downfall of Boeing's
> chief executive in March. The company fired Harry
> Stonecipher when the
> affair came to light, saying his conduct broke
> company rules and
> damaged his ability to lead.
>
> j
>
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> establish
> the religious significance of God, an unfortunate
> habit has prevailed
> of paying to Him metaphysical compliments.
> - Alfred North Whitehead
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