On 07/03/2008, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
Intentionally submitting a receipt to a non-profit charity which one
knows is unacceptable is unethical at best.
How do you know it's unacceptable until the finance director turns it
down? I don't find the idea of expensive wine and massages improbable
for a high profile personality; not that I don't also admire the
frugality that leaves the weary traveller paying the bill himself
occasionally (just as long as it never happens to me).
However, "intentionally"
and "knows" are two key parts to that sentence which have not been
proven - in fact, the entire incident has merely been alleged.
I get an amusing picture of Jimmy Wales sheepishly handing in a
receipt, trying to forget the *last* time he got a waggy finger for
daring to claim expenses. Sorry but I'm drawing a complete blank on
seeing this whole discussion as anything other than ridiculous.
Unethical is where you do something *wrong*, not just something that
might make some busybodies mutter a lot.