You're right, of course - I thought I could get away with being lazy with my usage because of the context. Context makes all the difference with these sorts of things - for instance, in my line of work, NDA typically stands for "new drug application."
Something interesting that this subject brings to mind - if these agreements were not routine with staff until recently, I wonder how there came to be one with Ms. Doran. Could be a holdover from the temp contract, I suppose, but if it was negotiated directly that would put a slightly different spin on the effect of the agreement during the controversy awhile back. Not important to have that addressed, I'd say, but the whole issue between WMF and Doran does point up the role an agreement of this sort could have in the future.
Nathan
On 4/14/08, Michael Snow wikipedia@verizon.net wrote:
Nathan wrote:
I'm guessing there aren't too many folks familiar with United States employment law among the folks debating and speculating on this list. I submit that this is probably not the sort of thing we want determined by a consensus of amateurs. Lots of people don't like ND agreements, but they don't like binding arbitration, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements either. Even so, they are
fairly
common and effective. As a matter of fact, I think than an ND for the
Board
is somewhat less unusual than an ND for employees.
Thank you for the calm, measured response. Can I ask, however, that we avoid confusing abbreviations? An ND agreement or NDA normally refers to a non-disclosure agreement (another much-despised yet much-used contract). While such agreements in business relationships sometimes also touch on non-disparagement, they're primarily focused on confidential information, which is a bit different issue.
--Michael Snow
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