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**soineeLom** · 05-18-2007, 06:44 AM

Originally posted by Drogue

What were Wolfowitz's options here? He couldn't let he keep her original job, nor would it be fair to fire her for his conflict of interest issue. It would probably even be illegal to and considered a wrongful dismissal. So finding her another job that uses her specialism seems like the only sensible alternative, and who else other than the US government in Washington DC is going to hire an Arabic specialist?
It seems that the wrongdoing was not the new assignment nor the salary increase but the fact that a salary increase greater than usual was resulting from a personnal decision of Wolfowitz. That was the "mistake", or conflict of interest, or nepotism.

05-18-2007, 06:44 AM	#4
soineeLom Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 328 Senior Member	Originally posted by Drogue What were Wolfowitz's options here? He couldn't let he keep her original job, nor would it be fair to fire her for his conflict of interest issue. It would probably even be illegal to and considered a wrongful dismissal. So finding her another job that uses her specialism seems like the only sensible alternative, and who else other than the US government in Washington DC is going to hire an Arabic specialist? It seems that the wrongdoing was not the new assignment nor the salary increase but the fact that a salary increase greater than usual was resulting from a personnal decision of Wolfowitz. That was the "mistake", or conflict of interest, or nepotism.
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