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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
seems it would make client-development as well as friendship development more difficult.
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Yeah 'cuz we all vet our clients before we accept them. I don't know about you, but my clients are corporations and as long as they aren't pressuring me to do something illegal or they aren't doing something illegal and want me to be a partner in their crime (and of course as long as they pay their bill), they can be my client.
I guess I could think of a few fact patterns short of illegal activity that would cause me to kick a client to the curb, but in general, if what I am doing for them falls within the bounds of the rules of professional responsibility and they pay their bills, they can be my client. If the people who work for the corporation are abusive, I may not put up with that for long.
As for friendship, I am not just friends with anyone. Acquaintances, sure, but friends have to be the type of person who earns my respect. My friends think like me on this point, too. I have ended friendships when people lost my respect. Which isn't to say that a simple mistake would be enough to end a friendship. But when someone does something egregious enough or shows a particularly negative side of themselves that I had previously not seen, that gets them kicked out of my circle of friends.
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