> In any other department, misrepresenting your intent to engage in a transaction would be seen as a breach of professional ethics.
In most other situations related to money or contracts, it would be a criminal offense punishable by prison time.
In most other situations related to money or contracts, it would be a criminal offense punishable by prison time.
What are you thinking of? In most cases, that falls firmly under the category of bullshitting. Annoying. Unprofessional. Dishonest. But rarely criminal.
What makes this possibly illegal (though I'm still unsure if it's crimial) is that it's specifically around employer-employee relations.
Fraud requires intent. And a lot of commercial bullshitting either does not have fraudulent intent, or has it but in an entirely unprovable way.