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Apple's Global Security Chief Cleared of Bribery Charges Following Accusation of Scheme to Trade iPads for Gun Permits
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Totally doesn’t pass the smell test.
In our corporate anti-corruption training it was repeated several times that both EU-law and US-FCPA saw offering something to a government official to get something done, or even something underway to be just done faster, was CORRUPTION.
Lucky for this guy neither FCPA nor EU law apply to he US or California.
EDIT: forgot to mention it was made clear that doing something like this was a firing offense.
In our corporate anti-corruption training it was repeated several times that both EU-law and US-FCPA saw offering something to a government official to get something done, or even something underway to be just done faster, was CORRUPTION.
Lucky for this guy neither FCPA nor EU law apply to he US or California.
EDIT: forgot to mention it was made clear that doing something like this was a firing offense.
SCOTUS also affirmed limits on the 1st A., as in you can’t yell FIRE in a theater, etc.
In my opinion, Moyer should have never made the offer. It looks messy and got him in trouble.
Agreed but if one submits to the demand it should also be criminal because the only right path when there is such an ask is to go to the FBI.
It will only be bad about Apple if Moyer is still there in a year.
Regardless of truth or timing, it was a tremendous example of bad judgement; as there are other qualified personnel capable of not being so dumb, such a person needs to be made example of by being let go.
Piss-Poor job by the DA's office. Apple already investigated and found no basis for the indictment. The judge clearly saw that the DA presented no evidence to the grand jury. There's just no there there.
Why should Tim Cook have the privelege of being protected by firearms but not you and me? Yet there are people out there trying their damnedest to remove that right from you and me, and to leave us, man, woman, and child as unprotected as possible.
Yes, this is their attitude. Just look at any of these big-city politicians, the LA rich and famous, and the governors of blue states. They want to have firearms but deny them to you and me. That's a clear violation of the 2nd amendment.
It's common knowledge that the average John, Joe, or Flight Plan Moe trains more with their firearms than most police do. In fact, the police are terrible shots!
Your point may be right on, except that some people (sometimes police, sometimes company officers, sometimes simple mobsters) can really put the pressure on, and other people, if they're not strong and willing to take whatever might be coming their way, will knuckle under.
"You really should consider paying for our protection (giving us some iPads). Wouldn't want to see anything happen to your business, or that beautiful family you have right there, with those two little girls about to start 2nd and 4th grade."
You can apply, but if you live in Hawaii, you won't get one. They haven't issued any permits since the mid 1960s. Or New Jersey. They make you wait until your ex husband kills you in your driveway. Yes, this is a case, and yes it really happened. And she had a restraining order against him. It worked...well, right up until he brutally murdered her. And her concealed carry permit sat languishing while she died on her driveway.
This is all bull. It's not hard to learn safe firearm handling. In fact, we used to teach children. I know, because I was one of those children. Any 9 year old should know how to protect themselves from feral hogs, bears, panthers, and gators. Or 2-legged predators. Because they all exist.
No, people need firearms because bad people are willing to kill innocent, weaker, older, or other at-risk people in order to get what they want. My father used to tell me, "some people will kill you for a quarter, so always be aware of your surroundings."
You can be killed with a knife, a rope, a baseball bat, or a tire-iron just as horribly as you can with a gun. I don't arm myself to protect me from other people with guns. I arm myself to protect me from ANYBODY who might want to do me mortal harm, especially if I might not be able to run fast enough to escape them.
Permits should not be needed. If you're too dangerous to have a firearm, you should be in prison or a mental institution.
I agree. A lot more people are trained, and are trained better than the police. Most cops only have to qualify annually or even less often than that. I know a lot of people that, as long as range ammo is available, go to the range every few weeks.
Also, as a group, concealed carriers get into less trouble with the law than even police officers.
There you go...something for that plate carrier!Need a Kevlar iPad Pro case instead.
But the 2nd amendment has a lot of unconstitutional limits already placed on it. This is wrong.
The world may not be black and white, but the US Constitution is. "Shall not be abridged" meant something at one time, and yes the founding fathers and early US government KNEW about high capacity and repeat-fire firearms. In fact, they tried to buy them but were declined by the manufacturer!
Grenades aren't firearms. The 2nd amendment is about being able to arm one's self for protection. The founding fathers recognized that a country who didn't allow its citizenry to be armed would always be at risk for tyranny or conquest. The 2nd amendment is for EVERYBODY legally in the US. It's not just for Hollywood actors, Blue State governors, and policy wonks who work in the US Capitol. Why is this such a hard thing for people to grasp?
I remember that case. It could be argued that if firearms were allowed on the premises, that another employee could have stopped him before he got to 7 murder victims. But this one is also complicated by US Federal law pertaining to military contractors, which also may very well be in violation of the 2nd amendment...but that's an argument for another time.Spot on! I was an engineer at an aerospace company in Sunnyvale, California (the middle of Silicon Valley) a few decades ago where a disgruntled employee who was fixated on a female engineer came in with guns and killed seven people and wounded a few others.
Sadly, I can see a similar event happening at other large companies in the area.
Then maybe one should vote for officials in office who will uphold your rights. This scandal should make people asking themselves, why were these corrupt officials in office to begin with, instead of merely calling Apple names.
Sometimes, people get the leaders they deserved.
“Common knowledge” eh?
show me verifiable evidence of this supposedly “common knowledge” then. Should be easy if it’s so common.
In that case the US, with its high level of guns should be the safest place on the planet with the lowest levels of crime and violence. Meanwhile countries like Japan should be the least safe and have the highest levels of crime.
Turns out it’s the opposite because reality isn’t some NRA fantasy land where gun toting citizens need to defend themselves from crazed villains every day. You don’t need a gun to keep you safe, you want a gun to make you feel tough or compensate for some other issue.
Before you complain about others not grasping things you should start with yourself since you clearly can’t grasp the simple words I wrote. I never said grenades were fire arms, I was replying to the ridiculous claim that we shouldn’t ban or limit things if someone can claim a use for them.
Meanwhile, the 2nd Ammendment wasn’t written for self defense, it was written for national defense. Hence the whole “a well regulated militia” part you gun nuts ignore. The idea of the 2nd Ammendment being about self defense and individual gun ownership is a late 20th century myth dreamed up by the NRA and embraced by the far right. Next time you might want to actually study some history before spouting off about a topic you clearly do not have even a basic grasp of.