The Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2014, Saturday

The Wall Street Journal

January 11, 2014, Saturday

The Wall Street Journal (full article)

Right Job, Wrong Question

Even indirect questions can be problematic if the implicit question is inappropriate, says Risa Lieberwitz, professor of labor and employment law at Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations School in Ithaca, N.Y. "What you got is somebody saying that 'I'm not supposed to ask for this information but I'm going to do it anyways. It's unethical since it's the same question, basically."