Tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot is $241 million. So naturally, I couldn’t resist buying into the office pool with my colleagues. To be honest, I don’t play the lotto much, but I always buy into the office pools out of fear that the group will win without me (kind of like this poor fellow from Albany).
So I’ve been thinking — what happens when a large group of colleagues wins the lottery? Is there a mass exodus of people quitting their jobs? If so, what happens to the employer? (Check out this entry on The Business Ethics Blog by Chris MacDonald, Ph.D, which raises several interesting ethical questions surrounding the ramifications of workplace lottery pools ).
More interestingly, what happens when the employer is a group of professionals? I’m sure people don’t want or expect their doctors and lawyers to quit suddenly and leaving them high and dry. Imagine the chaos that would ensue if the local hospital’s ER staff won the lotto and quit their jobs en masse. For attorneys, that’s where Rule 1.3(b) of New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct comes into play — attorneys simply cannot neglect matters entrusted to them.
Thus, rest assured, that my colleagues and I will be at work bright and early tomorrow morning, even if…I mean when…we win tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot!
* Originally published at https://thinkethically.wordpress.com/
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Tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot is $241 million. So naturally, I couldn’t resist buying into the office pool with my colleagues. To be honest, I don’t play the lotto much, but I always buy into the office pools out of fear that the group will win without me (kind of like this poor fellow from Albany).
So I’ve been thinking — what happens when a large group of colleagues wins the lottery? Is there a mass exodus of people quitting their jobs? If so, what happens to the employer? (Check out this entry on The Business Ethics Blog by Chris MacDonald, Ph.D, which raises several interesting ethical questions surrounding the ramifications of workplace lottery pools ).
More interestingly, what happens when the employer is a group of professionals? I’m sure people don’t want or expect their doctors and lawyers to quit suddenly and leaving them high and dry. Imagine the chaos that would ensue if the local hospital’s ER staff won the lotto and quit their jobs en masse. For attorneys, that’s where Rule 1.3(b) of New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct comes into play — attorneys simply cannot neglect matters entrusted to them.
Thus, rest assured, that my colleagues and I will be at work bright and early tomorrow morning, even if…I mean when…we win tonight’s Mega Millions jackpot!
* Originally published at https://thinkethically.wordpress.com/
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Lawyer.com is not a law firm and does not offer legal advice. Content posted on Lawyer.com is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated and is not reviewed or commented on by Lawyer.com. The application of law to any set of facts is a highly specialized skill, practiced by lawyers and often dependent on jurisdiction. Content on the site of a legal nature may or may not be accurate for a particular state or jurisdiction and may largely depend on specific circumstances surrounding individual cases, which may or may not be consistent with your circumstances or may no longer be up-to-date to the extent that laws have changed since posting. Legal articles therefore are for review as general research and for use in helping to gauge a lawyer's expertise on a matter. If you are seeking specific legal advice, Lawyer.com recommends that you contact a lawyer to review your specific issues. See Lawyer.com's full Terms of Use for more information.