[CAN] Is this a conflict of interest?
Government organization. My coworker and I work on a project together. She is the PM and I am the technical lead.
She is heavy into Linked In. Was messaged by a “online magazine” who wanted to do an article about her. This magazine seems like a weird scam rag where they target people who love talking about themselves and get them to buy ad space in exchange for publishing an article about themselves. Little to no technical content.
She shows me the article, where she takes credit for all my work. I am pissed and go to my manager who tells her she can’t publish it because it doesn’t fit the values of our org.
Last week she came complaining to me again. Turns out she convinced a company we contract with to buy ad space in this magazine for upwards of $2000+. But now she is not allowed to put her fluff piece in it. She hasn’t told our manager this detail.
Is this not essentially a conflict of interest where the contractor is buying her publicity? Wouldn’t you maybe feel obligated to the contractor after this to make decisions in their favour since they paid for an ad for your article to run?