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Comments (31)
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Robert Beachler
John,
This is an interesting ethical debate and I would be interested in your opinion. Where would you draw the line? For example, Apple was notorious for controlling who get to attend their press conferences (and as far as I know never paid for editor/analyst travel). If you wrote a negative piece, you don't get invited to the next "unveiling". Would you consider "access" preferential treatment for editors/analysts that would bias their reporting? What about coffee/donuts at a press conference/seminar?
If instead of paying to fly editors to an HQ, what if one was to fly a small team around the world to personally meet with individual influencers to launch the next great widget/company? The company would probably be spending the same amount of money, but the "benefit" (If you call horrible plane travel and staring at hotel walls a benefit) goes to the company employee.
Thoughts?
-Bob
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Horace Lasell
Regarding coffee/donuts:
The U. S. Office of Government Ethics, that exemplar of rule-based integrity, has observed that items of little intrinsic value such as coffee and donuts are not presumed to be a corruptible influence.
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Undisclosed Integrator #4
Good for Hikvision for learning how the game is played in America and only paying coach airfare.
Bad on Jensen for having the stones of a daylight burglar and complaining about it publicly. What did he want? An Axis cruise ship or the Pelco private jet to get him there?
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #5
HIK's rivals are left behind far away and getting further in this year.
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John Honovich
The trade mag editors paid for standing side by side with Hikvision:
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John Honovich
SDM pulls no punches:
"Hikvision provided a well-balanced itinerary of business, culture and history for the week-long editors’ junket."
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John Honovich
A new Hikvision paid trip to China has just finished. Jensen went back, along with 'editors' from SSN, GSN, Security Management and Security Magazine.
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