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That's interesting. A company may see it as only fair not to poach, but in the eyes of employees it's (rightly) collusion.

On that note, "Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs threatened to hit Palm with patent litigation if the company did not stop poaching valuable employees"[1] is not ethically defensible.

[1] http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/angry-over-employee-poa...



It wasn't about being fair on the companies part; not poaching each others employees was a form of cost control.


What I'm saying is that while it may seem wrong to poach employees, employers have a greater duty to the workforce than to other companies, ethically.


> employers have a greater duty

employers have no duty, but that of making profit. Don't misplace your loyalty, because employers certainly don't place theirs in you (the emoployee).


Do non-profits have no duty at all?




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