Is it ethical to use company funds to celebrate an employee’s birthday?
If you own a small restaurant with 3 employees, and serve them a free meal as a birthday gift, there’s nothing wrong with that.
What if your company counts 200,000 employees and is publicly traded? If you spend only $10 per employee, that’s a $2M expense every year. Is that a good use of the shareholder’s money?
What if your customers are mostly government entities? Your revenue is actually tax revenue. Is that a good use of taxpayer’s money?
What if you don’t stop at birthdays but also celebrate births, weddings and funerals? How big should an “employee morale” budget line be?
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