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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m being a bit vague on purpose, but in my job we work with a small department within an agency. I do not work in the agency.

A few months ago at a hotel bar after a conference a man sat next to me and we got chatting. I was drinking water and he got increasingly drunk and claimed that, were Trump to win, he was on a short list to lead the small department. Eventually he turned from professional to not (such as sexual comments)  I excused myself. I didn’t realize he’d followed me, but he was waiting for me outside the bathroom in the lobby “to continue our conversation”,  which made me very uncomfortable. A guest walking by saw this and intervened and that was that. Although I introduced myself and the man knows where I work, I would be very surprised if we crossed paths if he remembered me.

Well, now I’m leading a project that works with that department. I feel like I sound a bit crazy if I approach the ethics office on the off chance that this man ends up leading the department during the project and remembers me. [b]And even if he did is that an ethics problem? [/b]But if I start on this project and it becomes a problem it will be challenging for my employer (and me) to have to deal with it then.

What would you do? [/quote]

Probably not. Does this guy even work in that "small department" yet? An lot more folks think they will get appointments than actually get them.

I wouldn't "approach the ethics office." But I would let your boss know what happened, and that you are concerned. And be ready to deal with him if he is a problem in the future.

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