"Forcing people who work for you to give you and others presents is unethical. Appeal to your colleague's better instincts as an educator and discourage this practice immediately. As you are a colleague and not a subordinate, you are in a position to be able to appeal to this person's sense of equity."
"We invited people to dinner whose company we enjoyed. We sent wedding gifts, birthday gifts and Christmas gifts to people we liked, if we found something we thought they would like. I enjoyed doing it, and that was my reward. If we enjoyed someone's presence, then that was the reciprocity."
A tenured faculty member solicits contributions for group gifts from both colleagues and subordinates, requesting specific amounts and non-anonymous donations. While tenured faculty can safely decline or contribute anonymously, subordinates lack job protection and face implicit pressure to comply. The solution requires tenured colleagues to directly address this unethical practice by appealing to the solicitor's sense of equity and professional ethics. Additionally, an 81-year-old reflects on gift-giving practices, emphasizing that genuine enjoyment in giving and receiving company matters more than tracking reciprocity, suggesting that excessive focus on perceived slights creates unnecessary unhappiness.
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