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		icebraining on June 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I'v... What law would he be breaking?

williamscales on June 28, 2017 | [–]

Probably either fraud or breach of contract if it came to a court

true_religion on June 29, 2017 | | [–]

Depends on if the errors are material to the value produced. Like let's say I produce a report in an automatic way but have all the page number misaligned and occasionally insert incorrect punctuation then that does reduce the value of the report.

ocschwar on June 28, 2017 | [–]

It would be a tort.

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