Workplace Romances: A Platonic Perspective

Abstract

This paper examines the corporate policies on workplace relationships in the insurance industry. It consists of identifying whether the 48 insurance companies found in the Fortune 500 have any policies that restrict employees from dating each other within their organization and if so, what were these restrictions. In addition, 235 employees in the insurance field were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the positive and/or negative effects of romantic relationships had in their workplace environment. These results were examined from a Platonic perspective with a recommendation for a code of ethics developed from policies existing in other insurance companies and suggested by the current literature.

Citation

Lecker, M.J. (2007), "Workplace Romances: A Platonic Perspective", Flanagan, P., Primeaux, P. and Ferguson, W. (Ed.) Insurance Ethics for a More Ethical World (Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 253-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1529-2096(06)07013-1