Troy Dooly June 25, 2012 at 8:15 pm
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@GlimDropper,
This is not new information. I have been very clear since my first Red Carpet Day that I was provided confidential information, and some information that I promised I would not share until Zeek published it. As you and I know this is a common business practice, not just something exclusive to Zeek.
However, my willingness to maintain confidentially doesn’t mean I not reveal any information that, if kept private would hard the distributors. As a matter of fact, it I did such a thing, I could be held criminally or civilly liable. Heck, even if I had only given my word, and never signed anything I could be held liable.
I guess you could view some things as secrets. But, why not call them secrets before I shared the fact I have an NDA? thinks like the qualifiers, which I have written about right here, and made it clear I could not reveal the details, until Zeek publishes them.
Not sure how we moved from Non Disclosure Agreement to a contract. But, I can gladly answer your question as it concerns the non Disclosure Statement.
1. Offer from Paul Burks – To answer any and all questions I ask of him or his team if I would agree to sign a Non Disclosure Statement.
2. Acceptance – I gladly agreed to sign an NDA based on Paul Burks offer.
3. Consideration – Trust, Respect and Open Communication.
Well, and I do get some pretty good lunches at the Village Grill when I visit the home office.
Living An Epic Adventure,
Troy
GlimDropper June 25, 2012 at 8:46 pm
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“.,… Not sure how we moved from Non Disclosure Agreement to a contract…,.”
A NDA, at least a formal one is a legal contract.
I’ve agreed not to divulge certain things at least within a certain time frame many times. Sometimes people reach out to me with information on a topic I’m interested in but, for example if I revealed it carelessly or prematurely it might in some way jeopardize the person sharing the info with me. But that isn’t a formal legal contract, i honor each of those agreements because I value the trust people have invested in me.
Would it be accurate to say your NDA with Paul only affects forward going issues? You don’t reveal what you may have been told about ZR’s upcoming compliance strategy until they do for example?
Can you state for the record that if you were aware of any irregularities in the program or of any issues which might negatively impact the Zeek Rewards affiliates you are in no way being inhibited from reporting on them?
If the above is true then allow me to apologize for the tone of my previous post. But I’m not sorry for asking about it.
Troy Dooly June 25, 2012 at 10:03 pm
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@GlimDropper,
I agree it would be seen as a legally binding contract.
From my point of view, “my word given” is as much a formal contract as my signature. And based on the fact I have said that publicly it should hold up in a court of law.
Ethics are ethics, plain and simple from my point of view. I live by a pretty simplistic set of standards. I do my best to always treat folks the way I would want to be treated. And when I fall short, I fix it as fast as I can.
My NDA really doesn’t involve any issues backwards or forward with the company. It covers proprietary information such as software, vender relationships, etc. and includes clauses on using or selling this information for my personal gain.
It doesn’t cover not talking about compliance strategies at all. If you are referring revealing the upcoming qualifiers, that is a verbal request that I said I would abide by.
I can also state for the record that if I were aware of any irregularities in the program or any issues which might negatively impact the Zeek rewards affiliates that I am in now way contractual inhibited in reporting on them.
I would never enter into any form of a contract that would STOP me from advocating for distributors and sharing with the public any issue which should be disclosed so current affiliates or prospective affiliates can do their complete due diligence.
There is no need to apologize, I am pretty sure I would have responded just as you did, if I were in your shoes.
Living An Epic Adventure,
Troy
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