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> This hiring decision needs to be put on hold until the Ombudsman's
> Office can investigate the situation. I am not comfortable with IBM
> poaching suppliers employees. That is against our Supplier Code of
> Conduct and our Value Statement. If a contractor on his own comes
> to IBM that is ok, but if IBM solicits them to leave their own
> companies (which seems to be the case here) than IBM needs to
> compensate the supplier for his loss of revenue from this contractor.
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