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今年4月,美国证券交易委员会(SEC)调查了一家强迫员工签署所谓的“约束性不披露合约”的企业。这家名为KBR的上市公司因此向SEC支付了13万美元罚金,原因是向员工实施了过分严格的保密措施,合约中约束员工言论的一些条款过于苛刻。金融市场瞬息万变,公司为了言论一致限制从业者表达观点似乎也在情理之中。但情况正在发生变化。新近的一项调查表明,不强迫员工签署保密协议在华尔街已渐渐成为一种趋
In April, the Securities and Exchange Commission investigated a company that forced employees to sign a so-called “binding non-disclosure contract.” The listed company, KBR, therefore seized a fine of $ 130,000 from the SEC because of over-strict confidentiality practices imposed on its employees and some of the terms of the contract that bind employee comments were too harsh. Financial markets are constantly changing, and it seems reasonable for companies to limit practitioners’ expression of their opinions. But the situation is changing. A recent survey showed that not forcing employees to sign confidentiality agreement has gradually become a trend in Wall Street