I mean besides the ethics and corruption of it, as an adult "professional" I'd just be embarrassed to accept someone else paying my way (personal things) other than maybe family. I am thinking of people like Thomas and now some state department person accepting paid vacations. Or Trump weddings, etc. If I cannot afford something, I'd never in a million years have someone else pay for it for me. #USPol #Ethics #Bribes #SCOTUS
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I was highlighting professional to mean someone who earns a salary as a judge, as a state department employee and who should not be accepting gifts for personal things an adult who is working would normally pay for themselves. :)
@nomdeb Things get a little weird in academia, where at least professors are often invited to other universities to speak or to conferences and their travel and hotel is covered. I've know some to separately pay for a spouse to fly someplace particularly nice and then extend their stay with their own money, but the big airfare to europe or something is paid for by the host school/department.
(this doesn't usually happen for staff, I don't get free trips)
@SRLevine @nomdeb true. Staff - depending on their position/responsibilities should get some professional travel covered. I just advised an interviewing candidate (for a research staff position) to make sure to ask for moving expenses and also for travel/registration for 1 domestic conference. (I did warn that it might not happen - but still worth asking for).
@SRLevine oh absolutely that is a professional expense. I am talking about pure vacations etc.
To be clear I'm not taking about being invited to stay at someone's holiday home, or out to dinner as a guest. I'm talking about people paying for your airfare, etc. Things that one would normally pay for oneself.
I realize by putting "professional" in quotes I was not explaining myself well. What I mean is a professional Judge, a professional in the state department, etc. accepting "personal" gifts. I'll edit to clarify. :)