I recently put together a proposal for my employer to partner with another company. The partner company provides a service my employer's clients utilize. The arrangement was that we refer them our customers and they pay us a royalty on every purchase they make with the partner.
After reviewing the numbers, my employer said the value wasn't high enough for it to be worth setting up the partnership.
Interested in others' thoughts on the ethics of setting up that partnership for myself and providing the referrals as clients ask if we have this partnership?
I feel like this is different than me spending my work time actively selling the partnership that the company doesn't benefit from, especially since they already said they aren't interested in the partnership. But, I could see how the employer would be less than thrilled with this.
After reviewing the numbers, my employer said the value wasn't high enough for it to be worth setting up the partnership.
Interested in others' thoughts on the ethics of setting up that partnership for myself and providing the referrals as clients ask if we have this partnership?
I feel like this is different than me spending my work time actively selling the partnership that the company doesn't benefit from, especially since they already said they aren't interested in the partnership. But, I could see how the employer would be less than thrilled with this.