email etiquette questions - if you're sent a business email, is it poor etiquette to forward it to a third party, without asking the original sender's permission? Just had this... (more)
happen to me where an email I sent to two people working on the same committee, was replied to back to me and another party, but this last person was the head of the organization. My original email wasn't secret but would have been worded differently if intended for that person. And yes, I know email isn't private and can be sent anywhere, but I am asking what proper business (or even personal) etiquette is in this matter. Thanks. Would you ever contact the person who forwarded it and mention it wasn't intended for that other person? I honestly now don't trust them and wonder if it was sent intentionally.
posted November 21st, 2011 at 9:51am in Toddler
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- it was fair game 11-21-2011 9:52am
- this 11-21-2011 9:53am
- anuone cc on these emails 11-21-2011 9:52am
- i think it is normal and acceptable 11-21-2011 9:52am
- yes, it's ok. that's the nature of email. as careful as people were always warned to be regarding commiting anything to paper, is multipled a zillion times w/email. 11-21-2011 9:52am
- I always write emails knowing they could be forwarded because that's pretty standard. 11-21-2011 9:52am
- not sure about the proper etiquette, but i do hesitate to forward an e-mail to a higher up unless it was meant to go there. i am in touch with a few people who would intentially...(more) 11-21-2011 9:53am
- it's not good etiquette, for sure. HOWEVER, it's worse etiquette for you to call him on it, because it is technically "reasonable" for him to forward it.. Do NOT trust this...(more) 11-21-2011 9:53am
- itd. not about good or bad etiquette. all about sharing information which is the entire concept of the digital "revolution". 11-21-2011 9:55am
- come on, it's bullshit. he deliberately let her look bad... I don't say "made her" because she wrote the email, but he distributed it... it's lame... 11-21-2011 9:56am
- wehre in op's post does she indicate that she was made to look bad? 11-21-2011 9:58am
- you don't CC a reply to the head of a group unless you're trying to escalate an issue, either subtly or blatantly. 11-21-2011 10:00am
- wehre in op's post does she indicate that she was made to look bad? 11-21-2011 9:58am
- come on, it's bullshit. he deliberately let her look bad... I don't say "made her" because she wrote the email, but he distributed it... it's lame... 11-21-2011 9:56am
- itd. not about good or bad etiquette. all about sharing information which is the entire concept of the digital "revolution". 11-21-2011 9:55am
- Buckle your seatbelt, Momma. Are you back to work after a long haul of raising kids? 11-21-2011 9:54am
- that's a REALLY jv move and I would reply and make that clear 11-21-2011 9:54am -1 dislike
- do NOT do this!! it will backfire. suck it up, and don't trust the person again 11-21-2011 9:54am
- i have done it and it has not backfired. 11-21-2011 9:58am
- you have no idea what the person thinks of you 11-21-2011 10:01am
- or to whom your reply was forwarded making you seem nuts! 11-21-2011 10:01am +1 like
- that is nuts 11-21-2011 10:01am
- clearly you're not in a senior position 11-21-2011 10:03am +1 like
- you have no idea what the person thinks of you 11-21-2011 10:01am
- i have done it and it has not backfired. 11-21-2011 9:58am
- yes, by all means. go to war over what was more than likely a completely harmless act. 11-21-2011 9:59am +1 like
- do NOT do this!! it will backfire. suck it up, and don't trust the person again 11-21-2011 9:54am
- I always expect that people will do this. That said, I know what you mean. I always delete early content from people if I'm sending to a new person, just re-writing the content...(more) 11-21-2011 9:54am
- anything you put in print you should expect to be forwarded, so be careful what you put in emails if you don't want it to be spread like wildfire, call people and talk live 11-21-2011 9:54am
- NEVER send an email you wouldn't want EVERYONE to see 11-21-2011 9:55am
- Everyone knows not to add a cc unless you say "adding ____in" if they've been dropped from originally having been cc'd. That person is inexperienced or it was on purpose 11-21-2011 9:56am