What Options Will You Take?

@molusk (857)
Philippines
September 16, 2007 3:30am CST
I have a business partner whom I lately discovered was cheating on me. This business partner of mine is quite close to me. She is a separated woman with two daughters. She is beautiful, charming and very open in her dealings with me. I accidentally discovered that she was cheating on our business deals after one of our agents mistakenly sent me a text message intended for her which clearly indicated her dishonesty to our agreed business policy. I am now thinking of options in dealing with her. If you happened to be in my place,what options will you take?
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@apsara60 (6610)
• Israel
16 Sep 07
A cheater is a cheater........what does it matter if she is beautiful or charming or if she is seperated and have two daughters, .......(UNLESS YOU ARE FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER)OTHERWISE ..business is a business and if she is cheating you, then you should have a striaght conversation with her. Ask her why did she do it.......use your intelligence to judge from her explanation if she is trustable in future or not and then make right decision. If today you will give her another chance, may be tomorrow she will not leave you with any chance.....so this is the time to take right decision........best of luck.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
18 Sep 07
I would definitely not be considering what they look like, unless you are in an intimate relationship with her also. Why is she separated from her husband? It doesn't sound like you are working with a very decent person. I would cut my losses and be done with her.
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
17 Sep 07
I would have a serious talk with her first, outlining all the business deals and cheating she has been doing, and if you need further time to investigate, suspend her for a period of time. Depending on your policies, you can suspend her for however long your policy says (paid or not paid). If she is cheating on business deals then there is likely there is more than what has happened recently.
@gwendovere (1279)
• United States
16 Sep 07
I don't know. It depends on the circumstances.
• Philippines
16 Sep 07
considering that she's also a friend of yours aside from being your business partner well i would suggest that you talk to her first and ask her personally why she has done that. if after talking to her she continues to do some cheating on your business deals then maybe you opt to talk to your lawyer for legal options. i hope this helps...('.')
@shy_gal (235)
• Malaysia
17 Sep 07
Firstly,don't be so close with her. Then you have to find out the reasons that she want cheat on your businnes deals. U can ask some of your agents, telling them don't believe her when she deals with them, or may get the information from you 1st before want deals with her. If she still behave like that, u can ask her in the spot!!!Don't care whether she is beautiful or charming because that one is your business, i dun think you want your business become worst cos of her..pls reacr positively..She is not the one is you can fall in love with, there still have more gals outside there..so stop become her business pasrtner with her..
@sephrenia (567)
16 Sep 07
This is a very difficult situation for you to be in and i sympathise with you. Without a doubt you can't keep running a business with her if you know for certain shes being dishonest as you could end up with a lot more trouble than you bargained on. Where abouts in the world are you? because business practices differ from country to country as I'm sure you're aware. What kind of dishonesty has she been practising? is it financial? or is it taking on dodgy merchandise or something else? You could try and build a dossier of evidence against her and then report her to the proper authorities which you may want to hold as a last resort because that may reflect on yourself if and when the investigation by authorities began. You could try talking to her and letting her know that you know she hasnt been honest with you about her business practices and ask her to either leave or sell you her share in the business so you can sort out the mess she's made. or, finally, you could sell your share of the business and get out now so that if and when she gets caught, it wont reflect on you although it means you will have to start again somewhere else. none of the above options are very attractive I know but they are the only ones I can think of that will keep you out of trouble. If I think of anything else I'll let you know.