I was asked to do a few illegal things in my first job as a geo in a working gold mine
one of them was to re-sample the diamond cores used to calculate the reserves. Legally you cut the long cores in half, sample one half, and keep the other as a permanent record in case anyone decides your multimillion estimation of how much gold you have(and hence your share price) is based on bullshit, so grinding the remaining half is quite illegal. I did it without too much thought, and found myself promoted within a year. Other illegal activities elsewhere in my career were entirely of my own volition.
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 14:09, Reply)