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Article: Standing Tall (and Better Dressed).(office dress codes and custom of "Casual Fridays")(Brief Article)(Editorial)
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- Chief Executive (U.S.)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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Five years ago, Chief Executive took a bold, principled stand against a trend threatening to destroy the fabric of our society. The trend, though seemingly innocuous at the time, struck at the very heart of what we as a people hold dear. Happily, be cause the clarion call was sounded so early and with such vigor, this threat now seems to be abating. But if it's true that the price of eternal freedom is eternal vigilance, then eternally vigilant we must be.
The trend, of course, is the pernicious spread of "Casual Fridays." When CE first addressed this issue (Jan '96) the idea of allowing employees to dress down on the final day of the week seemed completely ...