Working Wounded Blog: Workplace Taboos  Last week, I was
watching George Carlin in his latest comedy special on HBO. I
started thinking about his famous list of the seven things you
can't say on television. So this week I'm going to present the
Working Wounded variation on Carlin's list -- a list of five
taboo words for today's workplace.  The first taboo in today's
workplace is the word "felony." Corporations don't like prison
records. However, ex-offenders don't need to worry too much,
because this will change for two reasons. First, the dramatic
increase of executives who visit the big house. If these guys
keep getting arrested, every head honcho is going to have a rap
sheet, and they have to work somewhere …  OK, Martha Stewart
hasn't gone out and hired a bunch of her former prison bunkmates
to work at her company. But she has been speaking out about ex-
offenders as potential contributors to society. And over time
this will have an impact. That leads to the second reason why
some of the sting may come out