Compliance - The Ongoing Edit
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Last published Wed, Feb 5, 2025
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Lena believes in ethical behaviour.
Lena is a technical account manager with a tricky customer. For two years Roman, an account manager, has been glad-handing and side-dealing his way to bonuses with the customer contact. But one day things change. Janice comes in as the new customer contact, and she soon understands that it's Lena, and not Roman, who has the power to get her projects through
Meanwhile, Lena has another problem: she's been set up with George by her friend Vivianne. George is gay and doesn't want to come out. He convinces Lena to be his fake girlfriend.
Lena finds herself wrapped up in lie upon lie as she gets embroiled in side deals and conflicts of interest at work, and in a fake relationship outside of it.
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