Online Relationships - Catfish On The Table

I ended 2012 as I have the past couple of years, highlighting my view that, while technological advances are great in many respects, it's still the inter-personal relationships that lead to success in our professional and personal lives. But that was not intended to ignore that online relationships are very much a reality today, and require employer and HR awareness of several issues.

Hear about Manti Te'o? Hear enough about Manti Te'o? Me too. For those too busy to read, hear or see the news lately (which means you're probably not reading this), Te'o is the college football linebacker at the University of Notre Dame who first made headlines with his strong play in 2012 after the apparent death of his girlfriend and grandmother at the same time.  He then made headlines last month when it was revealed that his girlfriend's existence and death had been faked, and that he was apparently hoaxed into believing that he was involved in a purely online relationship with a