{"id":3880,"date":"2003-02-10T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2003-02-10T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3880"},"modified":"2021-03-07T01:50:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T06:50:37","slug":"israel-ceos-decision-to-polygraph-execs-at-behest-of-cellcom-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/10\/israel-ceos-decision-to-polygraph-execs-at-behest-of-cellcom-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel: &#8220;CEO&#8217;s Decision to Polygraph Execs &#8211; At Behest of Cellcom Board&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ha&#8217;aretz<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060209002449\/http:\/\/www.haaretzdaily.com\/hasen\/pages\/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=261398&amp;contrassID=1&amp;subContrassID=4&amp;sbSubContrassID=0&amp;listSrc=Y\">reports<\/a>. Excerpt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Cellcom&#8217;s shareholders are the ones behind the controversial order of the mobile operator&#8217;s brand new CEO, Yitzhak Peterburg, that company executives undergo lie detection tests as a precondition for their continued employment, after a series of leaks to the press.<\/p><p>Specifically, the shareholders ordered Peterburg to halt the rash of leaks, which disclosed details of Cellcom&#8217;s new working plan and internal top-level discussions, by a crushing move. Peterburg was the one who decided to use a polygraph, an idea that won the shareholders&#8217; support.<\/p><p>Peterburg&#8217;s directive was designed mainly as a deterrent, not necessarily to hunt down offending managers, on whom he &#8211; as a new manager &#8211; is dependent.<\/p><p>Outraged executives lost no time leaking their complaints to the press. 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