If you're looking for an example of a company that does NOT believe in any form of collaboration, partnerships etc - and just wants to be alone in the world...look at this link. I find the text on that page incredible.
It is the policy of MAGNA Global and MAGNA Global Entertainment not to consider or accept unsolicited ideas, concepts, materials, information, proposals and the like. Any such unsolicited materials will be returned and/or deleted or destroyed, at our option. Our own people are constantly at work developing ideas, and as a result, we have found that ideas and other materials submitted by others have generally been used before or are otherwise familiar to our employees.
I guess they never want to be accused of stealing a good idea. Apparently they own them already. Reminds me of the great Greta Garbo's wish " I vont to be alone". Update in July 2009. The links have gone away and the original URL shows a rather smaller organisation than in 2008.
McDonald's has a similar policy.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, just checked their terms and conditions...
ReplyDelete"SUBMISSIONS
All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated to McDonald's through this site (together, the "Submission") will forever be the property of McDonald's. McDonald's will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas for its business (including without limitation, product, or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future McDonald's operations. Without limitation, McDonald's will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature everywhere. Except as noted below in this paragraph, McDonald's will be entitled to use the Submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the Submission. Personally identifiable information that may be received at this site is provided voluntarily by a visitor to this site. This information is for internal purposes only and is not sold or otherwise transferred to third parties of McDonald's or to other entities who are not involved in the operation of this site. Information submitted via a number of areas in this site, for instance, Write to Ronald, is not retained. Therefore, the above right to use Submissions is subject to this limited use of this information and excludes non-retained information. You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not McDonald's have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright."