Forward-thinking, contemporary employers realize that you have to create the right environment. These types of policies send the message that you respect the rights of people. In reality very few people ever use them, so they're highly visible and relatively inexpensive. The Partnership Group allows pets in its office, and Phillips estimates that there are normally about three dogs at any given time, including his Dalmatian, Lombard. But that doesn't mean that there can't be.
People are so litigation-happy. . . .
It's great to lift morale, but the office has to be effective and functional. PETA allows its employees to bring pets to work, but there have been problems from time to time. We were all nervous that he would sue, but luckily he was charming about it. Nonetheless, Newkirk suggests some guidelines, the first of which is that each situation has to be looked at individually. There have to be places to walk dogs, and owners must clean up after their pets.