Work etiquette in Themiclesia

Work etiquette in Themiclesia are behavioural rules that prescribe relationships mainly between office workers but also in business engagement in Themiclesia. Parts of work etiquette are simply extensions or adaptations of social etiquette in Themiclesia.

Letter writing

Business communications in Themiclesia are often done according to rules more rigid than in private communication, in order to uphold the business's reputation and to avoid the possibility or appearance of offence.

It is usually assumed that business communication will be read ultimately by many figures at the counterparty, so care is taken to ensure that the letter will not offend the implicit audience aside from the named or explicit recipient of the letter, where it is understood that that some members of the implicit audience may not be in favour of the contents of the letter and will be more critical of its content. Care is also taken so that the recipient of the letter will not be compromised by the content of the letter when it is later shown to implicit readers.

The element of assurance and credibility are key aspects of business communication in Themiclesia. In principle, individuals of comparable roles, perspectives, and specializations communicate with each other. The president of one party would address the president of the counterparty, the general counsel with general counsel, and so forth. The reason for this is that a president would have management authority at the highest level, and any communication on which their decisions are based ought to be given by an officer enabled to communicate at the same level of authority.

This principle is maintained even where counterparties are vastly different in scale. A famous example is that the Themiclesian technology giant UNIOP (United Optical) and a one-man doughnut shop negotiated the quantity and flavour of doughnuts and doughnut holes brought each day to UNIOP's head office. A letter by the doughnut store owner and only worker is followed by a response from UNIOP's President and General Manager (who would have managed over 21,000 employees at the time).