I think optics are worth adding in to your risk calculations, even if e.g. you think the principle risk is legal
I didn’t mention in the OP the most egregious examples of bad optics but I think some exist—I would argue flying people to the Bahamas to cowork has dreadful optics and that might be a strong argument against doing it
This is interesting and I agree with much of it.
I think two extra things:
I think optics are worth adding in to your risk calculations, even if e.g. you think the principle risk is legal
I didn’t mention in the OP the most egregious examples of bad optics but I think some exist—I would argue flying people to the Bahamas to cowork has dreadful optics and that might be a strong argument against doing it