The social setting of the professional and academic world often leads to accomodation and compromise in halakha � especially Shabbat, Kashrut, and modesty. People will find themselves bending the rules in order to avoid uncomfortable social situations, eating fish that looks kosher, salads in non-kosher restaurants, etc. Amira la'akum, telling a non-Jew to do work on Shabbat, can come up, for instance, telling a non-Jewish secretary to have work ready first thing Monday morning when it is clear that it will be done on Shabbat. The workplace environment is often a very immodest one, given the dress, speech, and physical contact that is often a norm. Ironically, out of fear of sexual harassment law suits, companies often formulate workplace rules that end up sounding very frum. One manual forbids a man and woman to be in a room alone with the door closed and requires women to wear skirts that go below the knees and sleeves that go under the elbows! Here and there the secular world has finally realized the importance of boundaries between men and women, even if it is out of fear.