One of the few remaining battlefronts in the Workplace Social Contract Wars is at its seasonal height: Are shorts okay for desk jobs? According to Harris Poll, the number of managers who care about having dress codes has dropped from 49 percent five years ago to 31 percent today, which is a new low. Other surveys find similar slips among workers themselves, and as it’s August, some of the more ambitious fashion envelope-pushers are dabbling in, if not cargo shorts, at least dress shorts.
Ray A. Smith, The Wall Street Journal
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