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&lt;p&gt;A former Huron Consulting Group executive, Richard Pimentel, has filed an employment-bias complaint against the firm, claiming that he was let go partly because he refused to donate to Mitt Romney&#39;s presidential campaign, after repeated requests from Huron CEO Gary Holdren.  Huron officials deny the charge, but do confirm that Holdren sent out appeals for staff to donate to the campaign. &lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the emails, Holdren repeatedly claims that donating to the candidate is a great way to bring in business. In September, he wrote that a contribution to the Romney campaign &quot;is some of the best practice-development money Huron could spend.&quot; Other emails promised to reward consultants with &quot;business for your contributions.&quot; The firm claims that such requests are common in American companies, and at one point, Holdren reasoned, &quot;This is just business and the way business works.&quot; According to Federal Election Commission records, Romney received at least $92,000 from Huron executives. &lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have any of you faced a similar situation? Do you feel that it&#39;s fair for a CEO to put employees in this position? When it comes to politics, is business really just business? &lt;p&gt;

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