As reported by HRI, most companies have no defined policy against office romance, but workers seem more open-minded about it than they were four years ago, according to the 2006 Workplace Romance survey of 493 HR professionals and 408 employees by the Society for Human Resource Management and CareerJournal.com. Only 9% of HR pros surveyed prohibit dating among employees, and more than 70% of organizations have no formal written or verbal policies about office romance. HR professionals say that they are less concerned about sexual harassment allegations than they were in 2001 and more worried about office dating causing Fatal Attraction-style retaliation among co-workers whose romances hit the rocks. But the big no-no among HR professionals is still a romance between a boss and his or her direct subordinate. Eighty percent called it inappropriate in 2005, up from 64% in 2001. However, workers seem less concerned about it. Seventy percent of employees felt it was wrong in 2001, while just 60% felt that way in 2005. While more companies are requiring employees to confess when they have an office romance, fewer than ever are actually confessing. (HR News [Gurchiek], February 9, 2006)