Patricia Vaccarino, owner of Xanthus Communications LLC, a public-relations firm in New York and Seattle, doesn't allow her four employees to pass around Girl Scout cookie or other order forms while on the clock.

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Call it the Girl Scout cookie syndrome.

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Anyway, in addition to helping raise money for their organization, you could say the cookie sales help to fulfill part of the Girl Scout promise.

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