PETER SHANKMAN
| POSTED ON May 30th, 2005 | 7 COMMENTS | + ADD YOUR COMMENT |
Scary story out of SMU.
A professor who kept an annonymous blog about her experiences on campus was let go – the school says it wasn’t about the blog, she says it was.
Either way, she’s been canned.
Makes for some scary thoughts – what if an employer finds out you’ve said something about them, and fires you for… "not fitting the corporate culture?"
With IBM and a ton of other companies promoting employee blogging, my bet is we haven’t yet seen the last of this – in fact, I’m betting there will be a court case before too long – someone gets fired, blames it on their blog, screams first ammendment, and it’s a court case.
Anyone agree?
Story here, from the Houston Chronicle.
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Most companies have a quirky dislike of having employees badmouth or embarrass them in public. Go figure. |
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Then explain IBM and other companies encouraging their employees not only to blog, but blog actively, Dick… |
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>> Posted by: Peter | May 30, 2005 01:12 PM |
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