Can you be fired for "blogging"?
Lately I've been hearing a lot about people getting fired for starting blogs (or web diaries or logs) and then spilling the beans on the place where they work. People such as fashion magazine editors...
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If you ruin a business' interests, why should they keep you on? It would be self-destruction. Plus people lie.Check out my latest poetry collection Intolerable Acts, a compilation of socially...
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Quote:SUZANNE1: "If you ruin a business' interests why should they keep you on? It would be self-destruction. Plus people lie."I myself think it's really stupid to blog for this purpose but I am...
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Free speech says you can indeed say whatever you like. Ownership of my company says that I can hire or fire whomever I like. Just as if I do not like what you say, I can restrict you from visiting my...
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Marti, one part of me agrees with you and Suzanne on this and when push comes to shove firing somebody for blogging is probably legal especially since so many companies have now addressed this new...
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Free speech isn't about doing what you want. It's the right to say what you want without the government prosecuting you.What other people do in reaction to your exercise of free speech is an entirely...
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I am not a First Amendment absolutist. I would probably call myself a free speech advocate in the tradition of Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff, give free speech as wide a berth as possible with...
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As Suzanne pointed out, free speech is freedom from the government taking you to task for for speaking against it. However, as a consumer, I am free not to buy a magazine that I find offensive or for...
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Thanks Marti. I find this a very interesting topic as it's been in the news of late.I know someone who started a website. While not exactly a blog he has some pointed things to say about the place he...
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[quote]Free speech isn't about doing what you want. It's the right to say what you want without the government prosecuting you.[/quote]Not exactly. Free speech means the government cannot prevent you...
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I do think you'll be seeing more and more of this in the courts, people being fired for blogging. It is a free speech issue in that the government cannot stop you from blogging about your workplace...
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Before we get too carried away, it may be useful to read what the "First Amendment" to the US Constitution really says:Quote:Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or...
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All very true Golden Hawk but I can't help thinking that blogging can be a powerful new tool in the fight against social injustice such as inequities in the workplace but the blogger should accept...
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