Monday, May 02, 2005
Employers beware! Evil bloggers masquerade as employees
My local business weekly, the Fairfield County (CT) Business Journal was good for a few yuks this week. An article on blogging employees said:
No mention of positive values -- blogging is a Threat To Employers. It should be Dealt. With. Accordingly.
The authors, Robert G. Brody and Brian J. Wheelin, can be contacted at 203-965-0560 or info@brodyassociates.com -- if anybody has a timetable for the Cluetrain, please make sure these guys get a copy.
Employees spend time both during and after work disparaging their employer on Internet "blogs," or online Web journals. Comments have taken various forms, including the disclosure of confidential information, professional and personal attacks against top management and allegations that can undermine corporate stock prices. The problem is especially complex becasue this "cybersmearing" is often done anonymously . . . employers could respond on the Web site where the defaming comments are made . . . [but] such a response is likely to result in a backlash by encouraging more negative responses.The article goes on to suggest the employer can subpoena bloggers identities from ISPs, and skis down the slippery slope of suggesting that an employee's First Amendment Rights might be outweighed by employers' interests.
No mention of positive values -- blogging is a Threat To Employers. It should be Dealt. With. Accordingly.
The authors, Robert G. Brody and Brian J. Wheelin, can be contacted at 203-965-0560 or info@brodyassociates.com -- if anybody has a timetable for the Cluetrain, please make sure these guys get a copy.
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