Posted on Sep 23, 2015
Is it wrong to be fired over a private text message?
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Private? What's that? Insubordination and/or threatening communications have always been just cause for termination as a disrespectful nature seldom makes for a good workplace. The powerful TED Talk explains why seemingly "private" texts are not:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control?language=en
http://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control?language=en
When online shaming spirals out of control
Twitter gives a voice to the voiceless, a way to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. But sometimes, says Jon Ronson, things go too far. In a jaw-dropping story of how one un-funny tweet ruined a woman's life and career, Ronson shows how online commenters can end up behaving like a baying mob -- and says it's time to rethink how we interact online.
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If you are on YOUR personal phone on your PERSONAL time, no. If you're "brave" enough to engage in questionable text messages on a government or business provided phone, you take your chances. Now if your phone is routed through a personal email/text/whatever you want server at your house, with monitors who are paid enough not to snitch, your chances of survival are pretty good.
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