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I'm missing why this is news to anyone. Almost any large company will have language like this in their ethics guidelines. Take this random company, for example
by eykanal 14y ago
I'm missing why this is news to anyone. Almost any large company will have language like this in their ethics guidelines. Take this random company, for example [1]:
> Never give the impression you are speaking on behalf of Biogen Idec in any personal communication, including blogs, social networking sites, chat rooms
or bulletin boards.
Others are similar [2][3][4] (search for "behalf of" in the pdfs). This google search will show you dozens of similar documents [5]
This is completely normal. What Orth did was something that no employee should ever do, and particularly not someone in his fairly high position.
[1]: http://www.biogenidec.com/Files/Filer/USA/pdfs/Request-Web-COBC.pdf http://www.biogenidec.com/Files/Filer/USA/pdfs/Request-Web-C...
[2]: http://www.demasterblenders1753.com/Global/Attachments_Governance/Code%20of%20conduct.pdf http://www.demasterblenders1753.com/Global/Attachments_Gover...
[3]: http://www.babcock.com/about/ethics/pdf/codeofconduct.pdf http://www.babcock.com/about/ethics/pdf/codeofconduct.pdf
[4]: http://www.k2m.com/en_us/conduct http://www.k2m.com/en_us/conduct
[5]: https://www.google.com/search?q=Unless+authorized%2C+do+not+give+the+impression+that+you+are+speaking+on+behalf+of https://www.google.com/search?q=Unless+authorized%2C+do+not+...
- blindhippo 14y agoIt's not news to anyone except the writer on a site looking for link bait (and it worked). Didn't @dooce make this situation highly public? Twitter is no different then a blog... Orth was a moron and spoke for his employer - clearly he wasn't sanctioned to do so. There is no controversy, no outrage to be had.
- markdown 14y ago> It's not news to anyone except the writer on a site looking for link bait (and it worked). Sounds like most of what currently passes for news on CNN and FOX.
- UnoriginalGuy 14y agoIt would be hugely ironic if those ethics guidelines were private/confidential and you got into trouble for posting them on a public forum.
- lostlogin 14y agoI know my employment agree is to be kept private according to the document.
- eykanal 14y agoHa! I thought about it, and hoped that the fact that it's publicly available on the internet and indexed by Google would clear me of the problem; I'm not posting it, I'm just linking to it. Still, who knows... EDIT: You made me paranoid enough to edit it out and replace it with one of the dozens of other identical examples on the internet. You have my thanks.
- illuminate 14y agoI'd say more "consistent" than "ironic".
- bcoates 14y agoIt's kind of surprising given how much Microsoft seems to otherwise encourage their employees to post work stuff on the Internet.
- alyx 14y agoThe HR trainings all employees are mandated to complete each year will strongly contradict this, > Microsoft seems to otherwise encourage their employees to post work stuff on the Internet
- illuminate 14y agoHow is taunting customers "work stuff"? They're encouraged to be evangelists, not jerks.
- bskap 14y agoNot when it comes to rumors about unannounced products.