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A blog too far

Submitted by acohill on Mon, 09/18/2006 - 06:47

The media has numerous stories on the Maryland campaign aide who was fired for blogging on the job. The young woman's remarks, aside from being insensitive and rude, are incredibly naive. Not only was she making inappropriate remarks about her boss' opponent, she was also making inappropriate remarks about her boss' own associates--she was writing negative comments about her own boss.

So we have a perfect illustration of a blog gone too far. Regrettably, we have people today who think they have a right to blog about anything that strikes their fancy, but blogging is not a right, it is an opportunity. So we can formulate a simple rule.
Don't blog the hand that feeds you.

I hope this campaign aide is not surprised that she was fired, but somehow, I doubt it. Businesses need to add a policy on blogging to the company handbook, and it could be just one word, "Don't," as in "Don't blog about the company you work for or the people you work for or with, period. Doing so will be grounds for dismissal."

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