Should a company have to just accept potentially infinite amounts of reputational damage and financial damage from association with an employee's extracurricular activities, assuming they're fine in the office? This appears to be a fair reading what you're suggesting, correct me if I'm wrong.
Imagine if as a society we accepted that an employee doesn't represent the business, and that actions that are not illegal should not be prosecuted by angry mobs.
I am indeed saying that that's how it should be, and specially in this century, when everybody on the internet is potentially a public person or can do something that makes a group angry. Should people stop posting on the internet things that someone somewhere could potentially decide that is offensive? Is that more realistic? Something that is likely to happen? A better perspective of a future society?
This is just fantasy, man. Sure, it would be nice if that was the case. Would be nice if we didn't have to work at all. Would be nice if we were all friends. Would be nice if there were no wars ever.
I just find the realistic and pragmatic discussion more interesting. Today, in the real world, actions of your employees - even when not representing the company - can lead to devastating financial losses that can impact more than just that one employee. Employers should have some amount of reasonable freedom of association, but of course this should be balanced with workers' rights, as I've said from the beginning.
As a society we shouldn't accept cancellations, and anything else is keeping us slaves of moral panic. And I refuse to do so.
Should a company have to just accept potentially infinite amounts of reputational damage and financial damage from association with an employee's extracurricular activities, assuming they're fine in the office? This appears to be a fair reading what you're suggesting, correct me if I'm wrong.
Imagine if as a society we accepted that an employee doesn't represent the business, and that actions that are not illegal should not be prosecuted by angry mobs.
I am indeed saying that that's how it should be, and specially in this century, when everybody on the internet is potentially a public person or can do something that makes a group angry. Should people stop posting on the internet things that someone somewhere could potentially decide that is offensive? Is that more realistic? Something that is likely to happen? A better perspective of a future society?
This is just fantasy, man. Sure, it would be nice if that was the case. Would be nice if we didn't have to work at all. Would be nice if we were all friends. Would be nice if there were no wars ever.
I just find the realistic and pragmatic discussion more interesting. Today, in the real world, actions of your employees - even when not representing the company - can lead to devastating financial losses that can impact more than just that one employee. Employers should have some amount of reasonable freedom of association, but of course this should be balanced with workers' rights, as I've said from the beginning.