Article from Delaware SHRM outlining the problems and pitfalls from corporate blogging and demonstrating that, in the US, free speech is supported by the First Amendment, however this does not protect a person from the consequences of this free speech.

Blogging the Hand That Feeds You – New York Times Light-weight article (with apologies to the author) about blogging; the risks of being fired.

The employee signed an agreement not to say anything negative about the company. He posted an angry blog entry that was critical of his manager whilst not naming him. The employee stated that the post was only intended for his family and friends. The employee stated that he felt “violated” when he found out the [...]

Jeremy Wright got fired for saying that it was “priceless” that he was being paid to blog while the company server was down. Right or wrong it’s an interesting response by management to the exercise of free speech. Jeremy suggests that the company had no official blogging policy. Quite dangerous in this day and age [...]

The poor chap got sacked for publishing a pic to a blog of some Apple computers being delivered to Microsoft. The article quotes the person as saying that he’s still not 100% sure why he was fired – but fired, he was. Here’s the million dollar quote: Blogger dismissed from Microsoft – Tech News & [...]

The Society for Human Resource Management published this report as of 2005, indicating that only 3% of employees were disciplined for blogging practices that breached company regulations. The study also showed that 3% of organisations read potential employees blogs as a tool in the recruitment and selection process. What is interesting here is the report [...]

It seems that bloggers can’t slag off their bosses whenever they choose. This CNN article makes it clear that, whilst blogging has appeal to both businesses and individuals, employees are not free to denigrate their employers, even anonymously. They quote examples of employees from Delta Airlines, Friendster, and Microsoft who were fired for posting information [...]