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Beyond The Water Cooler: Speech And The Workplace In An Era Of Social Media, Ann Mcginley, Ryan Mcginley-Stempel

Ann McGinley

Abstract

BEYOND THE WATER COOLER: SPEECH AND THE WORKPLACE IN AN ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Ann C. McGinley & Ryan McGinley-Stempel

Few would dispute the proposition that free speech and association play an important role in the operation of a healthy democracy. Private workplaces, however, are an important exception. Even though as a nation we profess to honor free speech as one of our most important values, in the employment context, the law often willingly restricts employee speech in favor of the employer’s interests in efficient management. When civil society was clearly distinct from the workplace, this was less problematic. …

Scenes From A Restaurant: The Challenge Of Being Manager And Friend, Kent Kauffman

Kent D Kauffman

This decision-based critical incident involves the dilemma faced by a college student who is made the manager of a restaurant, placing her above her two close friends who also work in the restaurant. The three women not only work together, but they go to college together. Two of three friends are assistant managers for a short time, but when one is demoted and the other is promoted, the change in the professional relationship threaten the personal dynamics. Things come to a boil, as it were, when the newly minted manager delegates responsibility for the restaurant’s inventory to the restaurant’s non-managerial …