Paul Douglas Foote, James R. Harrington, John McCaskill Jr.

The Perils of Posting (eBook, ePUB)

Court Cases on Off-Duty Social Media Conduct of Public Employees

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, there has been an increase of public employees being fired for inappropriate behavior on social media. This research explores social media conduct of public employees that have been adjudicated through the federal and state court systems. The arguments of these cases are based upon the question of an employee's first amendment rights versus the rights of the employer to maintain a desired work environment. The research found that widespread negative publicity, disruption of close working relationships, inappropriate and offensive employees comments led to favorable outcomes for the public employers. In contrast, when an employee posts on social media while off-duty as a private citizen, the employer has not cited any disruption and the comments are not personal attacks against employers but have substantial public concerns led to positive outcomes for the public employee.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 126
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498588935
• Artikelnr.: 58263741

Autorenporträt

Paul Douglas Foote is associate professor of political science at Murray State University.