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By: Naumi Haque
 a reply to Does Always On Mean Always Accountable to Your Employer?by Naumi Haque on Jul 22, 2008 - 04:06 PM read 71 times Source: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=1762#comment-153604 |
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I love the punch, counter-punch in the article.
In this corner, Acadia University: The conduct giving rise to [the police's] ongoing investigation is utterly incompatible with the purpose, principles and operating imperatives of Acadia University.
And the challenger… Dr. Colin Wightman (actually Tom MacEwan, his lawyer): You can’t take a person’s private life, put it under a microscope and determine whether or not the employer agrees with it.
Acadia: A termination letter claimed he had used his work-issued laptop to engage in highly inappropriate communications of a sexual nature.
Wightman: If they’re suggesting that students and administration and faculty can only use computers for school-related purposes, that’s a bit hard to take. [...] The ability of an employer to curtain the private lives of its employees I think is very limited. For good reason.
Acadia: A section of the university’s code of conduct that states employees shall not engage in community or personal activities in which there could be a conflict with the best interest of the university.
Wightman: The letter of dismissal drips moral disapproval. [...] Whether it’s my age relative to the other woman, or my marital status, or the fact that bondage was involved, I have no idea.
No TKO - looks like this one is going to the judges…
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