The perils of posting : court cases on off-duty social media conduct of public employees / Paul Douglas Foote, James R. Harrington, John, Jr. McCaskill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foote, Paul Douglas, 1970- author.

Harrington, James R., author.

McCaskill, John, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--Personnel management--Law and legislation.

Civil service.

Social media--Law and legislation.

Social media.

Online social networks--Law and legislation.

Online social networks.

Civil service--Personnel management.

Physical Description:

119 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2020.

Summary:

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. -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Free Speech versus Operating Efficiency

Enter Social Media

Case Studies on Paramilitary Job Action

Case Studies on Education Job Action

Case Studies on Civil Service Job Action

Data on Social Media Cases

Human Resource Strategies

Conclusion.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781498588928

1498588921

OCLC:

1127849783