Social Justice

For better or for worse, social media like Twitter and Facebook have in many respects replaced the venerable office watercooler as the place where employees go to gossip and offer workplace commentary. But unlike employee discussions held in hushed tones around the water tank, social media comments are very public – and can quickly become a public relations and/or human resources headache for your organization.“Social media has made it so much easier to comment about the workplace in a public way that everyone can see,” notes Rodney Harrison, an attorney for the St. Louis office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak