Reply to post: Re: Wrong to kick him out

Apache foundation ousts TinkerPop project co-founder for tweeting 'offensive humor that borders on hate speech'

jtaylor

Re: Wrong to kick him out

We have a business entity telling someone what they can an cannot say in their spare time, away from that entity.

This isn't just some random "business entity" telling random "someone" what they can say. It's a Board of Directors enforcing the Code of Conduct for a member of that Board. That's significant: Directors represent the organization when they interact with the public. The concept of "away from that entity" is limited. This responsibility is part of the job.

tl;dr: Directors should not "troll" their stakeholders (investors, employees, public, customers...) Salespeople should not "troll" their stakeholders (customers, boss). If you do, accept the consequences.

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