Most organization do not approve of employees using the company name to espouse their own personal views.
> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 11:08:54 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Brendan Eich > > Dennis, > > It would absolutely NOT be appropriate for Mozilla to censure *anyone*. > Mozilla believes in keeping the web open so that everyone can speak their > mind, regardless of whether any individual agrees with what is being said. > > -Sheeri Cabral > Manager, Systems DB Team > Senior DB Admin/Architect > Mozilla > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Culley" <[email protected]> > To: "Boris Zbarsky" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 1:49:08 PM > Subject: RE: Brendan Eich > > > > > Boris, Do you think Mitchell would post the following statement on her blog? > > "Mr. Brendan Eich is an important and highly valued member of the Mozilla > family. We are sorry he has left his position as CEO because of a small, but > vocal minority of persons who, ironically, wish to use intolerance to > suppress the personal views of others. Mozilla actively encourages and > supports tolerance and inclusiveness in all that we do. As a corporation, we > neither agree nor disagree with our employees personal views. If Mr. Eich > chooses, we would be happy to welcome him back to his former position." > > On another note. Wouldn't it be appropriate for Mozilla to at least censure > those employees who used the Mozilla name to voice those intolerant > positions? > Chris McAvoy <[email protected]> > (MoFo; Open Badges): > https://twitter.com/chmcavoy/status/449230809493278721 > > Chloe Varelidi <[email protected]> > (MoFo; Open Badges, Webmaker): > https://twitter.com/varelidi/status/449232390461087744 > > John Bevan <[email protected]> > (MoFo; Partnerships) > https://twitter.com/bevangelist/status/449232803902025728 > > Jess Klein <[email protected]> > (MoFo; Mozilla Badges Creative Lead) > https://twitter.com/iamjessklein/status/449233331352514560 > > Sydney Moyer <[email protected]> > (MoFo intern; Engagement team): > https://twitter.com/sydneymoyer/status/449233927237279744 > > Kat Braybrooke <[email protected]> > (MoFo; Curation and Co-Design Lead) > https://twitter.com/codekat/status/449243912717094912 > > Dennis > > > > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 12:56:27 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Brendan Eich > > To: [email protected] > > > > On 4/7/14 12:22 PM, Dennis Culley wrote: > > > The tone of this post is unambiguous in the sense that someone did > > > something wrong. Since Brendan was the only one to have been affected > > > > Dennis, > > > > I'm not sure why you conclude that Brendan was the only one affected. > > > > A large number of people were affected, including Brendan, Mitchell, the > > board members, most of Mozilla's employees (myself included), and a > > number of non-employee Mozilla project contributors. > > > > > it is logical to assume that Ms. Mitchell places the blame squarely on > > > Mr. Eich's shoulders > > > > I'm sorry, but I'm not seeing a basis in fact for this assumption. > > > > What _I_ get out of the text you quoted is precisely what it says. > > Mitchell is apologizing for our failure as an organization to clearly > > explain that there is a difference between "CEO has some view" and "CEO > > will impose this view on the entire organization and its interactions > > with the world" and thus potentially head off the controversy. For some > > organizations this difference does not exist, but it _does_ exist for > > Mozilla. Explaining that early on might have helped. Maybe. > > > > > Here is the problem. It is clear that Ms. Mitchell is “surprised” that > > > someone could have views that do not support same sex marriage yet > > > still be inclusive and not discriminatory. > > > > Mitchell (or Ms. Baker if you prefer to be more formal) was surprised to > > find out that a particular person she had worked very very closely with > > for over 15 years had views she had never even suspected he had. She > > was not surprised that he was inclusive and not discriminatory: she knew > > the man quite well and had observed that part firsthand. > > > > She was also not surprised that he _could_ hold such views and still be > > inclusive and nondiscriminatory. I'm sorry if it read to you like she > > was; it seems pretty clear to me that the surprise was at the existence > > of the views at all, not at the fact that Brendan could reconcile them > > with inclusive and non-discriminatory behavior. > > > > -Boris > > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
