I disagree. The fact that someone works for Mozilla should have no credence regarding their opinion on a personal matter, or does it, that seems to be the question. Most organizations would perceive that mentioning the company name in expressing an opinion implies a tacit approval of that opinion. In effect, you are trying to use your credentials to support your opinion. Can you imaging someone saying fat people are stupid, and by the way, my name is so and so and I work for Dunkin Donuts? Everyone lives their life separate from the organizations they work for, at least they should. There is no need to drag others into implicit support of a personal view unless it was intended. In fact, this is what started the entire fiasco for Mozilla to begin with.
> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 15:07:51 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Brendan Eich > To: [email protected] > > On 4/7/14 2:40 PM, Dennis Culley wrote: > > Most organization do not approve of employees using the company name to > > espouse their own personal views. > > Most organizations suck in all sorts of ways, sure. > > I think there is a clear difference between saying "I work for Mozilla, > and I think that X" and saying "Mozilla thinks that X" or "I speak for > Mozilla and I think that X". > > The latter two are not acceptable in general. The former is acceptable > in general, especially because the employment status in question is > generally not particularly secret. > > -Boris _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
