>>>>> "abhi" == abhi sri <Abhi> writes:
>> [snip]
abhi> But what is wrong with an organisation trying to protect
abhi> itself from any PR or possible legal/defamation damage
abhi> caused by an employee ? How is short single line disowning
abhi> any statement made by employee on a public forum or on a
abhi> personal basis offensive ?
abhi> Even, if such a disowning tag may have little legal value
abhi> (though I think it would, as a show of intent at least), it
abhi> maybe viewed as a simple PR damage-control tool. (assuming
abhi> that it is a high-profile, bigwig corporation.)
No issues with single-line disclaimers. It's just the legal privacy
notices which are objectionable.
abhi> And assuming someone mails at some forum from some corporate
abhi> address (say adobe.com), can't the employee(and if he is at
abhi> the workplace especially) be considered to be representing
abhi> the company ? Just asking...
Probably yes. To the best of my knowledge, at the moment an e-mail
isn't a legally valid document until it is signed using an ID from one
of the CA's recognised by the Government of India. However, e-mails
definitely go towards projecting an image of an organisation. I
personally usually assume that mail sent from an office address is
representative, in some way, of the organisation whom that office
belongs to. Disclaimers help a bit in removing that attitude, but
they've become so common and abused that most people just ignore
them.
abhi> [snip[
Regards,
-- Raju
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