Unprofessionalism In The Media's Impact On Social Media

possible discharge after she was reported by a colleague in the district for posting a photo of her students with dust tape on their mouths with their caption message that said, “Finally found a way to get them to be quiet!!!”
The funny message did not go well on social media. This shows the amount of caution that should be taken when using the Internet. There are other misdeamors that have been reported for unprofessionalism in the communication within the public sector on social media. This has led to disciplinary action, and the demand for employees to resign. The solid stream of high-profile cases relating to the public sector shows the importance of cutesy, and repercussions of the electronic footprint on the Internet. The resignation of a CIA director is one of the high profile cases we have involving public figures like David H. Petraeus, and Christopher Lee from congress. It has also led to the resignation of three congressmen, and a Deputy Attorney General from Indiana (Herbert, 2013).
We cannot blame modernity for unfiltered and unprofessional behavior; the Internet can be blamed for poor conduct, and impulsive behavior. It makes sure that behaviors are discoverable to the public domain thanks to the multiple repositories like the cloud, smart phones, and tablets. Furthermore, it blurs the fine line between off-duty activities, in many occupational settings in the workplace. The inharmonious storm of the digital world in the workplace results to consequences that are applicable to employees, and employers in labor laws (Herbert, 2013).
As the Supreme Court in the United States has observed, rapid changes in information communication, and transmission should not just be changed, but it should consider what the society ...

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...permit disciplinary action to be taken on employees from the grievance arbitration procedure. These arbitrators have received employee misconducts over the number of posts that have been published on social media (Hirsch, 2008). It is important for arbitrators to become familiar with different plat-forms, and learn how to deal with cases that are presented by the employers. However, many states allow workers to engage in union activities, speeches, and other activities that are related to the workplace. These laws prohibit any action to be taken by employers like interfering or discriminating employees who exercise their rights in the legal associations, and speeches (Arrington, Duffy & Rita, 2012).
The issue in many central NLRB cases of social media involve cases where posts are published on the basis of adverse actions, and are subjected to a continuous debate.