Whole Foods Board Decides Common Sense Ain't Common Enough: Bans Execs From Web Postings
from the common-sense-ain't-what-it-used-to-be dept
Over the summer, there was some press coverage over the news that the CEO of Whole Foods had, for years, been posting to Yahoo message boards about his company under a fake name. It doesn't look like he did anything illegal, but it was certainly questionable from an ethical standpoint. Whole Foods' board has now responded by changing the company's "code of conduct" to ban execs from posting to non-company-sponsored web forums about company related news. In other words, the board felt the need to basically put what should be common sense into its code of conduct. Of course, the easy retort is that it clearly wasn't common sense to the CEO who engaged in it, but one would think with the ongoing SEC investigation he'd now be pretty aware of this fact, and changing the company's code of conduct is unlikely to have much of an impact.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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PS. Now that I am your life coach, 10% of any increased salary you recive based on this advise should be forwarded to me.
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Gotta love that cheese section.
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Again, you don't need grounds to fire someone. It's at will employment, meaning someone can be fired for any non-discriminatory reason.
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The reason for the change is obvious
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Re: The reason for the change is obvious
Last I checked Texas (where Whole Foods is based) is an at will employment state. In other words, Whole Foods can fire anyone with or without cause, as long as it's not discriminatory.
In other words, there need not be a violation of policy to get fired.
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At will
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Huh
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Just covering all their bases
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Whole Foods misses the point
Here's a better idea: Train your employees to participate the right way.
More here:
http://www.damniwish.com/2007/11/whole-foods-mis.html
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Whole Foods and Policies
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Whole Foods may be a nice store to shop, but to work there is like working for a dictatorship. One slightest infraction and you are gone...no questions, not judge, jury or court. Just a noose.
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Whole Foods Board Decides Common Sense Ain't Common Enough: Bans Execs From Web Postings
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