Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Even for a public figure it's still only a big issue because PC made it an issue.
First of all, she is "contract not extended". The employments are at will and it can be extended if the employer found it profitable (like Martha Stewart after her insider trading case). Like I said with the diabetes cover up and drug endorsement when revealing the condition, she has damaged her reputation and the N word remark years ago were just the straw that broke the camel's back.
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And you don't have to be a public figure using your image or a political figure. You could just about be any kind of employee and with PC you can be fired for saying or doing non-PC things. The wrong commit could get you fired for "sexual harassment", or any other non-PC speech even away from work that comes to the attention of management. I've heard of people running into issues at work for things on their facebook and social media.
I was in "training" under our corp policy and there are specific situations they covered and not covered. You will get fired if you break the law and is proven guilty outside of work, you will get fired if you violate company policies telling you specifically not to do something. i.e. running away from police and get on a company shuttle or building, forcing them to break into a secured environment to catch you, retaliate at coworker for wrong doing instead of reporting to supervisor or security, leaking work information via Internet (complaining about boss is a leaking of work information), violating the no discrimination policy while under employment regardless of ethnic, nationality, gender, etc also get you fired (this includes minority accusing everyone outside of her ethnic group for being a redneck and uncivilized). However, if you are a minority and are last promoted due to performance reason, then it is not a "discrimination", they specifically emphasize that.
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Post something non-PC on your facebook or say something to a work colleague even on lunch or after hours and see if it doesn't cause you problems at work.
Company policies I've read say if you are not sure, consult your manager first. If you are trying to "hit" on your coworker, and she tell you to stop, it is not harassment. However use common sense on what to do and what not to do.
The point is, management cannot just fire you for something that most people agree are not discrimination or sexual harassment or security violation, they would get sued for that. This doesn't means you are not allowed to blog about your religious believe, political orientation, sexual preference, etc outside of work toward non coworkers.
This doesn't means they cannot fire you if you becomes a liability for the work place by drawing in too much negative publicity for the employer. I believe this is why Paula Deen's contract was not extended.
