Halley's HBR Case Study

The September issue of HBR came today, so I immediately grabbed it and read Halley Suitt's case study, "A Blogger in Their Midst", which does a really nice job of explaining blogs to the uninitiated, and poses the thorny question of how a corporation should handle employee blogging. The analyses from David Weinberger, Pamela Samuelson and Ray Ozzie will be thought-provoking if not entirely convincing for the traditional HBR readership. Erin Motameni's (VP of HR at EMC) response is exactly what I would expect from a conservative large corporation: "Glove Girl is certainly passionate about her company. But in her enthusiasm, she has abused her knowledge of proprietary, confidential information...she'll need to be told that continued misuse of confidential information could end with her dismissal."

Thanks, Halley for a great article. Guess it's time to raise this question with my employer, who does not endorse or sponsor this site in any way, shape or form.