Searching for the Limits of Employee Activism at Google

Some corporations have chosen to wade into socially sensitive waters over the last few years and others have been pushed in from behind. The adoption of a social mission or set of causes at the company level does not guarantee ‘trickle down’ benefits to individual employees.  

The right to free speech is one of the most valued privileges granted in the United States. But it has limitations - something 50 (now former) Google employees discovered the hard way last month.

In this week’s episode of Art of Supply, Kelly Barner explores the legality of employee speech and social activism in corporate America:

• What happened at Google to bring this topic to the forefront?
• What legal protections do private sector employees have?
• What next steps - including legal proceedings - do the terminated Googlers have in mind… and how likely are they to work?

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