Speechless The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace

by Barry, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781576753972
• ISBN10: 1576753972
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781576755174, 9781609943455
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-10
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Summary

In this troubling analysis, Vanderbilt professor Bruce Barry shows how an erosion of freedom of expression available to American workers on the job (and after work) undermines both worker productivity and the indiivudal and collective ability to cultivate and participate in a democratic society.While most discussions of worker rights tend to focus on employees' right to privacy, no other popular trade work has examined the larger--and even more consequential--question of workers' right to free expression. Barry brings a rigorous analysis to this under-discussed topic.

Author Biography

Bruce Barry is Professor of Management and Sociology at Vanderbilt University, where he teaches courses on power and influence in organizations, business and society, negotiation, and the sociology of media and technology.
His research on behavior at work, including negotiation, power, and justice, has appeared in many scholarly journals and volumes. He also writes about business ethics, workplace rights, and public policy issues at the intersection of business and society. He is co-author of three books on negotiation that are widely used in courses at universities worldwide.

Table of Contents

Introduction : speechless at work in America	p. 1
When work and speech collide	p. 11
Constitutional rights in public and private	p. 26
Unemployment at will	p. 42
Public employee speech	p. 63
A chill in the private sector	p. 96
Why free speech works	p. 125
Civil rights and wrongs	p. 140
Speech in the digital age	p. 166
Managing expression inside the workplace	p. 190
Conclusion : the case for freer expression	p. 207
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