Intern infiltration

I feel that the issue being discussed within this article about private practices in Corporate America is extremely relevant. I have pondered the impending issues that would arise in accordance to blogging’s fast and furious trend. I must say that the bloggers mentioned are walking a dangerous road of not only divulging inside information about these companies and/ or private employers but, compromising their personal integrity and privacy.

I have read the “Nanny Diaries” and found that to be quite a story about the employers as well as a look into the private lives of the women. The story itself is in a diary style account of the trials of the women in being a nanny for high class New Yorkers. It goes without saying that true stories do indeed sell. People must have a natural curiosity for the inner workings of others lives, especially when they are juicy stories. Most stories like these depend on the hero or heroine beating the odds and rising above persecution. However, over time, following the very existence of an individual is just as appeasing.

I do agree with the article in the fact that blogging only speeds along a good expose’. For instance, if an employee is disgruntled by working for a corporation and writes a tell-all. They will privately track the incidents leading up to the conclusion and then write the book. After writing the book, they will need to search out a publishing outlet and then market their story. The internet definitely speeds up this process as well as lends itself to the online diary, in which people are able to follow the story on a daily basis.

Personally, I think that this obvious invasion of personal and corporate privacy needs to be regulated. At first, I felt that blogging was going to cause more problems with the slanderous information emitted by employees, consumers, people in general. However, it seems that blogging could be harmful on multiple levels for big business. I think that many corporate businesses need to follow in suit with Viacom and revise employee conduct laws. I also think that the consequences should be somewhat more effective than mere termination. It seems obvious that if an employee writes about the inner workings of a business they probably do not take their position too seriously as it is said to be common sense not to publicly expose a company without consent.

Although, I feel that it is an individual’s right to speak out on prejudice or mistreatment in the workplace, I feel that employees should be limited in their rights to expose the lives private or corporate individuals for personal gain. I think that it is fairly obvious that the internet is not all that secure and those trained in technological advances are able to find all kinds of confidential information on- line. This story was a good lesson in the importance of safeguarding a corporate or private business.