Blog ethics
Doug Kaye of IT Conversations has an interesting podcast on corporate blogging in its various incarnations. The conversation is really a roundtable led by Denise Howell on the somewhat controversial ground of blogging on topics related to one's employment and how some employers have responded through policy and company-sanctioned blogging initiatives. The conversation specifically talks about Ray Ozzie's Groove Networks (now owned by Microsoft) because Jeff Seul, general counsel at Groove, is one of the roundtable experts.
Most people have heard the stories of bloggers being fired for work-related content they've posted. (Will try to post some links.) Those sensitive about First Amendment rights, not surprisingly, leap on these stories everytime they break. I've thought about this a bit in my own writings. Everyone who blogs makes conscious decisions as to the appropriateness of content and whether it should be available for general public consumption. It still amazes me that some bloggers do not yet understand the basics of syndication and that there are search engines specifically built around blogs that potentially bring their content to the attention of audiences they never intended.