Could any realistic scenario justify both the threat and not dishing on the employees bad behavior when asked about them, in order to stop the employee bad-mouthing you though? Presumably someone would have to have behaved incredibly badly before threatening their career could possibly be appropriate, but then you surely shouldn’t be prepared to tell friends and acquaintances at allied orgs that the person is fine, or keep silent about their misbehavior when asked about them.
I’m particularly interested in whether or not they were encouraged to break the law for people who had financial and professional power over them, which seems less nuanced than ‘how threatening is or isn’t this WhatsApp exchange’.
Could any realistic scenario justify both the threat and not dishing on the employees bad behavior when asked about them, in order to stop the employee bad-mouthing you though? Presumably someone would have to have behaved incredibly badly before threatening their career could possibly be appropriate, but then you surely shouldn’t be prepared to tell friends and acquaintances at allied orgs that the person is fine, or keep silent about their misbehavior when asked about them.
I’m particularly interested in whether or not they were encouraged to break the law for people who had financial and professional power over them, which seems less nuanced than ‘how threatening is or isn’t this WhatsApp exchange’.