Re: Disclaimers

["M. Woo" <melissa@zelda.ehs.uiuc.edu>]

On Thu, 4 Sep 97 09:20:37 -0500, Ron Amoling wrote:

Folks, as this could very easily track away from the subject of
radiation protection, I'd appreciate it if responses were directed via
personal e-mail, not to RADSAFE.  Thanks.

Melissa Woo
RADSAFE List-owner/manager

>Lots of Radsafers seem to put a disclaimer at the end of their 
>messages here.  I have a couple of questions -
>
>1.  Has any radsafer ever been sued, reprimanded, etc. by their 
>employer for messages sent or opinions expressed?  Or, for that 
>matter, has anyone's employer ever been sued because of an employee's 
>comments on radsafe?
>
>2.  Are you sure your disclaimers would stand up against a skilled 
>corporate attorney in the event some of your comments generated 
>problems?
>
>3.  Weren't you hired by your employer because your training, 
>education, and yes, opinions, about your field were desired by your 
>employer?
>
>I realize that we're not necessarily spokespeople for our respective 
>employers, they have other employees for that....but it seems 
>pointless to add disclaimers to our comments.
>
>Ron Amoling
>amolingr@joslab.harvard.edu
>

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