Reply #9: Disagree [View All]

So long as the employee is performing at or above expectations, what a worker does in their private life should be no business of the employer. These repukes are happy to bitch about government interference in the private lives of citizens (funny as it sounds considering their defense of spying on citizens, PATRIOT act, etc), but it's perfectly ok if business does it.

Ethics policies may dictate how one conducts himself on the job, but it is dangerous to allow them to dictate who one lives, sleeps or otherwise enjoys life with. As much as the right wing in this country would like it, our identities are not direct correlates of our jobs. We are able to enjoy a portion of our life (an increasingly shrinking portion, sadly) free from the drudgery of the workplace.