Blogging With a Vendetta

Bloggers Beware: Employees that post personal blogs take note: Your CEO may be reading your remarks. About 39 percent of bloggers say they have posted comments that could be construed as harmful to their companies’ reputation, including the compromising of sensitive and proprietary data. That’s according to a survey by Croner Select, an HR firm in the U.K., which notes such writings could cost thoughtless employees their jobs. Corporate policies governing personal blogs could be on the horizon as employers “consider the impact of blogging on their organization and to take appropriate steps to minimize potential risks.” Croner likens the rise of personal blog use to the advent of e-mail as a business communication tool in the 1990s.

—Garry Kranz