A New Approach for Protecting Confidential Information During an Employee Activist Campaign
Once regarded as a vagary of a few socially conscious tech workers, employee activism has spread across industries in the form of "takeovers" of executive working spaces, public protests, social media campaigns, and public dissemination of confidential corporate information. Based on the failure of corporations to stop the leaking of confidential business data amid these campaigns, a new approach is needed.
October 23, 2024 at 03:05 PM
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Employee activism can be defined as actions employees take to change corporate decision-making by publicly applying pressure to the brand, board, shareholders, and customers. Once regarded as a vagary of a few socially conscious tech workers, employee activism has spread across industries in the form of "takeovers" of executive working spaces, public protests, social media campaigns, and public dissemination of confidential corporate information. With a crop of fresh college graduates who view activism as part of their identity entering the workplace, ongoing strife in the Middle East, and the November Presidential election on the horizon, employee activism is anticipated to increase. Based on the failure of corporations to stop the leaking of confidential business data amid these campaigns, a new approach is needed.
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