Is The Public Shaming of Former Business Insider CTO Pax Dickinson Justified?
Freedom of speech does not grant anyone carte blanche to say whatever they want without any accountability for their words or actions.
You’d think that at the very least, people in the media would understand the concept of personal brand and how that brand can affect your employment status.
Apparently, Pax Dickinson, former Chief Technology Officer for Business Insider never got the memo. After gossip column Valley Wag called him out as a bigoted tech bro nightmare, Dickinson was dismissed from his position.
Henry Blodget issued a statement the day after the Valley Wag report saying, “A Business Insider executive has made some comments on Twitter that do not reflect our values and have no place at our company.
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