Corporate Blogging: What Could Go Wrong?
Filed in archive Communications by Steve Rucinski on October 17, 2006

Ed Engineer is on the R&D team at Bigcorp Inc., the world's largest seller of frazmajams. Here's an excerpt from his company blog, on which he is known as a BigCorp employee with specific knowledge of an upcoming product launch:Does this sound like a concern you might have about a company blog? If so read the rest of the story Blogging: What Could Go Wrong, it doesn't end like you might think.
Whoa. The frazmajam prototype rocks. We'll be so far ahead when this thing hits the street. The features are pretty cool if I say so myself. My team did the best one, which works this way...
Which prompts an e-mail from his supervisor, Susan:
I just saw your post on the new 'jam. THAT WAS ProprietaryINFORMATION, A TRADE SECRET. Our policy manual is absolutely clear that you are not to disclose trade secrets. Delete it immediately. And come see me. We need to have a talk about your blog.
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