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Originally posted by: Ameesh
get a lawyer you cheap skate
This is for a college newspaper, no?Originally posted by: LordSegan
Haha... seriously though, does it read well?
Originally posted by: PipBoy
This part is complete bullsh!t:
"I realize that the editors of the ****** may choose to terminate me for actions which were at one point in time considered acceptable?even if the editors do not alert me of any new policy change. This understanding is necessary because different specific situations may subtly change the significance of my actions or speech, and it is possible that a ex post facto review of my actions will reveal an ethical violation I was not aware of while committing the action. The ****** editors will have sole authority to determine if my actions or speech constitute a violation of journalistic ethics. "
After you do something that is acceptable, some editor gets a bug up his ass, decides it wasn't right after all, and you get canned? wtf.
In any case, you need to have an agreement like this written (or at the very least reviewed by) an attorney. If you do it yourself you're just asking for a wrongful termination lawsuit.
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Originally posted by: PipBoy
This part is complete bullsh!t:
"I realize that the editors of the ****** may choose to terminate me for actions which were at one point in time considered acceptable?even if the editors do not alert me of any new policy change. This understanding is necessary because different specific situations may subtly change the significance of my actions or speech, and it is possible that a ex post facto review of my actions will reveal an ethical violation I was not aware of while committing the action. The ****** editors will have sole authority to determine if my actions or speech constitute a violation of journalistic ethics. "
After you do something that is acceptable, some editor gets a bug up his ass, decides it wasn't right after all, and you get canned? wtf.
In any case, you need to have an agreement like this written (or at the very least reviewed by) an attorney. If you do it yourself you're just asking for a wrongful termination lawsuit.
The reason I need that part (in my mind at least) is that a columnist could potentially do something "not so bad" one time, and do the same action again, in a slightly different situation, and really light a fire under my ass. For example, using the "N" word at a private party might not actually cause *that* many problems. But using it in a public speech clearly would. Technically its a somewhat similar action.