MANAGING WORKPLACE CONFLICTS.

Running head: MANAGING WORKPLACE CONFLICTS
Managing Workplace Conflicts
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Table of Content
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Free speech and Workplace obligations.....................................................................................4
Role of social media in freedom of speech................................................................................5
Australian Law...........................................................................................................................7
Conclusion................................................................................................................................12
Gaps in the research.................................................................................................................13
Reference..................................................................................................................................14

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Abstract
This research report is a review of previous research papers that have been performed
on free speech, social media and workplace obligation. Major purpose of the review is to gain
an insight whether free speech of individuals actually affect employers. Review also sheds
light on the role that social media plays in influencing the freedom of speech among people.
Provocative posts, freedom of speech against social norms with the wrong intent have
resulted in suspension in school, workplace firing and even worse. To learn more about the
free speech and the regulations grounds supporting the issue has been reviewed with
contemporary affairs and real-world facts of free speech. Moreover, the review particularly
considers two significant issues related to free speech and workplace obligations like Israel
Folau and Williamson. Report presents the repercussion against Willamson and Folau actions
towards the freedom of speech.

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Topic – Review of issue of free speech vs workplace obligations
Introduction
Free speech and workplace obligation and its relation to each other has always been a
significant and debatable context. Social media has been the factor which triggers the debate
on free speech and workplace obligation. Social media platform undoubtedly transfigured
communication in several ways that were once unimagined. According to McGinley and
McGinley-Stempel (2012), social media plays a great role in making the ideas more perilous
than it was ever. Provocative posts, freedom of speech against social norms with the wrong
intent have resulted in suspension in school, workplace firing and even worse. The urge for
freedom of speech is now driven by technology advances. Certainly, social and national rules
are sometimes comprised of illogical practices with limited significances. Consequently,
people in today’s technology-enabled society often seeks to make and apply changes to
existing practices and hence, social media allows individuals to receive response from mass
crowd belonging to a remote locations. Social media provides the scope for free speech.
Review of existing research papers presented in the following shows that freedom of free
speech is often misunderstood by people due to emergence of social media and unclear
employment contract.
The following review has been conducted by using a large set of journal articles that
were published in 2010 onwards. Journal articles are based on four different keywords –
social media, free speech, workplace obligation and Australian Regulation. To support the
argument, newspaper articles have been cited and to highlight the regulatory grounds,
journals from the International labour review have been chosen. In the context, free speech on
social media, data sources are taken from Journal of Mass communication. In addition, to