Interesting thing happened today at work (re: racism/hate speech)

[Tender Branson]

When opening my company intra-mail account, I got a mail from the CEO of the company I work for (like every other employee with an intra-mail account), about "racist terms/hate speech against foreigners and its consequences".

Recently, 2 big Austrian companies (Porsche and Spar supermarket) - as well as many smaller companies - fired employees because they posted racist stuff about foreigners on social media.

One got fired because of this picture and what he wrote on Facebook below it:



In the picture, there's a 6-year old Syrian refugee girl at some asylum seeker camp in Austria and because it had 100°F the past weeks, the local firebrigade decided to ride into the camp and "showered" the people and children there, to their joy.

But the young Porsche employee wrote: "Not a water hose should be used, but a flame thrower."

...

Now I got an email from my employer which threatens to throw out every employee that gets caught with incitement of hatred in social media platforms or in public.

Any one of you with a similar corporate directive ?

[Tender Branson]

I don't live in Europe, so no.

Be careful, Tender.

I don't have to worry: I have never used incitement of hatred or hate speech against foreigners.