Inquiry into conduct of Facebook 'hater'

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Marking a first in Sri Lankan Corporate history an inquiry is to be held on Monday against an employee of a reputed Lankan corporate for allegedly making sexually derogatory remarks and inciting racial hatred on Facebook.

Speaking to Daily Mirror Online, premier outbound service provider Eco Team (Pvt) Ltd CEO Anuruddha Bandara said the existing company guidelines permitted for action to be taken against errant employees.

“The existing guidelines permit us to take action against employees who do such things on social media. However, we are going to be more specific and will introduce strict guidelines specifically covering social media from next month onwards" he said.

An employee of the organisation is alleged to have cast racially abusive and sexually derogatory remarks on females.

The action marks a first in Sri Lankan corporate history following suit with international norms, which strictly scrutinies the conduct of their employees on social networking sites.

An inquiry into the conduct of the employee is to be held on Monday.

Bandara also said educating employees of their conduct on social media, which is public domain is of paramount importance to Lankan corporates.

" As responsible corporate citizens we have to educate our employees regarding these issues. Social media is spreading like wildfire among the youth in rural areas and we have to therefore educate them as to how they should conduct themselves on a public domain" he said, (Hafeel Farisz)

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Kodituwakkuarachchi Sunday, 21 April 2013 09:29 AM

Late but good start.

Lankan Sunday, 21 April 2013 12:51 PM

Gnanasara and his gang are openly spreading racial hatred and the government doesn't seem to be doing anything.
All just an eye wash.

Molkawa Sunday, 21 April 2013 02:38 PM

Here goes personal freedom of expression......a la North Korea.....!

Dud Sunday, 21 April 2013 03:05 PM

Treat the root cause eliminating polarizing visions. Sex crimes are rampant in village level,ground level and hi-politik circles. Marathon manhunts won't be needed.

Pluto Sunday, 21 April 2013 03:43 PM

Sri Lanka is too uncivilized for morden technology. Get back to writing in the sand or caves (gal lipi").

Peter Solomon Sunday, 21 April 2013 04:03 PM

if this blocking the personal freedom, what would you say to the guys who slander with sexually abusive remarks ...

Concerned Monday, 22 April 2013 06:40 AM

Please investigate what is wrong and not who is wrong!

Chamith Monday, 22 April 2013 07:14 AM

What a joke,

How define the inciting racial hatred on Facebook. no proper guildlines.

This will destroy the personal freedom, boycott the company

never4get Monday, 22 April 2013 08:27 AM

A good start - nothing is too late to educate those misguided minds

hilzeena Monday, 22 April 2013 10:11 AM

what an irony??????
social media is for freedom of speech, and it is a way of explicitly portraying one's own personality.. regardless of good or bad

chandee Sunday, 04 August 2013 12:59 PM

Honda wadey !!!!! Such idiots who use FB to meet their own ends to slander other people should be publicly humiliated.

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