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Originally posted by phaedrus
You're mistaken. Integrity is not a virtue that can be developed in someone by an external force. Integrity must come from within, it cannot come about as the result of a contract. Contracts like that are set up for two reasons. The first is control. The employer wants to control the actions of the employee and to force the employer's morality upon the employee. The second is to provide the employer with a fast and easy means around wrongful termination laws should the employee become bothersome to the employer.
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They don't give a crap about her personal integrity. They only care about the station's integrity, which is damaged by her actions if they keep her on.
After all, which is more likely to impress the average viewer: "Channel 6 news: With regional Emmy award winning anchor Jane Doe" or "Channel 6 news: With barroom wet t-shirt contest winning anchor Jane Doe"
If you have a problem with employers telling you not to run around naked in public, don't get a job that's in the public eye.
Oh and btw, in this industry there is rarely a successful wrongful termination suit, especially with anchors. Anchors can and are fired for anything. Viewers don't like the way they dress, the way they talk, the way they look. News directors decide they want fresh faces on camera. Media consultants convince station management that newer, edgier anchors are needed, so the current ones are canned. All of this is legal and there's nothing an anchor can do about it. There is no WAY this anchor could ever win a wrongful termination suit over this incident, even if she had never signed a morality clause.