Honesty

Well, we've done openness - now for honesty. Today I spent a while talking to the person who gave a copy of a personal conversation to HR. And listening too. And whilst I still cannot condone the degree of action that he took (a simple private message would have been much more effective than going straight to putting something on our records without even passing go), I strongly appreciate the degree of honesty that he had about it. We had already guessed who had done this, but he made sure through a third friend that I knew that it was him, and his reasons for doing it - basically the "protecting the company against negative comments" thing. Odd in a restricted-access place, but since he believes - probably correctly - that FaceBook is easily cracked, and the comments could have been construed as negative in the wrong light, and the person who made the misinterpreted comment listed their place of work on their profile, I can at least see where he was coming from. So we sat and talked about it, and what the limits on publication for employees were and should be, and we came to an understanding that we understood each other but both had very different points of view. Which is exactly how conflict should be. None of this "I'll say this now, but you'll hear something different later", just an honest exchange of views and an agreement to differ. Now only if some world leaders could manage that...