The Employees' Right To Know the Issues and the Corporations' Responsibility To Communicate

Abstract

It may be considered propaganda! It is a risky business! The N.L.R.B. may come after you! These are the excuses that businesses sometimes use in order to justi fy their rationale for not communicating with their employees. However, it is generally accepted today that employees have a right to be informed about basic company issues affecting them. Yet, companies are often not accepting the responsibility to communicate with their employ ees. The evolution of corporate communications to employees is presented and a case made that the corporation must be competitive in the market place o f ideas.