Dunn’s Law

The First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech is often suspended on crossing the portals of US corporations. Many companies fear that loose talk by employees will help competitors or damage business relationships. Hewlett-Packard has gone even further and attempted to muzzle its board members. That has ended in fiasco, with a key director gone, another removed from the slate, and two legal probes into H-P’s behaviour now underway. Having endorsed this questionable witch-hunt, chairman Patri...