Tag (SQ): Workplace Ethics

Rita, a member of staff sent an email on your company’s intranet to another colleague Yaw in which the author among other things branded all Accountants as liars and corrupt. On receiving the email, Yaw also distributed the message to other colleagues and eventually a friend of yours in the office, Joyce, sent you a copy of that email. As the Chief Accountant and head of the accounts department, you feel that this information is false and it has affected your reputation in the office. You are seriously contemplating taking an action against the person who sent the email around.

(a) What are the differences between slander and defamation?

(b) What are your rights in law in this regard and what possible defences can the parties listed above provide?