Any employee of    ...    company can speak to anyone about any subject at any time without seeking permission from anyone.

- Paycheck stub

 

The Company believes in a free speech ethic, allowing any employee to discuss with anyone ... any subject, including problems or possible improvements in how the company operates, especially how it treats its ... employees.

Free speech means free speech.     Each of us is free to discuss any subject with another employee in one's own department or someone in any other department, campus, or company, no matter how sensitive or how painful it might be ...

- Employee Personnel Manual Section 9.11