Is your answer to question $1$ affected by whether you agree or disagree with the views Mary Davis expressed?

Should there be any limits on an employee's freedom of expression? If not, why not? If so$,$ under what circumstances is a company justified in restricting an employee's right to speak out?

The case presentation doesn't specify whether the newspaper article identified Mary Davis as an employee of Whitewater. Is that a relevant issue? Does it matter what position in the company Mary Davis holds?

What do you think Mary Davis ought to do$?$ What moral considerations should she weigh? Does she have conflicting obligations? If so$,$ what are they?

Is the company right to be worried about what Mary Davis writes or says, or is the board of directors exaggerating the potential harm to Whitewater of her discussing these issues?

Assume a CEO like Ralph Jenkins is legitimately worried that an employee is making damaging statements about the company. How should the CEO handle the situation? Is discharge or some sort of discipline called for? Should the company adopt a formal policy regarding employee speech? If so$,$ what policy would you recommend?