Editing Insubordination (section)

==Private sector==
Other types of hierarchical structures, especially corporations, may use insubordination as a reason for [[Termination of employment|dismissal]] or [[censure]] of an employee.

There have been court cases in the [[United States]] which have involved charges of insubordination from the employer with counter charges of infringement of [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] rights from the employee. A number of these cases have reached the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] usually involving a conflict between an institution of [[higher education]] and a [[Faculty (university)|faculty]] member.<ref>Imber, Michael and Tyll Van Geel (2001). ''A Teacher's Guide to Education Law''. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. p. 196. {{ISBN|0-8058-3754-X}}. Google Book Search. Retrieved on December 10, 2010.</ref><ref>Kaplin, William A. and Barbar A. Lee (2007). ''The Law of Higher Education''. [[Jossey-Bass]], [[John Wiley & Sons]]. p. 234. {{ISBN|978-0-7879-7095-6}}. Google Book Search. Retrieved on December 10, 2010.</ref>

In the modern [[wiktionary:Workplace|workplace]] in the [[Western world]], hierarchical power relationships are usually sufficiently internalized so that the issue of formal charges of insubordination are rare. In his book ''[[Disciplined Minds]]'', American physicist and writer Jeff Schmidt points out that professionals are trusted to run organizations in the interests of their employers. Because employers cannot be on hand to manage every decision, professionals are trained "to make sure that the subtext of each and every detail of their work advances the right interests—or skewers the disfavored ones" in the absence of overt control.<ref>Schmidt, Jeff (2001). ''Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-battering System That Shapes Their Lives''. [[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]], Inc. p. 41. {{ISBN|0-7425-1685-7}}. Google Book Search. Retrieved on December 10, 2010.</ref>