https://news.yahoo.com/indonesia-charges-bar-employees-blasphemy-114646633.html
Long story short, Holy Wings is a pub establishment in religious Indonesia (Muslim majority). For this campaign, they offered free alcohol for patrons named Mohammad. Obviously this made a lot of people angry since Muslims aren't allowed to drink and that happens to be their prophet's name. Eventually the controversy became too big on social media, so cops made arrests. The arrested?
- 36 yo head of promotion
- 27 yo creative director
- 27 yo graphic designer
- 22 yo social media admin
- 25 yo social media officer
- 25 yo promotion admin
Since discounts were involved, no doubt the campaign had to get approval from the highest levels of management but of course they feigned ignorance. Those arrested are very likely to face jail time.
Here are some screenshots of their leaked internal chats (not verified, found on social media): https://imgur.com/a/GkIVNai
Iska (I) is one of those arrested, and Brillian (B) is management.
I: Boss, why are there arrest warrants? We're just doing what management asked us to do…
B: That's your fault. Why did you follow orders? Why not think of other ways? We in management aren't going to be involved in this.
I: But why? The request was sudden since it was said that we needed a running campaign from mid-June to July. Then we suggested several references to you and management. You said if there is no impact it's not fun, and then suddenly you claim there was an idea that's supported by management which you have already approved. We just followed through and made the promotion content. Why are we being blamed?
B: I don't care, that's your problem. You guys better think of the right words to tell the cops. Don't get me and the management team involved.
Nuremberg defense aside, you guys shouldn't hope your company has your back. They will gladly sacrifice you to save their hides.