A few months ago, a provider posted a rant about being fired from her "legitimate" job because a co-worker outed her as an escort to her boss.  Unfortunately, the provider did not indicate what company she worked for.  It would have been nice to boycott them.  If I found out a local (or national) business fired someone for being a provider, I would no longer do business with them, and I would also out them on social media and encourage other people to not do business with them.  Conversely, if I knew of a business that was going out of its way to hire former (or current) sex workers, or former convicts/drug dealers, for that matter, I would go out of my way to do business with them.  And this applies not only to the hobby, but to the larger world as well.  Know where your are spending your money, and don't do business with companies that try to influence elections, rip off their customers, treat their employees like shit, etc.

for many years Disney has been boycotted by hard right religious groups. Hasn't had a measurable impact. These are fairly large organized groups. A few people from a social media site won't be missed.  

Some companies go out of their way to market themselves as family oriented. That is their right. Hookers, strippers, porn stars etc are bad for the image certain companies want to project.

People live in stereotypes and believe that sex workers, drug dealer, convicts should be isolated. And people in general like uniforms, war drums and "great" ideas.  You can navigate and make life better for yourself, having individualistic inclinations, but when someone talks about global happiness for everyone, this is invitation for the trouble. Mind you, I feel very sorry for the fired girl, but not much I can do about it. Xo

...but knowing that you are true to your convictions is satisfaction enough.

that NEED to be fought, not just the ones I can win.

Your basic Q: ID the name of the biz: is a separate issue, 'cause you can't answer the 2nd Q w/o that knowledge, but  

would ever hire a sex worker. They'd be violating that pesky morals clause they signed when they were hired.

And I have the right to take my biz elsewhere .

The local Chick-Fil-A near me sure does employ some sexy young women.

I have offered jobs to escorts. As long as they are qualified and want to learn. I have also offered to mentor them.  I cannot hire people with certain criminal records and they have to pass a drug test.   The great thing that escorts have that cannot be taught is an outgoing personality. They can talk to people this is something college kids today do not have and cannot be taught!  In fact, I may be looking for someone later this year.

Absolutely. If we cannot live our own lives by the principles we believe in how do we face our selves each morning.

It may not be just their image.  
As a guy who has been a CEO I can tell you HR gets all antsy and wonders what else the employee hasn't told them, if she engaged in sex acts to gain business, if the company might face any liability.  
Those people can create worry from a glass of water lol

That is very true but at the same time I don't really see it as a characteristic of a free society that claims personal privacy is important we should be all too happy about either. As long as the girl was presenting the  correct image while on the clock with the corporation we should not get upset about what happens elsewhere. I know, it's got some gray areas there but but as the starting principle I think that's right.

is person's private business as long it is not harming others

Just curious as I'm not sure about Cracker Barrel or Hobby Lobby but is that because they are owned by people with religious convictions -- my understanding is Chic-Fil-A isn't open on Sunday because the owner is Christian. Or have they all expresses some type of complete intolerance for "sinners" or at least certain sinners?

OMG.... I read thru the whole thread and that is scary!!  Thank you for sharing!!!

It isn't about closing on a certain day.
Many  business are owned by people with religious convictions but do not deny health care choices  or employees constitutional rights to love & marry whomever they choose.
Hobby Lobby refuses to provide birth control in the health care packages for employees ( well , to women ).  
Chick-fil-A  corporately opposes same sex marriage
Cracker Barrel terminates employees if it's discovered they are gay.

Many people who work for large corporations, and many who have the higher paying upper level positions, are subject to morals standards to maintain their employment...and this trend has been moving further down the ladder as time's gone by...many companies consider your actions outside the workplace a direct reflection on them and their employment standards...thus soliciting prostitutes, for many, is grounds for dismissal...

It depends on what the crime and the job are.  Someone who has been convicted of embezzling obviously isn't qualified to handle cash.  Now the ex-felon as a policeman, that's an interesting one.  It could go either way.  The cop could be really corrupt, or could draw on his past criminal experience to tackle the problem of crime.

In a moral sense, yes, what we do on our own time is none of the company's damn business.  Legally, well...workplace drug testing, anyone?  Employers have far too much legal leeway over the degree of control they exercise over their employees.  However, with more and more states legalizing weed, the drug testing will hopefully be challenged in court one of these days.  Now we need to make some headway with our hobby.  Out of the closet with us!

I don't reward hookers for bad behavior nor do I reward any other business that chooses to put themselves "out there" where it comes to preaching morality.  

I worked in an industry that had mandatory drug testing. I felt it was an invasion of privacy, but there was the flip side of the coin. When you are surrounded by huge pieces of mobile equipment, you do not want the operators impaired. I took the whiz quiz. Basic safety issue.

No.  "whose."
You're welcome.

That's a tough one.  I would assume that most people are responsible and smoke their weed or whatever at home, but there's always some idiot who can't separate business and pleasure.  I would would think there would be some method of testing people for sobriety on the spot, I think that would solve the safety/privacy issue.

For years I've refused to buy anything made by Gillette or P&G because of their animal testing. I could never get past the picture of the bunny rabbit with the messed up eye. So sad! So even though I grew up with many P&G products, I found others that were less ethically challenged, and have eliminated my need and desire to buy P&G products. Then a few years ago they announced tat they'd stopped animal testing. Big deal. I no longer need or have any use for any of their products.