When you put a non-disparagement agreement in the contract, [View all]

It's reasonable to assume things are going on that need disparaging.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/teachers-in-southlake-asked-to-sign-non-disparagement-agreements/2954264/

"Seven months after teachers at the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake went public with their concerns about an administrator’s advice to balance books on the Holocaust with titles that show “opposing” perspectives, district employees this week discovered that a new clause had been added to their annual employment contracts, listed under the heading: “Non-Disparagement.”

“You agree to not disparage, criticize, or defame the District, and its employees or officials, to the media,” it read."