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My question involves defamation in the state of: Hawaii

Hello,

My question is, if you are writing a private letter to a company and you say that they are an unethical and corrupt company (I truly believe that), is it considered slander?

Thank you,
JasonJ
First in answer to your title question: Yes, you can be sued for what you write in a letter. But you would not be sued for "slander." Slander is the oral or spoken form of defamation. Libel is its written form.

That said, unless in the private letter to the company you singled out a specific person or specific people as being unethical or corrupt, the private letter to the company could not be the basis of a successful defamation claim. You have caused no harm to the reputation of the company.