Employees linking work, social media -- chicagotribune.com
June 11, 2009
Sun Microsystems exhorts its blogging employees, "Don't tell secrets." IBM advises its workers, "Don't pick fights, be the first to correct your own mistakes, and don't alter previous posts without indicating that you have done so." And DePaul University says, "Don't be a mole" by pretending to be someone else.
These guidelines are a sampling of how workplaces are crafting policies on employees' use of social media platforms such as blogs and networking Web sites. The technology's tendency to blur personal and professional lines, as well as its ability to quickly spread information or misinformation, has companies grappling with thorny issues that aren't fully addressed in existing policies on e-mail and general Internet use...
Sun Microsystems exhorts its blogging employees, "Don't tell secrets." IBM advises its workers, "Don't pick fights, be the first to correct your own mistakes, and don't alter previous posts without indicating that you have done so." And DePaul University says, "Don't be a mole" by pretending to be someone else.
These guidelines are a sampling of how workplaces are crafting policies on employees' use of social media platforms such as blogs and networking Web sites. The technology's tendency to blur personal and professional lines, as well as its ability to quickly spread information or misinformation, has companies grappling with thorny issues that aren't fully addressed in existing policies on e-mail and general Internet use...
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