Congrats – you landed a job and your professional experience
is unfolding well. Now, your boss has approached you with a two-fold problem –
what to do company about social media postings and how to handle employee
social media postings
- Select an
organization within your current or aspirational professional discourse
community. - Research
social media policies for other organizations that you can draw from when creating
your own policy. Reference your research within your policies to support your - Create a
detailed social media policy for your organization using the following
questions as a guide:
a. Who has
the ability to post on behalf of the company?
b. How often
should they post or share?
c. What
types of content should be shared?
d. What kind
of language is acceptable?
- Create a
second policy focused on employee use of personal social media accounts using
the following questions as a guide:
a. Are they
encouraged to list your organization as their employer?
b. What are
they allowed to post or share in terms of photos and content?
c. Can they
“like” or “check in” at organizational events?
d. What
consequences are there if an employee violates the policy?
Sample Solution