posted on Friday, May 05, 2006 8:32 AM
by
Rod Satterwhite
Blogging in the Workplace
ABC News has an interesting article about employers in Australia banning employees from blogging about their employer. We are seeing more and more instances of blogs in the workplace either resulting in problems for the employer, such as the disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, or resulting in employees being disciplined (even terminated) for what they write in their blogs. By a show of hands (or better yet, comments), how many of you have policies in the workplace that address employee blogging? Do you condone it for business purposes, or do you prohibit it altogether? If this topic generates sufficient interest, we'll discuss it further, with specific examples of problems that can arise and some pointers to include in your policies if you don't already have one.
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