Social Media Policy: GM Canada

With technology ever changing in today’s society, social media has become a driving force for people (especially the millennial generation) to educate themselves on current events, Canadian, and U.S. politics. As Arthur Siegel states in his book Politics and the Media in Canada, “the media, preoccupied with their own economic interests, have not placed sufficient emphasis on their political and social functions in society.” This does not necessarily mean that mainstream media (newspapers, magazines, radio) is irrelevant in the Canadian and U.S. political arena, but it does seem that they are losing touch with the Canadian and U.S. public and the technological advances. Siegel states that “even in the 19th century, electronic media was envisaged

With policies in place, it is the responsibility of the organization to make them understood by employees. It is also the responsibility of the organization to make sure that its employees are fully following the policies.

It provides an explanation of previous events for the reader or investigative results, and stipulations for implementation of policies and enforcement of these policies. A policy handbook is a comprehensive guide for the expectations of employees. It provides a statement of core values and purpose, code of conduct, and guidance for internal action.

Social media policies are put in place for the sake of ensuring the measure of responsibility of employee’s usage of social media. Platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are some of the platforms that are used my people across the nation (Russell, 2011). Information of every type and social opinions become available at the click of a button. The content that is placed in these messages is status updates can be crucial to the perception of both the employee and the company they are working for on a daily basis. These policies are enacted to ensure there is and understanding between the employee as well as the company concerning the risk that are associated with using these platforms in specific ways that may affect the company depending

When it comes to people and their daily lives, people just want to post every part of their life online for the world to see. The only problem when it comes to that is what happens once that information has been posted. The information you post online can be used for any reason, and sometimes, without your consent. Jacob Silverman, author of Terms of Service, believes that anything you post online is being abused by companies and even the social media sites themselves, and I agree with him on that. In the following essay, I will explain to you why companies on social media are overstepping their boundaries and what should be done to stop it.

If any employee has any questions regarding our policy, the employee may speak to their immediate supervisor. If an employee comes to work in an unapproved outfit, the employee may

Billion pieces of content per day, including uploads of 250million photos“ (Wilson).When you add a picture to your Facebook you’re given the ability to tag your friends in it. This presents the same privacy issues as tagging a friend in your status. Some may even consider being tagged in a picture to be worse than being tagged in a status. As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words, and most of us don’t think about what implications those words may have on our friends before tagging them in seemingly harmless photos. Besides your friends and possible risqué activities being displayed in your pictures, your location may be obvious. Deriving your location based on your surroundings may be harder than looking at a location check-in, but it is far from impossible, especially with motivation. If someone is determined to invade your privacy they’ll be able to do just that.

All policies and procedures must be documented and made available to individuals responsible for their implementation and compliance. All activities identified by the policies and procedures must also be documented. All the documentation, which

They are rules and regulations that are needed and also need to be clear within the work place. These policies ensure that decisions affecting staff are:

Are company rules and polices published so employees know and understand the conditions of successful employment?

Policies in employee handbooks also need to be updated and/or replaced by policies of zero-tolerance to harassment. All employees should sign a statement acknowledging that they have read and understood the policy, and this should be annually reviewed by the employers with the employees to ensure continued understanding.

Most employees do not set out to break rules or not follow programs implemented by the company. However, in a lot of cases this occurs because the program or policy is written or enforced in a way that the employees do not understand. According to Doug Keare, “If a program is complex, complicated, or over-engineered, it will be hard for most employees to engage in it.” Using terminology that is easy to understand is critical when writing these programs. Industry jargon that most people have never heard is not helpful. Be very clear on what is expected to proactively avoid any issue from arising. For instance, this could cover the operation of a piece of equipment or working in a location with excessive height. Whatever the topic, lay out

Source: National Election Commission (Aug 3, 2010). Press Release: “Analysis of Voting Rates in the 5th Nationwide Local Elections.”

policies at organizational level, restricted employee voice over the introduction and implementation of policies , policies

• Ensure that all employees of the company or employees of contractors have been informed by the policy statement on health, safety and the environment and their role and responsibility in regards to health, safety and the environment making them officials and accountants.