Policies for Safe Internet Governance
All these headlines have appeared in the National Press
"MoD launches investigation after racist Facebook comments"
"Captured on Facebook the food-fighting nurses at hospital where 1,200 died"
"Tesco Employees 'Vent' with Nasty Facebook Posts"
"Virgin Atlantic has sacked 13 cabin crew after they branded passengers 'chavs'"
"British Airways staff attack passengers on Facebook - passengers are smelly and annoying'"
CAN YOUR BUSINESS AFFORD THIS TYPE OF HEADLINE?
In January 2008 KPMG said Policies are needed to limit social networking risk. Businesses have been urged to put policies in place to minimise the risk of staff damaging the company's reputation on social networking sites. This policy needs to apply to your staff either at work or at home. Without this in place, under vicarious liability your company could still be responsible for what your staff say on their personal social networking sites, even if they access them only at home.
Staff who post inappropriate comments from home on Facebook, Twitter etc. face being disciplined or sacked. Companies, Government Departments, Police and Local Authorities are paying thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to outside consultants for courses on safe internet use.
Eye PAT, who are experts in internet safey training, provide the training you need in a lunch n' learn session for all your staff for only £350. This covers what your staff should and should not do, what damage they can do either deliberately or unwittingly and the steps you can take to protect your company.
We can work with you to ensure you have the correct HR policies in place for your staff. We can also help you lower the internet profile of any negative comments.
Remember any comment posted on the internet reaches millions of people.
