Title: Identify privacy policies and issues related to employees using or misusing online communication media.
Course: Career Investigations (19258-36) > Section: Communicating on the Job

Identification might include incidents of privacy violations and use of

- social networking sites
- email (understanding the difference between personal and work-related use; the need for establishing a professional email address)
- voicemail and the need to establish a professional voicemail greeting
- search engines
- database profile.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why do employers often monitor telephone, computer, email, and voicemail communications?
- What communication method is used to share workplace privacy policies with employees, and why are these policies legally binding?
- Why is it important never to share information that you have access to at work (i.e., via database profiles, etc.) with others?
- Why should you be careful about what you post on social media? How can your online persona affect your work?
- What policies may be in place that pertain to employees sharing information to news outlets or on social media?