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CHAPTER 8: EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AND WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS
SOCIAL MEDIA
The Social Media Policy is intended to make your Post University experience meaningful, personal, and fun!
The usage of social media is an important part of keeping our vibrant Post community authentic and informed, while providing a means to share information, images and video, celebrate our students, associates, and community successes, as well as diverse points-of-view.
The University recognizes the importance of building and maintaining a strong presence on several social media channels, as it provides the opportunity for the Post community to engage proactively and responsibly in dialogue that can influence our conversations, student and associate recruitment and retention, alumni relations, as well as our personal and institutional branding and credibility. As a result, Post encourages
its faculty, staff, and students to actively engage and share their experiences in a positive, truthful, sensible, personal, and fun way.
The following guidelines are designed to help users
of social media do so responsibly and appropriately. Additionally, the guidelines are intended to provide clarity to Post users on how to balance personal use of social media on their personal accounts with their affiliation with the University.
Post Community Standards
Social media is a public forum. This may seem obvious to most but remember, if you choose to post, or in any way engage on Post social media outlets understand that your postings, as well as information publicly shared on your social media profile(s), may be viewed and/or shared by all participants within that social network. Please adhere to the following standards and expectations when using or posting on any of Post’s social media outlets:
• Your communications should promote, encourage and support a positive social and academic environment,
• Respect faculty, staff, students, guests, and all Post property, policies, rules, and regulations,
• Promote the exchange of ideas and diverse opinions through tolerance, integrity, dignity, and respect while upholding academic integrity to the highest standard,
• Communicate in a professional and courteous manner,
• Abstain from actions that are harassing, discriminatory, intimidating, bullying, demeaning, or hostile to another person,
• Respect the copyrights and intellectual property rights of others,
• Don’t disseminate confidential information that is prohibited from disclosure under the University’s Confidential Information policy, or any other policy or applicable law, including, e.g., FERPA, HIPAA, privacy laws and NCAA regulations. Maintain the confidentiality of proprietary and protected information of Post, its faculty, staff and students,
• Take personal responsibility for your choices and actions and understand that there may be negative consequences resulting from the failure to comply with these basic community standards, and
• Know that Post reserves the right to delete any content posted on its social media accounts that violates University policies, including these community standards. If the post is from a student, faculty member, or staff member, the issue may be escalated to Post administration and may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.
Think before you post!
Guidelines for Associate and Student Use of Social Media on Behalf of Post University. These guidelines apply to social media operated on behalf of Post University by authorized users (“Post users”). In operating Post social media, Post users must abide by the following:
• Adhere to Post’s Privacy Policy.
https://post.edu/privacy-policy/
• Do not disclose Personal Information (as outlined in Post’s Privacy Policy) or otherwise violate the Privacy Policy.
• Do not create or develop social media accounts, profiles, or initiatives bearing Post’s name without prior approval from the University Director of Communications.
• Avoid engaging in behavior that could raise actual or apparent conflict of interest and conflicts of commitment on social networks. Examples include using Post resources or property for personal gain, using confidential or privileged information acquired in connection with your Post-supported activities
for personal gain, accepting gratuities or unsolicited gifts from private or public organizations, and using Post resources (materials, information, equipment, software, etc.) for any purpose other than the Post user’s employment related or authorized purposes.
• Do not use Post social media accounts to post content containing your personal views or opinions. Ensure that all posts made using the Post social media accounts reflect the content you have been asked or approved to post to the social media page.
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