3. A Human Resources policy related to social networking should be designed to protect the company’s image, trade secrets, clients, and staff. A policy on Social Networking should be written to address legitimate business concerns , such as the dissemination of confidential information or the bullying and harassment of co-workers. It should not attempt to control an employee’s private life and off-duty activities that have no affect on the company.
8. One of the challenges, says Richard Mound of IBM, is meeting the expectations of the net gen and reconciling them with the more traditional ways of doing things. CIPD January 2010