Section: Administrative
Policy Number: 1-25
Policy Name: Policy for Job-related Employee Use of Social
Media
Date: October 23, 2008;
Revisions: April 10, 2009
Purpose
Online communities and social media represent potentially valuable resources for University of Delaware faculty and staff in performing their job duties. University employees are encouraged, when appropriate, to take advantage of the wide variety of social media tools available to them.
As is true in other, traditional media, when participating in online communities and social media as part of their job duties, employees must comply with university policies and guidelines. These include, but are not necessarily limited to:
Policy 1-14: Policy for Responsible Computing
at the University of Delaware
Policy 1-15: Information Security Policy
Policy 1-16: Employee Use of Computing Resources for Home Pages
Policy 1-18: Electronic Mail Management and Retention Policy
Policy 1-19: Employees' Use of E-Communications Policy
Policy 1-20: Policy for Wireless Computing at the University of Delaware
Policy 1-21:Use of University-Wide Electronic Mailing Lists
Submitted by: Office of Communications & Marketing