HR Challenge 05: Employment Law in the Successful Workplace- Social Media Policy

Topic: HR
Challenge 05: Employment Law in the Successful Workplace- Social Media Policy
Overview: 3 pages (875words)
Source: Minimum 2 sources. Any listed sources can be used.
APA6. (Any of the listed sources can be used.)
A. Write
a 3-page executive summary about best practices, risks, and other
considerations to take into account when creating a social media policy for a
small trucking company. You will highlight three main bullet points at the end
of the summary that you would use to discuss the social media policy issues
with stakeholders.
B. Changes
in technology and society will always impact the work of the HRM professional.
In this assessment, and with the issues in your future career, you will need to
collect the relevant historical background, legal compliance issues, ethical
considerations, and organizational information to be ready to facilitate
conversations between stakeholders around policy decisions. The pendulum may
swing back and forth throughout your career, but with a sound background
researching issues and clarifying the decision points, you will be prepared to
lead change.

C. Introduction
1. Scenario

i.
The HR division of your organization, a
small private trucking company, has tasked you to lead a discussion about the
key considerations when developing a social media policy for the company. You
are to provide direction as to key considerations of legal compliance, ethics,
and the relationship to the organizational mission. Ultimately, the internal
committee of stakeholders to who you are presenting will create the social
media policy and you need to lead them through the decisions that they should
make in that process.
2. Your
Challenge

i.
You are an HRM leader for a small private
trucking company and you have been asked to lead a discussion to develop the
social media policy for the company. You will present your information and
discussion points in the form of an executive summary including the issues that
the internal committee should discuss and take into consideration when
developing the policy.

D. 1. Review
the Sample Social Media Policy [PDF].
2. Write
a 3-page executive summary that includes the following:

i.
Describe best practices for creating a
social media policy for an organization.
1. What
should be included in the policy?
2. Are
we allowed to control comments about our company?

ii.
Identify the legal and ethical risks of
social media policies.
1. What
mistakes should be avoided?

iii.
Evaluate the risks for private and
governmental organizations of actions that may or may not be defined as
“protected concerted activity.”
1. Are
there protected activities that may be seen as a “protected concerted
activity?”
2. Does
a First Amendment right to free speech apply?
At
the end of the summary, reiterate and list three brief bullet points of your
most important recommendations for the development of the social media policy.
Bullet points should be no longer than a simple sentence.

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