Legal, Policies, Ethics
It is no secret that people are stupid. That being said, people are even more stupid
when it comes to social media. How many
people have been fired for what they posted on any given social media outlet
about their place of employment? How
many teachers have been fired for racy photos posted on Facebook? Are the posts made in poor judgment? Have policies been made for such
actions?
Social media causes challenges not only in the workplace,
but the courtroom as well. The ethics
and legality of social media in the courtroom has caused such concern that
recently Sandra Day O’Connor was the keynote speaker for the Bar Association
earlier this year. Social media is still
somewhat new and the policies and ethics are still being defined as well as the
legality of everything. Read more about
the legal limits at of http://gigaom.com/2011/02/26/how-social-media-is-pushing-the-limits-of-legal-ethics/.
In the article found at http://abovethelaw.com/2010/07/social-media-policies-for-legal-types/
the key point is “Don’t say stupid things.”
How many times have we put something stupid on our Facebook or
Twitter? I know that I have put quite a
few stupid things, but I don’t take social media outlets to be the gospel truth
on my life. At the same time, I also try
not to put anything that I wouldn’t want my mother or the good man upstairs to
read. Mind you I believe that is the
Southern upbringing coming out of me, but there you have it. Don’t say stupid nonsense especially if you
don’t want your momma or whomever you pray to at night seeing what you have
posted or tweeted. Use some common sense
people!
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