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Yep. People can and do get fired for posting things on social media that they shouldn’t. My personal favorite was at a previous job where someone posted a”beach day on my work from home day” selfie. Complete with a beer and toes in the sand. We live two hours from the beach...and aren’t allowed to drink on the job. She wasn’t the brightest...
I imagine my industry employers figured we were smart enough to not have to endure days of going over things like "Don't take bribes".
It's not a matter of being smart enough. It's a matter of your legal department being able to say "We are blameless, North Beach Person took this class on this date, and it specifically outlined our 'Bribes are very bad, mmkay?' policy."
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I didn't know having integrity, and doing right by the employees, customers, vendors and communities I operate in required some sort of ethical code of conduct agreement?
Now, be honest, for those of you that do have it and believe in it, how many times have you looked at it since you signed it? And, I don't mean when the disciplinary/legal action necessitates referring to it.
I didn't know having integrity, and doing right by the employees, customers, vendors and communities I operate in required some sort of ethical code of conduct agreement?
It doesn't. It's pure CYA on part of the employers.
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Now, be honest, for those of you that do have it and believe in it, how many times have you looked at it since you signed it? And, I don't mean when the disciplinary/legal action necessitates referring to it.
Oh, we get annual "online classes" followed by a multiple-choice "test" that a moderately intelligent 5-year-old could pass. Another window-dressing exercise in corporate America.
It is more than CYA for the company. The idea is to make sure everyone has been exposed to the companies MINIMUM standards and that they know who to contact if they have any questions. I have used my annual 'ethics/code of conduct' training to question tasks I was ordered to do. In one case the person immediately backed down and 'clarified his request'. In another case She insisted we do it her way but when corporate came down with customer (gov't) auditors I could show a complete email chain that kept me from being dragged into a Federal investigation. So they serve a purpose if you take them seriously.
So with all the boohaha over Rosanne and her subsequent firing (I won't go into that here, there is a lively debate on the tv forum)
I was interested in finding out do folks have any type of "ethics" or "conduct" policy on their jobs?
I work for a fortune 100 chemical company in Delaware, every January we have to sign a code of conduct form and annually we have training.
New hires can and do have their facebook pages checked and employee who post crazy stuff have been disciplined.
What's the new norm?
People are fired for off duty stunts all the time. From social media, attening rallies or being arrested. All of which are done on personal time. However we live in an age where folks whip out their iPhones, record video, or take screenshots of something sensitive in the hopes of going viral over Twitter. Right now we live in an age of culture war zpublic shaming, outrage culture, and mob justice. All of which is designed to destroy the the sexist or racist, destroy the landlord of the sexist or racist, or destroy the employer where the racist or sexist is employed. Now when that is all done. No one wants to be in a binding relationship with the sexist or racist and grounds for termination or eviction. Some business like small business to a certain degree do not have such hr policy to fire someone over off duty misconduct. It would be wise for a small company to have a policy in place where we hold the right to fire you for social media. This goes for any side. Vs using at will terms and than being sued for wrongful termination. At my new job I had to agree with such. In this new America we live in. Don't day anything bigoted or sexist.
With Rosanne for example. She got toasted for what she said. Do we terminate people for saying something in the past like joy Reid? Such policies need to be I'm placed now a days vs firing someone at will for social media or being arrested or going to a protest on free time.
My last two jobs had ethics, conduct, confidentiality and social media polices. Had to read them as a new hire and then reread them once a year (and provide an electronic signature to confirm you'd read it).
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