Legal and Ethic Issues Associated with Employee Use of Social Networks

Authors

  • Gundars Kaupins Boise State University
  • Susan Park Boise State University

Keywords:

Human resources, social network, facebook, twitter, ethics, security, recruiting

Abstract

Social networking such as Facebook and Twitter can help employees enhance a company's marketing, recruiting, security, and safety. However, employees' use of social networking sites and employers' access of those sites can result in illegal and unethical behavior, such as discrimination and privacy invasions. Companies must gauge whether and how to reply upon employees' use of personal social networking sites and how much freedom employees should have in using networks inside and outside of the companies. This research sumarizes the latest legal and ethical isssues regarding employee use of social networks and provides recommended corporate policies.

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Published

2010-12-14

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010)

Section

ABR Journal Articles

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