Does Red Lion Have A Specific Policy Governing Employee Use Of Social Media

Posting Guidelines
Frequently Asked Questions about Social Media Posting
These FAQs were created to answer some of the most common general questions about company policies relating to blogging.
• Does Red Lion have a specific policy governing employee use of social media?
• Do I need to clear my posts before making them?
• Can I disclose confidential information when posting?
• How do I handle personal information?
• Can I post about our competitors?
• Can I post about my prior employer?
• Should I disclose my Red Lion affiliation?
• Can I solicit feedback?
• Can I offer technical assistance?
• Do I own my content?
• Can I use photos?
• Can I make commitments on behalf of the company?
• How do I respond if I’m contacted by the press?
• Do I

You should familiarize yourself with these policies before you begin using social media.
Finally, individual managers, teams, or divisions may develop their own specific policies about social media usage. It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with any such specific policies or requirements. You should also discuss your plans with your manager before beginning.
Q. Do I need to clear my posts before making them?
A. As a general rule, Red Lion does not review, edit, censor, or, obviously, endorse individual posts. You should “be smart” and, as an employee of the company, you should not only think about how your blog reflects on you as an individual, but also about how your blog affects Red Lion as a whole. How would it look on the front page of the New York Times? What would your manager or VP think? If you’re posting about another team’s product, what would they and their management think? Could a customer or partner make a wrong decision based on your posting? What would a competitor do with your posting? Using your public blog to gratuitously trash Red Lion, our products, partners or competitors reflects poorly on all of

As with all public communications, you should not disclose Red Lion confidential information unless there is a compelling business purpose and you have at least Director-level approval, pursuant to the Spectris Code of Business Ethics. You should not disclose confidential information of a customer, partner, vendor or other third party without consulting your division’s Director. In general, do not post any information, code, inventions, or other material that may be confidential to Red Lion or its customers, partners or vendors. Don’t post anything marked “Confidential,” “Proprietary,” or “Privileged” or material from any internal corporate emails, web pages or documents (including these FAQs). Be especially careful in talking about patents, software, antitrust law, or our legal strategies; or revealing anything related to Red Lion facilities, product release schedules, or other employees. Most importantly, to preserve Red Lion’s rights to protect its innovations through patents, do not disclose or describe any new features, functionalities, or innovations that have not been publicly disclosed or released without first checking with management or your division’s