Employers given guidance on Facebook misconduct
Social networking guidance is being issued to nurses and midwives by their regulatory body following an increase in misconduct cases relating to online activities and ethical code breaches.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said it was publishing practical advice on responsible use of the internet – specifically Facebook – as there is “clearly confusion about privacy issues and the use of social networking sites.”
The guidance is also designed to give employers a steer on shaping policy related to staff internet activities inside and outside of work, and how to deal with internal disciplinary issues that arise from incidents occurring in the social media space.
The formation of advice for the UK’s 660,000 registered nurses and midwives follows an “influx of enquiries” and a series of misconduct cases centring on social networking sites, said the NMC.
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Remember the wife of the MI5 boss of UK (UK version of CIA). She posted photos of their holidays on facebook, for any enemy to come calling.
Well, in other words, if you do not get into trouble with facebook you will get an inferiority complex.