Background
Blogging is the practice of posting weblogs (blogs) to the Internet. This policy is meant to provide guidelines and the scope of this policy includes Danbury Health System workforce members and medical staff. Danbury Health Systems respects an employee’s right to use blogs as a medium of self-expression.
Policy
- Personal blogging is not a business-related activity and should be done during personal (non-work) time only.
- Company-sponsored blogging may only be done after express authorization of Public Relations / Marketing.
- In the event that you participate in personal blogging, the following applies:
- You are personally responsible for your posts.
- If you publish a blog or post to a blog and it has something to do with the work you do, or with subjects relating to the Danbury Health Systems, you must make it clear that the views expressed in the blog are solely your personal views and do not necessarily represent the views of Danbury Health Systems.
- Respect copyright, fair use and financial disclosure laws.
- Do not disclose confidential or proprietary Danbury Health System information. Consult the company’s confidentiality policy for guidance about what constitutes confidential information.
- Do not cite or reference business associates or coworkers without their approval.
- Ask your manager if you have any questions about what is appropriate to include in your blog.
- Since your site is a public space, we require that you will be respectful to the company, our employees, our customers, our partners and affiliates, and others (including our competitors).
- You may not provide a link from your site to the company’s website without express written permission from Public Relations / Marketing.
- If you have any questions about these guidelines or any matter related to your site that these guidelines do not address, please direct them to the organization's Compliance Officer, Chief Information Officer, or Vice President of Planning and Marketing, as appropriate.
- Internet postings that are authorized by Danbury Health Systems must comply with the Information Technology Group – Internet Standards policy.
Compliance
Failure to comply with this policy will result in corrective or disciplinary action including, where appropriate, employment termination and legal recourse.