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Humanunity.org Blog Guidelines
Humanunity.org believes in fostering a thriving online community and supports blogging as a valuable component of shared media. The Humanunity.org Blog Guidelines have been developed for Humanunity.org who maintain personal blogs that contain postings about Humanunity.org’s content. They are also applicable to members who post about the company on the blogs of others. The guidelines outline the legal implications of blogging about the organization and also include recommended best
practices to consider when posting to Humanunity.org.
LEGAL PARAMETERS: The following two bullets cover your legal responsibilities
and non-disclosure obligations. Failure to abide by these two guidelines can result in
serious ramifications for individual bloggers and/or individuals who post on the blogs of
others.
Legal Liability
1. When you choose to go public with your opinions via a blog, you are legally
responsible for your commentary. Individual bloggers can be held personally
liable for any commentary deemed to be defamatory, obscene (not swear words,
but rather the legal definition of “obscene”), proprietary, or libelous (whether
pertaining to Humanunity.org, individuals, or any other company for that matter). For these reasons, bloggers should exercise caution with regards to exaggeration, colorful
language, guesswork, obscenity, copyrighted materials, legal conclusions, and
derogatory remarks or characterizations. In essence, you blog (or post on the
blogs of others) at your own risk. Outside parties actually can pursue legal action
against you (not Humanunity.org) for postings.
Company Privileged Information
2. Any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information is obviously off-limits
for your blog. The Humanunity.org logo and trademarks are also off-limits per our brand guidelines. Anything related to Humanunity.org policy, inventions, strategy, financials, products, etc. that has not been made public cannot appear in your blog under any
circumstances. Disclosing confidential or proprietary information can negatively impact our business and may result in regulatory violations for the organization.
Press Inquiries
3. Blog postings may generate media coverage. If a member of the media contacts
you about a Humanunity.org-related blog posting or requests Humanunity.org! information of any kind, contact humanunity@humanunity.org. You should also
reach out for PR for clarification on whether specific information has been
publicly disclosed before you blog about it.
BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES: These four recommendations provide a roadmap
for constructive, respectful, and productive dialogue between bloggers and their fellow
Humanunity.org members. These are not “rules” and thus they can’t be broken. There is no hidden meaning or agenda. We consider these to be “best practices guidelines” that are in the spirit of our culture and the best interest of all within our organization, whether they blog or not. We encourage Humanunity.org members to follow these guidelines, but it is not mandatory to do so. It’s your choice. We really mean that.
Be Respectful of Your Colleagues
1. Be thoughtful and accurate in your posts, and be respectful of how other Humanunity.org members may be affected.
Get Your Facts Straight
2. As a Humanunity.org member with intranet access, you have the opportunity to contact other members. To ensure you are not misrepresenting your fellow
Humanunity.org members or their work, consider reaching out to a member of the relevant team before posting. This courtesy will help you provide your readers with accurate insights, especially when you are blogging outside your area of expertise. If there is someone at Humanunity.org who knows more about the topic than you, check with them to make sure you have your facts straight.
Provide Context to Your Argument
3. Please be sure to provide enough support in your posting to help Humanunity.org users
understand your reasoning, be it positive or negative. We appreciate the value of
multiple perspectives, so help us to understand yours by providing context to your
opinion. Whether you are posting in praise or criticism of Humanunity.org, you are
encouraged to develop a thoughtful argument that extends well beyond “(insert) is
cool” or “(insert) sucks”.
Engage in Private Feedback:
4. Not everyone who is reading your blog will feel comfortable approaching you if
they are concerned their feedback will become public. In order to maintain an
open dialogue that everyone can comfortably engage in, Humanunity.org bloggers are
asked to welcome “off-blog” feedback from their colleagues who would like to
privately respond, make suggestions, or report errors without having their
comments appear your blog. Bloggers want to know what you think. If you have
an opinion, correction or criticism regarding a posting, reach out for the blogger
directly. Whether privately or on their blog, let the blogger know your thoughts.
Language:
5. Any use of profanity is strictly prohibited as well as the use of name calling or slanderous remarks. Bear in mind that as a blogger on humanunityblog.org, you are held responsible for all comments you make on this blog. Although all comments are Humanunityblog.org and humanunity.org as part of the World Public Forum are not liable for comments made by users on this forum.