Date:
To:
From:
Subject:
2-10-2009
All employees
Julia Wake
Protecting Webcor in the blogosphere
Our companys reputation is vital to our success. Our public image plays a key roll in our
relationships with current and potential customers, suppliers, lenders, government
agencies, and community groups. In addition, our strategic plans, financial plans, and
other confidential information need to be protected for not only legal but competitive
reasons as well. These two factors along with the need to ensure that company networks
are not used to transmit inappropriate materials lead to the company’s decision to begin
monitoring employee e-mail messages in 2002 and instant messages in 2004.
Trying to protect the company’s important resources, monitoring of employee blogs will
also begin on April 1. As with e-mail and IM, the intent here is not to “spy” on anyone or
discourage their conversations in the online community but rather to ensure that Webcor
maintains a positive culture internally and a positive reputation externally.
We also do not want to squelch legitimate and constructive criticism within the company.
If you do have a question or concern; I encourage you to speak with your immediate
supervisor. If that conversation does not yield satisfactory answers, please take advantage
of our “open-door” tradition to speak with any member of senior management.
If you have any questions about the blog monitoring effort, please fell free to e-mail me
or call me at extension 254.
Date:
To:
From:
Subject:
February 10, 2009
All employees
Julia Wake
Protecting Webcor in the Blogosphere
Our company’s reputation is vital to our success. Our public image plays a key role in our
relationships with current and potential customers, suppliers, lenders, government
agencies, and community groups. In addition, our strategic plans, financial plans, and
other confidential information need to be protected for not only legal but also competitive
reasons. These two factors, along with the need to ensure that company networks are not
used to transmit inappropriate materials, led to the company’s decision to begin
monitoring employee e-mail messages in 2002 and instant messages in 2004.
In the same spirit of protecting the company’s important resources, we will begin
monitoring employee blogs on April 1. As with e-mail and IM, the intent here is not to
“spy” on anyone or discourage conversations in the online community but rather to
ensure that Webcor maintains a positive culture internally and a positive reputation
externally.
We also do not want to squelch legitimate and constructive criticism within the company.
If you do have a question or concern, I encourage you to speak with your immediate
supervisor. If that conversation does not yield satisfactory answers, please take advantage
of our “open-door” tradition to speak with any member of senior management.
If you have any questions about the blog monitoring effort, please feel free to e-mail me
or call me at extension 254.