Guidelines When Engaging in Social Media 1. Follow Midwest Fastener Corp.’s Code of Conduct and all applicable policies and laws. All employees are subject to the Code of Conduct and are responsible for upholding Midwest Fastener Corp.’s reputation for the integrity of its products in all online activities, whether internal or external. 2. Avoid posting statements that reasonably could be viewed as malicious, obscene, threatening, or intimidating, that disparage other people, or that might constitute harassment or bullying. Examples of such conduct might include offensive posts meant to intentionally harm someone’s reputation or posts contributing to a hostile work environment based on race, sex, disability, religion or any other status protected by law or Company policy. 3. Personal social media activities should not interfere with Midwest Fastener Corp.’s work responsibilities and should not be conducted using your Midwest Fastener Corp. email account. 4. Prior management approval is required for the following: • Responding to a business or consumer post or communication regarding Midwest Fastener Corp. products. • Downloading or installing software or other files from social media sites on Midwest Fastener Corp.’s equipment or networks. • Reposting information from other sites. 5. Midwest Fastener Corp.’s protection, as well as the protection of the employee(s), it is critical to show proper respect for the laws governing copyright, fair use of copyrighted material owned by others, trademarks and other intellectual property, including Midwest Fastener Corp.’s own logos, tagline, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property.
6. Employees are not authorized to act on behalf of Midwest Fastener Corp. without prior approval, make sure to indicate in any Midwest Fastener Corp.-related post the views expressed are personal views and not those of Midwest Fastener Corp. 7. Midwest Fastener Corp. employees should avoid making claims or personal testimonials about the Company’s products or competitors’ products. Employees should immediately report any allegations of adverse effects involving Midwest Fastener Corp. products once they become aware of allegations to human resources and/or management. 8. Do not discuss or disclose legal proceedings associated with Midwest Fastener Corp.’s products and business lines, attorney-client privileged information, the Company’s trade secrets, or any other Company confidential or proprietary information. Trade secrets may include information regarding the development of systems, processes, products, know-how and technology. Do not post internal reports, policies, procedures or other internal business-related confidential communications. Respect financial disclosure laws and do not disclose Company financial information or provide information that may constitute insider trading. Also, do not use Midwest Fastener Corp.'s assigned username and password for an external social media site. 9. Managers and executives of Midwest Fastener Corp. are prohibited from posting reference information (positive or negative) on current or former employees. Managers and executives must take special care when posting to social media sites (i.e., a reference on LinkedIn) related to current or former employees since, due to the nature of their positions, personal postings may be interpreted as the views and options of Midwest Fastener Corp., even when disclaimer language is used.
If there are questions about the proper use of Midwest Fastener’s intellectual property, contact management.
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