Managing the risks of using Social Media

2015

Protect your business from the legal and reputational risks of employees using social media with Law-Now e-learning

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Protect your business and your people from the risks of social media

As the lines blur between work and social life, and the physical and digital worlds, it is becoming increasingly important for employers and employees to know what they can and cannot do with social media.

Hardly a day goes by without another incident of social media fallout being reported in the press. These social media mistakes can affect the public image of a company – or cause an individual to be reprimanded or fired.

As an employer it’s vital to understand how the use of personal social media accounts, both in and out of the workplace, has wide-ranging implications for HR and legal departments, as both the employee and employer can fall foul of the law.

So what can you do to reduce your liability?There needs to be clear communication between your organisation and your workforce about how your employees should behave on social networks.

Law Now has developed the Managing the risks of using Social Media e-learning course to mitigate the potential damage to you – and your employees.

Our research has shown that problems can arise in a selection of areas:

— Privacy and confidentiality — Reputation management — Defamation — Harassment and bullying — Client confidentiality — Protection of information

Law Now’s Managing the risks of using Social Media e-learning course covers all these areas, and more, to help your employees learn how to use social media responsibly, both in and out of the workplace.

It is fully customisable to include your organisation’s own social media policy, alongside the most up-to-date legal expertise from one of the UK’s largest law firms.

E-learning by Law-Now™

This course is designed to: — Identify the main risks associated with the use

and misuse of social media in the workplace — Outline the specific strategies and processes

that your organisation has in place to help reduce the risks associated with social media use and misuse

— Provide tips and advice on the responsible use of social media

— Form part of an overarching policy and approach to ethical behavior in the workplace

Benefits of Law-Now Social Media e-learning: — Reduce the potential for legal liability by educating your employees in corporate and

legal protocol — Communicate the same content and training experience to all employees regardless of position

or location — Mitigate the risk of employees not being aware of your current social media policy

and guidelines — Required modules can be mandatory to ensure key messages get through — Fully customisable to your organisation’s policy, guidelines, branding and tone — SCORM 1.2 compliant for easy addition to your existing LMS

Law Now provides e-learning training courses for some of the biggest companies in the world. Each course is devised and written by CMS experts together with leading consultants in the industry.

Contact us today for further information or to arrange a meeting to discuss your business needs.

Adam MoodieDirector, Law-NowT +44 (0)20 7367 2905 E adam.moodie@cms-cmck.com

Kajal KaviaE-learning ManagerT +44 (0)20 7367 3209 E kajal.kavia@cms-cmck.com

www.cms-lawnow.com/elearning

CMS Cameron McKenna LLPCannon Place78 Cannon StreetLondon EC4N 6HL

T +44 (0)20 7367 3000F +44 (0)20 7367 2000

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