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family member should be a last resort communication approach and be approved
in advance by a Department Manager.
Inappropriate Communications: The Company Internet and electronic
communications access may not be used for transmitting, retrieving or storing any
communications of a defamatory, discriminatory, abusive, profane, or harassing
nature, or materials that are obscene or X-rated. This includes messages
transmitted to and/or from cellular phones. No messages with derogatory or
inflammatory remarks about an individualÊs race, age, disability, religion, national
origin, physical attributes, or sexual preference shall be transmitted. Harassment
of any kind is prohibited.
Any illegal activities – including piracy, software cracking, extortion, blackmail,
copyright infringement, and unauthorized access to any computers on the Internet
or e-mail – are forbidden.
Employees will receive and be required to sign the electronically generated
„HHHunt Computer Usage Policy and Agreement‰ acknowledging receipt,
understanding, and acceptance of the policy before being assigned a USERID and
PASSWORD.
SOCIAL NETWORKING
The Company takes no position on your decision to start or maintain a blog or
participate in other social networking activities.
However, it is the right and duty of the Company to protect itself from the
unauthorized disclosure of confidential and proprietary business information and
trade secrets. Confidential and proprietary business information and trade
secrets include resident information, operating plans and budgets, strategic
business plans, Company systems and processes, and other similar types of
sensitive business information.
The Company respects the right of employees to use blogs and social
networking sites and does not want to discourage employees from self-
publishing and self-expression. The Company does not discriminate against
employees who use these mediums for personal interests and affiliations or
other lawful purposes.
Bloggers and commenters are personally responsible for their commentary on
blogs and social networking sites. Bloggers and commenters can be held
personally liable for commentary that is considered defamatory, obscene,
proprietary, or libelous by any offended party, not just the Company.
Employees are cautioned that they should have no expectation of privacy while
using the Internet. Your postings can be reviewed by anyone, including HHHunt.
HHHunt reserves the right to monitor comments or discussions about the
Company, its employees, residents, and the industry posted by anyone, including
employees and non-employees, on the Internet. HHHunt may use blog-search
tools and software to monitor forums such as blogs and other types of personal