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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Source information on the general impacts of social media.
   • Access and interpret information about the positive and negative impacts of social media.
   • Identify and evaluate the terms of service associated with social media platforms to identify requirements.
   • Determine how online harassment can occur via organisational sites and who may be targeted.
   • Determine how social media platforms share user information and identify impacts on users.
   • Evaluate ways to avoid negative impacts on users of organisational social media sites.
2. Comply with industry and organisational ethical and professional codes of conduct for online activities.
   • Identify industry codes of conduct, objectives and scope, and seek advice from relevant personnel on applicability to organisation.
   • Identify organisational online code of conduct, objectives and scope, and determine applicability to own job role.
   • Evaluate contents of codes of conduct and significance to own personal and work based online behaviours and communications.
   • Clarify content and compliance requirements of codes with relevant personnel.
   • Act according to professional values and principles outlined in codes, seeking advice when difficulties arise.
3. Maintain personal online presence consistent with organisational standards.
   • Determine differences between organisational and personal online presence.
   • Clearly differentiate between representing self and organisation during online activities.
   • Review and ensure personal online posts and activities do not damage reputation of organisation and those associated with it.
4. Protect customer privacy and maintain confidentiality of organisational information.
   • Access and interpret information on privacy regulations and scope of requirements.
   • Identify and interpret organisational privacy policies and procedures and determine applicability to own job role.
   • Collect, use, maintain and protect information provided by customers and others, according to privacy regulations and organisational policies and procedures.
   • Obtain and comply with permissions to publish images and text representing others.
   • Maintain confidentiality of sensitive organisational information and confirm information that can be released before publishing.
5. Source information on copyright.
   • Access and interpret information on copyright to determine what is and what is not protected by copyright.
   • Identify copyright owner’s exclusive rights to materials.
   • Determine permissions required to use copyright materials and how to obtain these.
6. Engage professionally with customers online.
   • Communicate with customers in a timely, professional and positive manner to enhance organisational reputation.
   • Respond to negative and potentially defamatory comments, complaints and conflicts sensitively, courteously and respectfully.
   • Minimise risk to self and organisational reputation by escalating conflict to relevant personnel.