I have decided to separate my Madness from my Business. Therefore, the original contents of this post may now be found at Badsah 2.0: A Blog About Social Media. More specifically: http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/badsah2.0/2008/11/13/online-communities-and-company-policies .
[Post moved] Online Communities and Company Policies
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Hi,
The general opinion is that internal communities should be covered by existing company policies. They should be written to address behavior and not the method. The same behavior should generate the same response whether I use email, telephone, blog, etc. As part of joining a company, you agree to the policies.
It would be interesting to find out if the discussion around policies is really about the fear of what people will say and do given. The fact that the policy folks overlook is the power of the community to self regulate.