| Content
(1) Soapbox may not be used for purposes that are contrary to Digital
Company philosphy or policy, for purposes that interfere or compete
with the Company's business activities, or for purposes of individual
financial gain.
Examples of misuse include, but are not limited to, transmitting sexual
or ethnic jokes or slurs, soliciting other employees, developing chain
letters, making defamatory statements, disclosing private facts about any
individual or organization, inappropriate disclosure of Company Proprietary
or Confidential Information, permitting unauthorized access, etc.
(2) SOAPBOX may not be used to harass or abuse others. Harassment
occurs when someone takes offense with some statement, asks for it
to stop, and the act is not stopped. Offensive statements are not
statements that one may disagree with but statements with the intent
of provoking anger, persistent insulting language, or ridicule.
(3) SOAPBOX must not be used to discuss matters that could provide the
basis for a legal action against a corporation or person, other than
a public figure, or that could affect the outcome of a pending legal
action. SOAPBOX must not be used to advocate or organize criminal
behavior, or compromise the personal integrity of Digital employees.
Discussion of public facts in legal cases regarding public figures who
are not Digital employees is permitted.
(4) Digital policy is clear that neither obscenity nor "fighting words"
are permitted in SOAPBOX. This includes, but is not limited to,
vulgar terms for private body parts, sexual activities, excrement,
excertory functions, and ancestry. Substitution of one or more letters
in a recognizable obscenity by a non-alphabetic character will not
be allowed.
Terms such as PO'd, BS, SOB, and FUBAR, that are derived from
obscenities but have passed into the general vocabulary, as well as
comic-book oaths composed solely of non-alphabetic characters, will be
allowed in general discussion (but not as a characterization of a Digital
employee or employees, whether explicitly named or not).
Within this overriding context, otherwise inappropriate language will
be allowed on a case-by-case basis in accurate quotation of public
(non-Dec) figures where the quotation is directly relevant to the sense
of the posting. In such case, the words must be properly spelled and
not "masked" using non-alphabetic characters.
At the discretion of the moderators (or after complaint), such notes
may be returned with the instructions that they be reposted with
objectionable words replaced by a neutral term such as "barnyard epithet."
(5) Notes which, in the judgment of the moderators, are disruptive of
the conference or the purpose of the conference are prohibited. This
includes, but is not limited to, cryptic, encoded, null, or
incomprehensible notes; notes intended to "test the limits;" or
notes that appear to be feuds between participants.
(6) Notes which contain detailed discussion of sexual matters or
practices are prohibited.
(7) To ensure that all employees are guaranteed access to SOAPBOX,
read-only notes will only be used for administrative purposes or
as a repository for reference material. The moderators will be
responsible for all read-only notes.
|
| Adjudication
(1) If a note has been set hidden or deleted by the moderators, the author
of the note must comply with this decision and may not repost the note,
either in its original form, or in a substantially similar version without
specific, written, permission from the moderators.
(2) If a participant disagrees with any decision of the moderators, the
problem must be resolved outside the conference, either by communication
with the moderators, or by methods outlined in Digital Policies and
Procedures, especially the Open Door Policy (Policy 6.02)
(3) No "rights" exist for a specific note to appear in SOAPBOX, or for
a participant to enter a specific note in SOAPBOX.
|