Use of Technology Code of Conduct
The YMCA strongly encourages employees and volunteers to refrain from electronic communication and/or social media use with participants. However, if these interactions are part of programming or otherwise unavoidable, the YMCA requires that staff and volunteers:
- Prohibit comments that are, or could be construed by any observer to be, harsh, coercive, threatening, intimidating, shaming, derogatory, demeaning, or humiliating.
- Prohibit sexually oriented conversations or discussions about sexual activities.
- Prohibit private messages between employees and volunteers and consumers.
- Prohibit posting inappropriate pictures or inappropriate comments on pictures.
- Prohibit accessing, displaying, production, and distribution of pornographic/sexually oriented materials.
The YMCA monitors our social media pages and removes any posts that violate the organization’s policies for appropriate behavior. The YMCA will inform parents/guardians of any such prohibited posts or online behavior. We highly encourage employees and volunteers to have “private” profiles so that consumers do not have access to their private information.