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.
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.