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PARTICIPATION IN EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS



40. General principle

40.1 Staff have a right to participate in political, religious or community organisations provided any conflict of interest that arises is adequately recognised and managed.

41. Political participation

41.1 Staff participating in party political activities must ensure that in the context of their employment they fulfil their primary duty as a public employee of serving the government of the day in an impartial and objective manner.

42. Use of communication devices

42.1 Limited private use of employer communication devices (eg computers, telephones, fax machines, e-mail, Internet, pagers but not mobile phones – see below) by the staff member is approved, provided the use is infrequent, brief and involves minimal cost, and does not interfere with the performance of work. Such use must not involve activities that might be questionable, controversial or offensive. This includes:

42.2 Staff receiving inappropriate material should notify the sender that the material is unacceptable to Globusz and state that they do not wish to receive it. In serious cases they should also report the incident to their supervisor or line manager.

42.3 These standards apply whenever employer owned or leased facilities or communication lines are used, even if accessed from home or other non-departmental locations, and even if using a private account.

42.4 Where a member of staff makes regular, costly, or extended use of an employer communication device they should reimburse Globsuz for the cost. Such use must be kept to a minimum during working hours.

42.5 In the case of mobile phones, it is the responsibility of the staff member to account for such personal usage in certifying the accounts, and paying for all personal usage.

42.6 Employer communication devices should not be used for the sending of nonbusiness related written material to any political organisation. Staff must not use employer communication devices for any private income generating purposes.

43. Intellectual property

42.1 Globusz controls and manages all copyright created by its staff while under the direction and control of Globusz.

43.2 Where Globusz has requested certain material to be prepared then copyright in that material will belong to Globusz.

43.3 Where staff develop material in their own time or during working hours, for their employment with Globusz, then copyright in that material will belong to Globusz.

43.4 Staff should not use Globusz copyright material for private purposes unless permission is granted for the use of Globusz copyright for such purposes

The permission should be sought from the CEO.




This document prepared: Monday, 07 April 2008

This document was adopted and implemented: Wednesday, 09 April 2008

Review and amendment date: 09 April 2009.





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