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At Reliant, we understand that social media can be a meaningful way to connect with others. The online environment is based on communications and relationships — rich soil for Gospel work and related ministry such as Ministry Team Development (MTD).

However, the use of using social media also presents certain challenges and carries with it certain responsibilities. What we say and do reflects not only on ourselves but also on our families, partner churches and ministries, Reliant, and Jesus Christ. These guidelines are established to assist you in using good judgment and in making responsible decisions about your social media and other online activities.

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For the purposes of the current version of these guidelines, social media includes all means of communicating or posting information or content of any sort on the Internet. This includes posting to your own or someone else's blog, journal or diary, personal website, social networking or affinity website, web bulletin board, or a chat room, whether or not associated or affiliated with Reliant, as well as any other form of electronic communication.

The same principles and guidelines found within Reliant’s various policies, standards , and the Code of Conduct apply to your online activities. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for what you communicate online; accordingly, before creating such content, consider the positive and negative consequences that may be involved.

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Carefully read these guidelines, Reliant's Code of Conduct, the Political Expression and Activity, and the Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Policy to ensure that your communications are consistent with those policies. Inappropriate communications that include discriminatory remarks, harassment, threats of violence, and/or similar inappropriate or unlawful conduct will not be tolerated and will subject you to disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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Avoid using statements, photographs, videos, or audio that reasonably could be viewed as malicious, obscene, threatening, defamatory, or intimidating, that disparage disparages others, or that might constitute harassment or bullying. Examples of such conduct might include offensive posts meant to intentionally harm someone's reputation or posts that could contribute to a hostile work environment on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, or any other status protected by law or Reliant policy.

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Make sure you are always honest and accurate when communicating information or news, and if you make a mistake, correct it quickly. Be open about any previous posts you have altered. Remember that the Internet archives almost everything; therefore, even deleted postings can be searched. Never post any information that you know to be false about Reliant, your partner church or ministry, or any individuals employed by or volunteering on behalf of these organizations. Avoid posting rumors.

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