Does Your Boss Let You Tweet

Whether you're updating your status or tweeting about your latest product, the language of business has changed. Businesses big and small are using social media to communicate outside their four walls.

But that scares some people. They fear unfettered, unmonitored communication involving their staff, their products, even company secrets.

Brian Uzzi with Northwestern University said, "Some employees may inadvertently leak some important information even when they don't want to. And it could propagate so quickly that it doesn't give the corporation a chance to manage people's impressions about that leaked information."

Already, the U.S. Marine Corps has banned the use of social media while on the job, citing security risks.

The NFL prohibits players, coaches and staff members from using Twitter and Facebook on game days at certain times.

On the other hand, some say clamping down too much on social media could possibly hurt a company.

"They could create a backlash from their own employees because it feels like employees are losing freedoms," said Uzzi.

Some social media experts suggest companies set some policies, get some training in place and let employees engage.

Uzzi said, "companies feel that this really is in fact a game changer, a time for a game change and they don't want to miss out on it."

They know this revolution will be tweeted with or without company consent.

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