Armonk, N.Y. - With corporate employees using online virtual worlds such as "Second Life" to actually conduct business, IBM has issued basic rules of conduct governing appropriate behavior online, the Associated Press reported. Through their avatars, or online characters, individuals have begun to conduct meetings and demonstrate product ideas, according to the report. Among the rules issued by IBM to its employees that use online world's for business: "Don't discuss intellectual property with unauthorized people. Don't discriminate or harass… Be a good 3D Netizen." The company does not have an avatar dress code, the report said.

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