2014, Page 11

                                             Credits: Netanimations (My reflective summary) Out of the 4 topics we have done so far, I particularly found Topic 4 the most challenging one. Social media was recognized as a temporary yet powerful fad but it was clear that if used irresponsibly it would have significant backlash. Continue reading →

I wrote a post on ethical issues raised by educational use of social media and I realised that most of my classmates wrote about the businesses use so I will do a summary based on both. REPUTATION. This is very important. In terms of education and even for businesses, the Internet is the access to anything and by uploading anything negative, reputation is at stake. For schools, teachers and students are the representatives and their actions online determine the reputation of the school. Continue reading →

Unethical behaviors on social media can divides into several different kind, like paid tweets, impersonate other people, employees posting affects company’s image and so on. Paid tweets need to consider the person’s motivation behind it, some companies hire people to act as customers to tweet, some celebrities help build new brand awareness. Identity thefts like to impersonate others, we can mark these account red flag and report them. Continue reading →

Image by whisper-star. Social media is so powerful that it could be both beneficial and harmful to business and educational practices. My course mates and I had provided our own insights by looking into the ethical issues it caused. In my opinion, the most meaningful learning arose when Charmaine questioned me for a standard method to be taken by an institution when the employees behaved negatively online. Continue reading →

Photo Credits: movemequotes I think when it comes to selling a product or service, there are plenty of marketing approaches to choose from. Some people uphold the highest standards of honesty and integrity while others will say or do absolutely anything to make the sale or attract eyeballs. Continue reading →

Short Summary of the Ethical Issues Raised I have created a Prezi Slides to show an overview about Topic 4 since there are so many interesting issues that one can talk about! Click here to take a look! It was enjoyable to read about different issues blogged by my peers. Continue reading →

Honestly speaking, in regards to my previous post, I think I have written out of scope because I could not specify more and relate social bashing towards the educational ethic measure. Continue reading →

The ethical issues that were discussed by my peers covered a broad spectrum of the topic. As we diverged our thoughts in two different perspectives mainly education and business use of social media, it was clear this subject was a divulgence of the ethical aspect of the “medium” that we are exposed to every single day. As I took on a business perspective of the subject, I was intrigued by some of the insightful thoughts of my peers. Continue reading →

Initially, social media platforms were created with the idea of providing a place for one to voice their opinions and ideas on the web. However, in today’s world, these platforms are not just purely for one to share their opinions and ideas. Many start to abuse the uses like posting negative comments on the web which affects the reputation of an individual or even a company. Continue reading →

This topic by far has been the most challenging one due to the many areas that can be potentially discussed as well as the challenge of identifying what is ethically right or wrong. Continue reading →