2015, Page 16

Starting on this post was challenging because the topic was so broad. There was many issues I wanted to share on this blog but I decided to go with Identity theft as I thought it was one of the more daunting concerns. Through my thorough research, I found many disheartening identity theft stories and learnt about the importance of being proactive. However, there are other unethical issues that has been covered by my peers that I think I should share on this blog too. Continue reading →

There are tons of ethical issues relevant to social media. I focused on Accuracy as I felt it was a very important aspect considering how much information we as consumers and part of a variety of audiences are presented with every day. I left comments on two classmates’ posts that had views on different specific issues. The first being on Sze Li’s blog post. She concentrated on how our personal information is no longer kept private and that privacy is important. Continue reading →

Image source: http://cdn2.business2community.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/social-media-business-ethics2sm13.jpg This topic, we would be talking about ethical issues that could possibly be raised by educational or business use of social media. We would be talking more on the business aspect of this question. Continue reading →

In my previous post, I mentioned about social media marketing potentially being an ethical issue. I discussed two cases about social media stars being paid to promote products.While my blog post talked about the bloggers and celebrities who do reviews on almost anything, Clinton's post focused on food bloggers. I am shock to know that ladyironchef has been paid SGD$3,800 to promote a restaurant for a food operator. Continue reading →

In my previous post, I mentioned about social media marketing potentially being an ethical issue. I discussed two cases about social media stars being paid to promote products.While my blog post talked about the bloggers and celebrities who do reviews on almost anything, Clinton's post focused on food bloggers. I am shock to know that ladyironchef has been paid SGD$3,800 to promote a restaurant for a food operator. Continue reading →

To many of us, social media is actually a place for everyone to have fun in meeting new people as well as to connect with all our old friends that we rarely meet. With the use of social media, we get to keep in touch and see the things that are happening to our friends. Being online, we can use another identity to chat with friends that we met online. Social media can be used as a outlet to vent our anger or express our happiness. However, our reputation online can be at risk as well. Continue reading →

(Image from: Google) It has come to our knowledge that the amount of our personal information social media companies possess goes deeper than we think, and with such keen interest on our private information, it has intrigued us to think what they would and could do with all these information. Out of 3 billion active internet users, 2.1 billion have accounts on the various social media platforms, more notably Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. Continue reading →

(Photo Source: nicolonelytraveler) In the recent years, we  have seen huge advancements and rapid changes in technology and mobile phones which in today’s standards, plays an indispensable part in our daily lives. When you’re on a subway, have you ever  looked around just how many people are looking down at their phones? What are they so absorbed in? Well, many things but the most addictive of all, social media. Continue reading →

Pro and cons of social media creates a love-hate relationship for social media in the workplace. Companies start to watch the employee’s usage of social media both inside and outside company. Organizations struggle to keep pace with the evolving technology and employers find it difficult to balance the competing interests of an employee’s privacy against the employer’s security [1]. Creating awareness for labor law of social media and social media regulations. Continue reading →

Everyone has a voice on social media.  People on social media feel like “mini celebrities” as they are aware that their actions and activities online are being closely followed. This catalyses confidence behind the screen of which many hide. Years ago, your complaint would only be noticed if you were public media. Now, if a consumer is dissatisfied with something, they now use social media as an outlet to complain and vent their frustration. Continue reading →