Topic 4 2016, Page 4

As the title suggests, this post is a follow up from my previous entry which talks about Identity Theft. If you haven’t read it you can read it here. Ethical issues consist of a broad range of problems and Identity Theft is merely one of them. Being aware of such issues allows individuals to be better protected against them, thus here’s two other problems summarized from Brenden and Jeremiah. Continue reading →

(Source: ILM) Everyone will go through an ethical dilemma between an apparent mental conflict moral imperatives before they reach a decision to be ethical or not in that specific issue. As much as social media has its perks for being engaging, interactive and easily accessible any where, the downfalls of it can be severe, leading to unethical methods through educational or business usage. Continue reading →

As social media is now widely used by people around the world, and with technology ever evolving, businesses and education are jumping on the bandwagon, mining on the ‘gold’ of social media. Inevitably, ethical issues arise. The below shows some of the ethical issues raised by the class: (Image: Information summarised from classmates blog posts, own graphics, 2016) Business and Social Media Ethical Issues There are several ethical business issues with regards to the use of social media. Continue reading →

Created by Julaina via Piktochart. Information via Teresa’s Powtoon Ethical issues can come in many forms. After reading Teresa’s post, I learned a new term called Astroturfing. There are many other categories that falls under Astroturfing as seen above. From my post, I believe it can be categorised under “fake blogging” as the company wanted to hide important and relevant information from its consumers. Continue reading →

The blogs written by my peers explored the different ethical issues in both business and educational perspectives. Business Context In Topic 3, I talked about how social hiring is turning into a norm. I learned from Norman that discrimination existed through e-screening. Unobtainable information (political views and interests etc) can be extracted from social profiles that somewhat affect employers’ decisions. Continue reading →

Good afternoon! Today’s post will summarize what I have learnt about ethical issues and how it is related to other topics. Social media has the capacity to amuse, inspire and to mobilize support, giving a voice to excluded and powerless people. However, gossip, arguments and abuse are some pitfalls. The questions still remains; what is the balance between the right to free speech and the limits of abuse? (The Guardian) This leads to an important issue of online ethics. Continue reading →

At the start of the topic. I thought that infringing our privacy via social media was the most unethical thing businesses were doing. However, upon reading my friend’s blogs. They brought up many valid points that have soon made me realise otherwise. In Klarissa’s blog, she mentioned the use of user generated content (UGC). There have been cases where organisations exploit the use of UGC whereby they do not give credit to the original creator. Continue reading →

Credit: Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary There are many ways a company can make use of social media to facilitate their business. Nonetheless, not every method is ethical. Social media marketing, as I mentioned in my previous post, is only ethical if the review is truthful and when the influencers make it known that they are sponsored. However, this is not the only rule when it comes to the game of social media for businesses. Continue reading →

[ SOURCE : Image by me] This topic on social media ethics was an eye opener! Never did I imagine the number of problems that can arise from unethical use of social media. With the ease and effectiveness of social media, many companies have adopt social media marketing. However, are they doing it right? After reading various blog posts from my classmates, I was able to garner more insights on social media ethics. Klarissa mentioned User Generated Content (UGC) in her post. Continue reading →

(Credits: Localseopackage) After reading some of my friend’s blog on topic 4, I realized that they are actually a lot of ethical issues raised by the use of social media, for business as well as for educational purposes. Social media entices people to post personal information online, however we are in control of the information we want to post and we should be responsible of any consequences. That being said, data sharing is inevitable. Continue reading →