Topic 4- Reflective Summary
In this weeks post, I chose to discuss ethical issues in which social media usage causes in the workplace. This was rather interesting as I learnt many new facts and explored ways in which the issue of increasing social media usage in organisations could be closely regulated. Aaaliyu made an interesting point when he commented on my post regarding companies perhaps finding procedures/steps (such as the ones I recommended) costly or in fact unnecessary. I don’t completely agree that these costs are detrimental to a company’s operations- lets recall that the time consuming usage of social media in the workplace has cost the American economy alone $650 billion annually. Therefore I must again mention that short-run costs yield long-term benefits, meaning a workplace will certainly profit from procedures put in place. The only way these steps may be seen as unnecessary is if a company isn’t affected by social media usage (e.g. small companies).
I came across a colleagues post (Francesca), which was particularly interesting as it highlighted the ethical issue of “catfishing” in which social media usage can cause (namely Facebook). Though Francesca’s post is completely different to my own, steering more towards personal usage of social media (as suppose to in the workplace or school), this overall topic shows how broad social media and the ethical issues associated. I was therefore able to learn that if you are an active social media user, you may be affected whether or not you’re aware. I for instance, could unknowingly have my picture stolen to be used under a different name, which is the basis of “catfishing”. This of course is wrong and unfortunately there seems to be no real solution. The MTV series Catfish still continues and is on its 4th season. This topic has certainly provided the most variety of posts; bring on the next topic! Thanks for reading.
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