Privacy & Ethics in Social Media. Facebook Etiquette. Ta ansvar. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. The Legal Ethics of Friending on Facebook. The Moral Benefits of Facebook. Amusingly, you can find students staring and staring at photos on the library computers- and they are photos of themselves.
The pics are being evaluated, I presume, for the standards of Facebook publication. Yet this " narcissism " isn't begot by offerings such as Facebook, is it? I recall seeing a pretty girl in high school studying her own small picture in the (print) year book for an entire class hour. In a recent essay titled "Hiding Behind the Screen", philosopher Roger Scruton carefully thinks through how we should conceptualize "the ease with which images of other people can be summoned to the screen to become the objects of emotional attention.
" It is a very thorough and thoughtful reflection on our use of the internet today. A pro? I'm not so sure Scruton is right to worry about this in regard to social media. And then time passed. For me, at least, and the friends I have, it used to be that if an old classmate or acquaintance was mentioned, "oh, how is old so- and-so? " The Face of Today's Independent Worker : The World. Contractors, freelancers, sole proprietors and other "cubicle fugitives" are becoming more and more common in today's economy. October 04, 2012 Having your own business was once a rarity. I remember when I first took the leap. I’d go to a party and tell people what I did, and oohs and ahs would ensue. The admiration bestowed on me then was similar to that of a movie star or a neurosurgeon. Today, they’re not just imagining it.
MBO Partners, an advisor to organizations who want to efficiently manage their contingent workforces, recently released its second State of Independence in America study and the results of its first Independent Workforce Index. Most interestingly, though, the research tells us a great deal about the face of the independent worker–defined as people who work at least 15 hours or more per week in non-traditional, non-permanent, full- or part-time employment–in 2012. Age Matters. Why You Must Not Block Employees from Social Networks : Managing. Think your workers are just wasting company time cruising Facebook and Twitter?
Think again. Gen Y workers need access to social media 24/7. October 04, 2012 Companies of all sizes still fear social media, yet it can serve as a major recruiting tool to attract Generation Y employees. Ten years from now, companies who aren't enabling social networks in the workplace will be deemed irrelevant and their Gen Y talent pool will suffer as a result. A new survey on workplace Web access by OfficeTeam reports that 53 percent of employees say their company doesn't block social networking sites. Many companies still don't understand that if you ban social media use in the workplace, Gen Y won't want to work for you. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Dan Schawbel is a Gen Y career expert and the founder of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting company. Photo: Getty Images. Business ethics. Business ethics (also corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment.
It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations.[1] History[edit] Business ethical norms reflect the norms of each historical period. As time passes norms evolve, causing accepted behaviors to become objectionable. Business ethics and the resulting behavior evolved as well. The term 'business ethics' came into common use in the United States in the early 1970s. Firms started highlighting their ethical stature in the late 1980s and early 1990s, possibly trying to distance themselves from the business scandals of the day, such as the savings and loan crisis. Overview[edit] Business ethics reflects the philosophy of business, one of whose aims is to determine the fundamental purposes of a company. Functional business areas[edit]
Ethics and Social Media: Where Should You Draw The Line? This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
As social media usage continues to rise, it’s only natural that statistic correlations will be made about the individuals who use the medium. This isn’t a bad thing; it’s common to deep-dive into demographic information and behavioral data. While there will always be exceptions to the "correlations" that emerge from such data, universal truths about social networking usage and user behavior can be valuable. The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) is the oldest non-profit organization in the U.S. dedicated to independent research and advancement of high ethical standards and practices in both public and private institutions. Since 1994, the ERC has produced the National Business Ethics Survey (NBES), available for free to the public, to gather information about employees’ perspectives of ethics in the workplace. Kränkt.se.