My Reflective Summary on Ethics

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. If you have better ideas of how I can relate my previous post to the educational measure, please comment and let me know 🙂

Coming back to the ethical issues of social media, social media has blurred the private/public boundaries when individuals’ personal information and opinions enter the public domain (Business Ethics Briefing). Facebook is one of the common social networks that people expresses themselves However, did you know that there are people who are fired after expressing themselves on Facebook?  Read all of them here. Some of which are really surprising I must say.

After reading some of my classmates posts, I personally like what Evan has posted about the ethical issues from the education sector. He mentioned about the standard code of ethics which makes me think deeper about whether are we really being ethical on the internet when we voice out our opinions. This leads me to research more about the reasons why it is a must for organisation to instil a code of ethics if everyone knows what is right from what is wrong.  According to SmallBusiness.chron.com, the code of ethics helps to set the minimum standards for business owners, managers and employees to monitor when completing various business functions (Osmond).  It helps companies to improve business relationships, prohibit inappropriate behaviour, etc (Osmond).

In conclusion, I think the whole idea about being ethical on the social media is to be able to exercise self-control over our own emotions and being professional at what we do. Different countries may have different point of views due to its culture and environment aspects but what we post on the internet definitely speaks a lot about ourselves, won’t you agree?

Commented on Lingzi’s and Evan’s blogs.

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How Do You Behave On The Internet?

Credits: maristpoll.marist.edu

In a world where we have the freedom of speech and the control over our own social networks, it is very easy for us to fall into the pit hole of living in the world of itself. Therefore, it is of great importance for us to know some of the ethical issues that are raised by the social media.

In my post, I will be focusing on the ethical issues raised by the educational use of social media. One of the ethical issues that has gotten my attention is social bashing. According to Clickworker.com, social bashing refers to an abusive verbal attack via social media activity (Clickworker, 2014).

Does anyone here still remember the case of a 14-year-old Singaporean girl who has slapped her mother twice and posting in public? That is an example of social bashing. The picture below shows her post in 2011 and comments that comes in after.

Credits: newnation.sg

How will you react after reading this? Her post has cause an uproar in Singapore and was reported in the local newspapers, Lianhe Wanbao and The New Paper (Lim Bei Ling, 2011). If you are interested, you can refer to the rest of the story here.

So, coming back to the topic on ethical behaviour, it sure pays big when we simply act in a freedom of our own will. We may think that everything will be okay because it has been kept private. However, there will always be people watching over us even if we may not like their existence, e.g. hackers, cyberbullies, etc.

So what should we do then? The answer is simple, do not post anything that will put your online identity much less your reputation at risk. If you do not have something nice to say, don’t say it. You never know who will be out to backfire you at the other end. Also, you might just want to seek other people’s opinion on the issue that you are trying to address across to the other party before posting it up. It may be an extra mile that you are making but I believe it sure speaks well of your heart’s motives.

I know in my previous post, I mention about being real, but that should not give anyone the intention to put others down despite you may disagree with the other party’s view. The bottom line is, treat others like how you want to be treated (Public Relations Sydney Blog, 2014) be it in public or online.

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