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Assignment 1 – Facebook Live Killings (Due:Week 4 - 280 points)

Assignment should be 4-5 pages

Read the article Cleveland Shooting Highlight’s Facebook’s Responsibility in Policing Depraved Videos found at: http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/cleveland-shooting-highlights-facebook-s-responsibility-policing-depraved-videos-n747306

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· Include the assignment title, your name, course title, your professor’s name, and the date of submission on a separate page

1.Discuss whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.

Foundation from reading Chapters 1 and 2 - Jennings, Marianne. (2018). Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment (11th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

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· Discuss the definition of Law.

· What is Legal Duty? Provide examples to illustrate your understanding. Rely upon cases presented in chapter reading that helps illustrate and explain concepts.

· What is Ethics? Should a company have ethical policies and standards?

· Discuss corporate responsibility. .

· Ultimate answer to question 1. Based on your discussion of the law, does Facebook have a legal or ethical duty or both to rescue a crime victim? Does Facebook have a legal or ethical duty to protect users from violent content, and prevent violent posts and live streams.

Please note: Your answer must be based on the law, not on your feeling, biases or sympathy.

2. Suggest and elaborate on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.

· Use research on Social Platforms proactive ways

· Identify the proactive way

· Explain how it works

· Here you can also highlight known cases of social media platforms being proactive in removing violent or inappropriate content from their site.

3. Propose two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.

· Suggest how social media platforms can use technology to prevent the broadcasting of acts of violence.

· Examine ways to flag inappropriate content.

· Discuss ways of discouraging users to broadcast inappropriate content.

· Look at hiring and training of a safeguard workforce.

· What safeguards does Facebook have in place?

4. Conduct some research to determine whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, discuss the key functions of these positions. If not, debate on

whether or not they should create these roles.

· Clearly state whether Facebook has an Ethics Committee or Oversight Committee that ensures content posted on the site adheres to Facebook’s community standards,

· Investigate whether Facebook has a workforce that monitors inappropriate content and activities.

· How does Facebook organize its workforce to reduce inappropriate content and activities?

· If Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee discuss the key functions of these positions?

· If Facebook does not have an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee, should they or shouldn't they create these roles?

5. Propose two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.

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· What practice and measures can Facebook use to prevent certain content and encourage ethical use of their platform.

· Examining the use of technology.

· Review the use of workforce.

· How will these changes work?

Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment.

Quality resources are course textbook, published books, academic journal articles, and expert report. Wikipedia is not accepted.

Reference page

1. Michael Harvey. 2013. The Nuts & Bolts of College Writing. p. 1. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=http://search. ebscohost.com/login.aspx

2. William R. Stanek. 2010. Storyboarding Techniques chapter in Effective Writing for Business, College and Life. http:// libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=359141&site=e ds-live&scope=site&ebv=EB&ppid=pp_23 3.

3. Zyad Hicham. 2017. Vocabulary Growth in College-Level Students’ Narrative Writing. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/ login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsdoj&AN=edsdoj.9b7fad40e529462bafe3a936 aaf81420&site=eds-live&scope=site

Please review how to cite your references. The following citation will not be accepted: citing a website only as: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona

Assignment 1 – Grading Rubric

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 280	Assignment 1: Facebook Live Killings
Criteria	Unacceptable  Below 70% F	Fair  70-79% C	Proficient  80-89% B	Exemplary  90-100% A
1. Discuss whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.  Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.	Partially discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.	Satisfactorily discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.	Thoroughly discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.
2. Suggest and elaborate on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.	Partially suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.	Satisfactorily suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.	Thoroughly suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.
3. Propose two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.	Partially proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.	Satisfactorily proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.	Thoroughly proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.
4. Conduct some research to determine whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, discuss the key functions of these positions. If not, debate on whether or not they should create these roles. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they did not submit or incompletely discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they did not submit or incompletely debated on whether or not they should create these roles.	Partially determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they partially discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they partially debated on whether or not they should create these roles.	Satisfactorily determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they satisfactorily discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they satisfactorily debated on whether or not they should create these roles.	Thoroughly determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they thoroughly discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they thoroughly debated on whether or not they should create these roles.
5. Propose two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.	Partially proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.	Satisfactorily proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.	Thoroughly proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.
6. 2 references  Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 6 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present

Suggestion on Dos and Don’ts

Dos.

· Start your Assignment early (Do not wait to start 48 hours before the Assignment is due).

· Remember to discuss, and elaborate in your paper.

· Discuss each question equally – for example do not write 2 pages for question 1, and 2 sentences for question 5.

· Your discussion should be based on your research of the law and facts.

· I recommend that you put headings in your paper, so that it is clear where the answers to each question starts and stops.

· Check your SafeAssign score.

· Ensure you submitted the correct paper.

· Use the help provided to you such as Grammarly and the online tutor.

· Review the frequently asked questions regarding assignments.

Don’ts

· Do not write an announcement in your paper, for example, “In this paper I will discuss whether or not I believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim. I will suggest and elaborate on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.” This may increase your SafeAssign score.

· Do not restate the facts of the Steve Stephens case in your paper. This may increase your SafeAssign score.

· Do not write about your personal experiences in your paper. Write about legal cases.

· Do not use irrelevant diagrams, charts or pictures in your paper.

Keep Clam and Good Luck!

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