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STEP IV: CASE STUDY & FINAL PAPER

A. Based on the analysis in Step III, choose which theory best applies to this situation. Add any arguments justifying your choice of these ethical principles to support your decision.

Consequentialism (Utilitarian) Theory Deontology Theory Kant’s Categorical Imperative Principle Social Contract Theory Virtue Ethics Theory

NAME THE THEORY HERE: Deontology Theory

B. Explain your choice above: THIS AREA SHOULD BE 4-7 sentences or roughly 100-200 words.

Deontology is an approach to Ethics that focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves I choose this because ethical actions based on normative theories can be effective in developing better privacy practices for organizations. A business should be able to admit to making a mistake. This is especially important to shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders. It is important for businesses to operate with transparency. Consumers need to be able to trust what businesses present to them.

C. Your decision: What would you do? Why? List the specific steps needed to implement your defensible ethical decision. THIS AREA SHOULD BE 2 OR MORE PARAGRAPHS (250-350 words).

Deontology is a theory of ethics that suggests that actions can either be bad or good when judged based on a clear set of rules. So what I would do is set these rules in place. Businesses/companies should uphold the ethical standard of respect. People personal data shouldn’t be treated as ends rather than means. Companies should keep personal data about their customers/users and should be expected to keep this information private out of respect for these individual’s privacy.

Another rule, Businesses/companies should uphold complete transparency. This builds not only trust, but help builds a relationship with the users/customers. And if they don’t enclosed information the company’s actions would be considered unethical and wrong. Another rule is that there should always be accountability. A business/company should always be able to admit to making a mistake. This is especially important to shareholders, and stakeholders. They should be able to own up to missteps even when this could have serious consequences. With these rules emplaced it would be more ethical.

D. What longer-term changes (i.e., political, legal, societal, organizational) would help prevent your defined dilemma in the future? THIS AREA SHOULD BE 2 OR MORE PARAGRAPHS (250-350 words).

My dilemma is the misuse of personal information and data. Not just in social media but, also companies and business. One of the obvious ways to stop this dilemma is to make it that companies aren’t allowed to collect and store our personal data. User data can legally be sold as long as legal conditions for its collection and sale have been met and there isn’t any regulation against it. Our data is being sold for profit. This shouldn’t be allowed. There should be laws and regulations against that. They are the only ones benefiting and it goes against our privacy. Sometimes data is stolen and puts the consumers/users at risk. If we can’t make laws and regulations against it then. We should always be informed if a company is storing our data and always be informed what they plan on doing with it. So us the people know whether we want to use a website or service. Clearly explaining to website visitors, app users, customers, and others what a company is requesting consent for, and how collected data will be used and secured, shows that the company is investing resources in these consumers and values their privacy. Obtaining user consent should be looked at as relationship building, not strip mining. Companies should view transparency about consent requests and user choice as a key part of their marketing and branding, not to mention customer experience