Ethics Project - Presentation

Green Island Company

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Green Island Company

Green Island Company deals in the production and selling of mobile phones in twenty-five states in the US. Of recent, there have been several ethical issues affecting the mobile phone industry. In fact, the issues are still trending up to date. They include. One, the persistent cases of hacking. Two, the increasing trend of mobile tracking. And three, the increased cases of using mobile phone-supported social media platforms to abduct teens and lure them into prostitution. All these issues have serious impact on Green Island Company. This paper seeks to explain the three ethical issues and their potential impact on Green Island Company and its employees.

Hacking

There has, and still exits, very many cases of illegal accessing of information in other people’s mobile phones. This has resulted in people’s confidential information such as nudes being leaked to the public. This is a serious, especially to celebrities. Others obtain vital information such as bank info, which they end up using to steal from the victims (Ali et al., 2017).

As a result, the mobile phone users have been very much concerned and they want the manufacturers such as Green Island Company to enhance the security systems of their products. This concern is a threat to Green Island Company especially if it fails to guarantee its customers that they are free from hacking (Ali et al., 2017). The concern is that many customers may end up refusing to buy Green Island Company’s products because they feel like the company’s mobile phones are highly vulnerable to hacking. If that happens, the company will end up recording huge reduction in profit margins, and thus it will be required to retrench some employees.

Tracking.

Again, there has been, and still exists, a lot of incidences, where people embed tracking apps to files such as music and videos, and then send them to their targets. These apps automatically install themselves to the recipient’s devices and thus begin revealing their locations and copies of their conversation. This has been a common trend among spouses or employers who feel like their employees may lie to them. While this trick may appear rational to the tracker, it usually violet the privacy rights for the target (Ali et al., 2017).

As a result, the mobile phone users are demanding mobile manufacturers such as Green Island Company to enhance the security systems of their products, or else, they stop buying their products (Carter et al., 2015). This concern is a threat to Green Island Company especially if it fails to guarantee its customers that they are free from tracking, because the company will end up recording reduction in profit margins, and thus it will be required to retrench some employees.

Child abuse

There is a strong concern that “bad” people are using mobile phone-supported social media platforms such as Facebook to befriend underage girls and end up selling them to sex slavery. Some usually demand ransom from their guardians. Consequently, many people are concerned about the issue and are seeing “preventing teens from accessing smartphones” as one of the solutions. This option is a threat to Green Island Company because it will reduce the company’s sales revenues, profit margins, and thus it will be required to retrench some employees.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Green Island Company is experiencing some ethical issues by virtue of being a mobile phone manufacturer. They include the trending incidents of hacking, illegal tracking, and child abuse. If Green Island Company fails to assure the public that they are free from the above-mentioned threats, it risks losing many customers, thus recording huge fall in profits. Eventually, it will be required to lay off some employees.

References

Ali, J., Labrique, A. B., Gionfriddo, K., Pariyo, G., Gibson, D. G., Pratt, B., ... & Hyder, A. A. (2017). Ethics considerations in global mobile phone-based surveys of noncommunicable diseases: a conceptual exploration. Journal of medical Internet research, 19(5).

Carter, A., Liddle, J., Hall, W., & Chenery, H. (2015). Mobile phones in research and treatment: ethical guidelines and future directions. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 3(4).