Social networking is the use of a dedicated application or website to reach a target audience, the main purpose being to communicate. The growing need for social networking is apparently raising the social dilemmas. The dilemmas include violation of privacy, bullying, misrepresentation, and creepiness just but a few. Invasion of privacy involves access to personal data either found on sites such as Facebook and even the data on bank cards. For the most part, the data is protected from unauthorized users, but the dilemma arises when the firm with which you have stored the information shares the data with other firms without your consent for marketing purposes. Such is the scenario where you begin to receive marketing features which relate to your spending pattern, which implies that there is a third party monitoring your transactions. This intrusion of privacy creates a pathway for continued bullying, misrepresentation, and creepiness. Businesses also experience the same challenge. But what can businesses do and how can they design approaches that regulate and control social networking dilemma to maintain ethics both in the business and in the society? This proposal, therefore, seeks to explain the ethical dilemma issues as well as bringing to perspective corrective measures to correct on social dilemma issue.
Spamming too with the aim of promoting a certain link has the problem of increasing the risk of possible hacks. Twitter and Facebook are common means through which individuals and firms promote a product, but this feature is turning to be a passage where individuals can hack into people’s data. Therefore the communication process becomes threatened. Other risks include dishonesty and distortion, improper anonymity and distorted endorsement, opportunism, and misuse of free expertise and contests.
The proposed solution to the social networking dilemma includes risk assessment, establishing policies and procedures, communication and education, monitoring an auditing and performing oversight role. Risk assessment in business and personal social networking will involve a review of the current social networking platforms and issues. This review will help to identify the recently introduced features and how they are being used. The reason being that the social media environment tends to change quickly, and as such, it is important to remain updated. Risk assessment also provides the person and the firm an idea of the possible risks that are associated with the use of social media.
Policies act as a guide towards implementation of actions by employees especially in the use of social media because employees represent the face of the organization. Other ways in which the company can influence policies is by being clear on what is allowed and what is restricted. Cross-referencing the policies of the social media and those of the business will guide to understand what employees can do and what they can post or not. Setting broad policies will also help especially because overly prescriptive policies tend to go out of date easily due to the constantly evolving nature of social media.
Communication and education of employees is another step that can be used to resolve the social media dilemma. Discussing the social media policy with the manager and staff will help respond to questions and concerns intriguing the users within the firm. Formal training to employees who use social media and those who monitor the use of social media will help to explain the role they are going to play and how they can strike a balance between the use of social media and their privacy.
Oversight role to monitor and regulate the use of social media involves effective accountability and conduct management of social media that befits its risks.
Some of the advantages balancing the use of social media include reduction of risks in operations, promotion of company’s image, stronger networking among clients and the firm. Possible disadvantage includes interference with freedom of speech and suppressing the expression of both the employees and the clients.
QUESTION ANSWERED
Directions: Read through the rough draft once before answering the questions below. Next, read the rough draft again and answer the following questions. Make sure your responses are in complete sentences.
And pay special attention to ALL the questions highlighted. Those questions are most important, and they will not only help the person you are reviewing, but they will help make your own essay stronger too.
1. What is your overall reaction to this proposal? Does it make you want to go out and do something about the problem?
I think this is a genuine problem that social media is used on wholesale basis. I think it has moved me to find out the solution.
2. Are you convinced that the problem is of concern to you? If not, why not?
Yes, I think it is concerned with me, as I use it on daily basis.
3. Does the thesis clearly call for action? Is the proposal as clear and specific as possible?
Yes, it calls to action and is specific but needs to be reworded.
4. Is enough evidence furnished to get the audience to support the proposal? If not, what kind of additional evidence is needed? Does any of the evidence provided seem inappropriate or ineffective? Why
Yes, there are various evidences but they need to be cited properly. You need to find out sources and cite properly.
5. Are you persuaded that the writer’s solution is workable? Why, or why not?
Yes, I think ethical solution is workable as it makes everybody responsible.
6. Has the writer paid enough attention to readers and their concerns?
I think in this connection, some more work is required to be done.
7. Restate what you understand to be the proposal’s major points?
a. Problem: Excessive use of social networking
b. Explanation of problem and why it matters: It is used on excessive scale and creates several problems such as privacy, bullying, creepiness and other issues
c. Proposed solution: Regulation, control and ethics
d. Explanation of proposal and its practicality: It is fully explained and seems that it is practical.
e. Reasons and procedure to implement proposal:
f. Proposal’s advantages, disadvantages, and responses to other solutions: It is beneficial because it will benefit all who uses social media. It is not disadvantageous. Also, it also suggests some other solutions.
8. Will readers understand the relationship among the thesis, supporting details, refutation, and evidence? If not, how might those connections be clearer? Is the function of every paragraph clear? Are more transitions needed?
I think yes. It is because everything is tied and it only needs some refinement. When they are connected, it would be clear.
9. Is the documentation appropriate and consistent?
No, as there are no sources, it needs to be in MLA after the incorporation of the sources.
10. If this paper were yours., what is the one thing you would be sure to work on before handing it in?
I would have found sources to include within the body and given good paragraphing as there is no paragraphing right now.
11. Highlight any grammar and spelling errors in the essay. Then offer suggestions for change.
12. Highlight all contractions and fix them. Highlight all first and second person pronouns. Fix them for the author. Highlight all instances of you or your, and offer suggestions.
BOTH DONE ON THE PAPER.
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