Pretend your company is considering selling customer data gained through their Facebook page to a 3rd party as a way to increase revenue. However, the company has a written commitment to privacy on its Facebook page that reads:

"We will not sell your personal information to anyone, for any purpose. Period."

Consider Hooker's ethical tests (or another reputable ethical framework that you uncover in your research) as you create a well-organized paper that addresses the situation above. In your paper, answer the following questions:

· What other information or reference points would help you to make an appropriate appraisal of the ethical nature of the situation?

· Would the company be in ethical violation of the policy if the data was aggregated, stripped of personal data, and then legally sold?

· What if the company did not actually sell the data but instead shared (allowed use of) it in exchange for a service such as mining of that data?

· What if one of the company's other social media sites omitted a mention of data sharing in its privacy policy and there is a single login for all company sites and the data among them was shared with corporate headquarters? Could that information ethically be sold?

· If leadership decided to change their policy, what data would it be ethically responsible in sharing?

Ensure that you write a well-organized, well-supported, flowing paper that addresses the issue. Do not simply list these questions and answer them. You need to have an introduction, conclusion, and various subheadings in between.

Example assignment : You may use the An Issue of Ethics Example, linked in the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.

Submission Requirements

· Resources: Reference at least three professional resources. Conduct at least part of your research using your free Wall Street Journal (WSJ) subscription and try to use a WSJ article to answer part of the questions.

· Formatting: Format resources and citations according to APA style and formatting.

· Length of paper: Write 3–5 typed, double-spaced pages. (Remember, this page length always excludes front and back matter such as cover page and references.)

· Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.