Privacy-Related Matrix
Ethical Dilemma: Locational Privacy and User Privacy Policy
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Stakeholders
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Confidentiality
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Non-Maleficence
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Publicity
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1. You
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I have the duty to respect the privacy of information and actions of others.
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I have the duty to cause no harm, both individually and for all.
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I have the duty to take actions based on ethical standards that must be known and recognized.
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2. Other Users
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Only those I chose to allow to view my profile information on Facebookhave the duty to repect my privacy of information and safeguard their own actions.
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Only those I allow have the duty to cause harm, both to my information, my person, or their person or information.
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Others have the same duty as I have. Based on the fourth amendment of the Bill of Rights and based on known ethical standards and norms that society deems reasonable.
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3. Facebook
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The site is limited by law. (Epic.org, 2015)
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Facebook should cause harm both to the individual whom uses their site, and to repect their privacy of information, not togive it out to third parties for advertising marketing.
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The publicity that Facebook gets should be for their company's recognition, not for the users of their site.
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Why I chose this Dilemma
I chose this dilemma because I detest being tracked in any manner whatsoever. Individuals and the public in general, when moving about in public or private spaces, do not to be tracked where ever they go, not for one hour or 24 hours, seven days a week. (Epic.org, 2015) However with the increasing usage of smartphones with their location storage and tracking ability throughout any given day and time, has significant implications for individuals and for their constitutional privacy rights suck as the cases, Jones and Riley v. California..
Why I chose the Three Principles of Confidentiality, Non-Maleficence, and Publicity
I chose confidentiality based on the personal belief that as a American citizen, whom I chose to let into my public world on the Facebook site is my own public and private right as an individual. Those whom I let into this world should respect my information as their ethical duty as I would their information privacy. There is no fail-safe proof method to know that are not respecting my information privacy.
I chose non-maleficence based on my personal belief that I wish no harm to come to myself or others by using the site of Facebook, or if my chance I come into contact by whom I let into my Facebook world, or by the company itself, such as damaging my reputation or livelihood or those of others.
I chose publicity on my personal belief that any publicity that I received or that of others received should be due to their own merits and not those of the Facebook site.
Facebook has modified its User Privacy Policy to allow advertisers to include a "buy" buttondirectly on targeted advertisements on a user's page. Facebook also allows these advertisers to use the location data gathered from tools on the site such as "Nearby Friends" and location "check-ins" to push geological-based targeted advertisements. (Epic.org, 2015) I personally think this is in direct violation of our fourth amendment right decreed by the Bill of Rights backed up by the Constitution of the United States.If Facebook continues this practice all three principles will become to be inside jokes with in the Facebook company itself, and in time, all the users of the Facebook site.
REFERENCES:
Epicorg. (2015). United States v Jones. Retrieved 5 September, 2015, from https://epic.org/amicus/jones/
In-text citation: (Epicorg, 2015)
Epicorg. (2015). Facebook Privacy. Retrieved 5 September, 2015, from https://epic.org/privacy/facebook/
Requirement:
Write an organizational policy to address the IT-related ethical workforce privacy issue that ... Your policy should include the following major headings: a) Overview of policy b) Purpose c) Scope (roles and responsibilities of stakeholders) d) Policy/Procedures to follow e) Sanctions/Enforcement