SOCIAL MEDIA ETHICAL PREDICAMENT

Abstract

In the first decade of the 21^st century, new media technologies for social networking such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube began to transform the social, political and informational practices of individuals and institutions across the globe, inviting a philosophical response from the community of applied ethicists and philosophers of technology this millennium generation technology, machinery is evolving at daily basis there are a lot of things being effected with this evolution. One of which is our practices of social networking which is largely shifting to the internet causing a lot of ethical issues which were not faced before these online social networking practices. Most people live by their own morals and ethics and we all have our own beliefs as to what is right and wrong in life. However, it seems that when it comes to social media and having an online presence, some individuals or companies believe that ethical behavior is moot. The dynamics of personal relationships and interactions have changed and some may feel that because they are hiding behind a computer screen and typing the words instead of speaking them, it really doesn’t count as unethical behavior. On the same back ground this paper is aimed to study Ethical dilemmas in online social networking which are being faced these days. There will be a section covering the issues related to the impact of unethical usage of online social networks in business industry.