Privacy-related Matrix

Choose one Suggested Topics and three principles of normative ethics from the list below, and complete the ethical matrix.

 

• Step 1:  Identify the ethical dilemma based on one of the broad categories identified. An example (following here) might be to falsify your personal profile in a social networking site.
• Step 2: Identify the stakeholders involved. You, someone who reads your personal profile in a social network site, potential employers, etc.
• Step 3:  Choose any three of the principles that might apply such as autonomy, publicity, and veracity.
• Step 4: identify how the dilemma affect each stakeholder based on the principles you identified. Put this statement in the matrix next to the stakeholder.

 

Suggested Topics:

 

• Identity Theft
• Consumer Profiling
• Treating Consumer Data Responsibly
• Workplace Monitoring
• Advanced Surveillance Technology

 

Choose any three (only three) of the following list of twelve (12) principles of normative ethics:

 

• Autonomy: the duty to maximize the individual’s right to make his or her own decisions.
• Beneficence: the duty to do good both individually and for all.
• Confidentiality: the duty to respect privacy of information and action.
• Equality: the duty to view all people as moral equals.
• Finality: the duty to take action that may override the demands of law, religion, and social customs.
• Justice: the duty to treat all fairly, distributing the risks and benefits equally.
• Non-maleficence: the duty to cause no harm, both individually and for all.
• Understanding/Tolerance: the duty to understand and to accept other view points if reason dictates doing so is warranted.
• Publicity: the duty to take actions based on ethical standards that must be known and recognized by all who are involved.
• Respect for persons: the duty to honor others, their rights, and their responsibilities. Showing respect others implies that we do not treat them as a mere means to our end.
• Universality: the duty to take actions that hold for everyone, regardless of time, place, or people involved. This concept is similar to the Categorical Imperative.
• Veracity: the duty to tell the truth.

   

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Ethical dilemma:
Stakeholders

Indicate appropriate APA reference citations for all sources. 

 

Include the following explanation below the matrix:

1) why I chose the dilemma;

2) why I chose the three principles; and

3) an analysis of the research used to identify the actions in the matrix. 

IFSM 30

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– Ethics in the Information Age

Step 1: Identify the ethical dilemma based on one of the broad categories identified. An example (following here) might be to falsify your personal profile in a social networking site.

Step 2: Identify the stakeholders involved. You, someone who reads your personal profile in a social network site, potential employers, etc.

Step 3: Choose any three of the principles that might apply such as autonomy, publicity, and veracity.

Step 4: identify how the dilemma affect each stakeholder based on the principles you identified. Put this statement in the matrix next to the stakeholder.

For example:

Ethical dilemma: falsifying your profile on a social networking site
Stakeholders	autonomy	Publicity	veracity
1: You	You have the duty to maximize the right to make your own decisions.	You have the duty to take actions based on ethical standards that must be known and recognized by all who are involved.	You have the duty to tell the truth
2:Other users of the networking site	They have the duty to make their own decisions	They make these decisions based on ethical standards that should be recognized by the person falsifying their profile	They assume that the person falsifying the profile has the duty to tell the truth.
3: The social networking site	The autonomy of the site is limited by law (Goldman, 2007)	Users of social networking sites are content publishers, as such the site must take actions based on legal and ethical standards and must notify users of these standards so they are known by all.	As providers of content the site must conform to the laws regarding truth or be held responsible for legal issues as defamation (making harmful false statements about someone else) or copyright infringement. (Goldman, 2007)
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Goldman, E. (May, 2007). Social Networking Sites and the Law. Retrieved from http://www.ericgoldman.org/Resources/socialnetworkingsitesandthelaw

The completed matrix allows you to weigh the different issues involved and assign a rank as to the importance of the actions based on the effect on the stakeholders. Submit the matrix for grading in your Assignments Folder. Include the following explanation below the matrix:

1) why I chose the dilemma;

2) why I chose the three principles; and

3) an analysis of the research used to identify the actions in the matrix.

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