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The negative impact on blogger’s employment and the ethics involved with it

The negative impact on blogger’s employment and the ethics involved with it. CIS 105, 3723. What is a Blog?.

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The negative impact on blogger’s employment and the ethics involved with it

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  1. The negative impact on blogger’s employment and the ethics involved with it CIS 105, 3723 Videlinata Krishna http://wiki.gc.maricopa.edu CIS105 Poster Session No. 3

  2. What is a Blog? • A blog is a kind of website in which people can post anything- from personal opinions to factual ideas. Some of those opinions are directed toward individual jobs. For example, some bloggers write negative comments about their own jobs. • It is sometimes referred to as an online diary.

  3. What kinds of comments are usually posted in blogs? • Some comments are politically oriented. • Others are about the blogger’s personal lifestyles. • Others are about the blogger’s place of employment. • Those comments can be answered to by anybody.

  4. Some arguments about blogs • “Ironically, it is precisely the casual, conversational, back-and-forth nature of blogging that makes it both so appealing to blog writers and readers- and so potentially dangerous to business.” (Nancy Flynn)

  5. How fast is the blogging phenomenon growing? • Every second a new blog is created, so the risks that accompany it is even greater.

  6. How many adults interact with blogs? • 8% of adults who use the internet connect with blogs regularly. • 39% of internet users read blogs regularly.

  7. Some statistics about the amount of firings that happened due to blogs

  8. Examples of companies that have fired employees over negative comments about the company that they have posted in their blog

  9. Examples of bloggers who got fired over the postings of negative comments about their workplace in their blogs

  10. Some questions to think about • Is it morally correct for employees to post negative comments about their jobs in their personal blogs? • Is it morally correct for employers to fire such employees? • Should the laws protect the freedom of speech of employees at all cost? • Should employees be forbidden to post negative comments about their workplace in their blogs?

  11. Kant’s deontology • This ethical theory states that an act is morally correct only if it is done to fulfill one’s duty. • The act of employees who post negative comments about their jobs in their blogs cannot be ethically correct under this theory since it is not one’s duty to act in such a way. • The employer’s act toward employees who post negative comments about their workplace in their blogs will be morally acceptable under this theory.

  12. The utilitarianism theory • The utilitarianism view states that an act can be ethical only if it benefits the majority of people. • Under this theory, the behavior of employees who post negative comments about their jobs in their personal blogs will be ethical because it benefits a large number of people. In fact, some people will probably avoid applying for work in that job, so they will avoid the stress that comes with the job. • Under this theory, the employer’s act is not acceptable because nobody benefits from it.

  13. What is the legal point of view? • The first amendment does not protect workers from private employers, so employee-bloggers may not count on it. • It does not protect from employment at will.

  14. Some restrictions to the legal side of the situation • A few states-California, New York, Colorado, Montana, and North Dakota- have passed laws that limit any employers from firing their employees over personal activities completed outside of the workplace. • The National Labor Relations Act can protect workers who focuses their topic on wages or working conditions.

  15. Example of an employee’s suit • Ellen Simonetti • She was fired in October 2004 for posting some of her pictures in which she wore her work’s uniform. • She filed a lawsuit against Delta Airlines in September 2005 in a U.S. District Court in Atlanta. • Law.com stated that her lawsuit was dismissed in October 2005. • However, on February 2007, Simonetti wrote on her blog that her lawsuit was delayed due to Apple’s bankruptcy proceedings.

  16. Conclusion • As a blogger, it is important to remember that the first amendment does not protect people from private employment and at-will employment. • “Hundred of employees have been dooced, or fired, from their jobs for blogging-often on their own time using their own computers in the privacy of their own homes.”(Nancy Flynn) • The contents of a blog can be held as evidence in a lawsuit. • Blogging should not be used as a way to deal with an individual’s feelings.

  17. References • Stair, Ralph, and Ken Baldauf. Succeeding with Technology: Computer System Concepts for Real Life. Second Edition. Thomson: Course Technology. • Brannigan, Michael. Ethics Across Cultures: an Introductory Text with Readings. The McGraw- Hill companies. • Flynn, Nancy. Blog Rules: a Business Guide to Managing Policy, Public Relations, and Legal Issues.

  18. References • Marsan, Carolyn. “Can Blogging Boost your Career? Online Journals can Showcase your IT Smarts, but Make Sure your Employer is Ok with it.” Network World Aug. 2006: 66. General OneFile. Gale. Glendale Community College Library Media Center, Glendale, AZ. 24 Nov.2007. • Jones, Barbara. “Employers, Employees should Understand Blog Rights.” Daily Record (St.Louis, MO/St.LouisCountian) April 2006. General OneFile. Gale. Glendale Community College Library Media Center, Glendale, AZ. 24 Nov.2007. • “Ellen Simonetti.” wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Simonetti.

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