Ethical Issues Jurisdiction in Social Networking for Organizations

This report highlights the aspects related to the application of social media for exchanging information and related ethical issues. Attempts have been driven for minimizing the ethical impacts of the posts and application of social media.

Running head: ETHICAL ISSUES JURISDICTION IN SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Ethical Issues Jurisdiction in Social Networking for Organizations
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
Title: Ethical issues jurisdiction in social networking for organizations...................................2
Project Blog............................................................................................................................2
Week 1...............................................................................................................................2
Week 2...............................................................................................................................2
Week 3...............................................................................................................................2
Weekly Progress Reports Plan...............................................................................................2
Rationale....................................................................................................................................4
Problem domain.....................................................................................................................4
Purpose and justification........................................................................................................4
Sponsor or Supervisor recommendation....................................................................................5
Research Questions....................................................................................................................5
Conceptual or Theoretical Framework.......................................................................................5
Methodology..............................................................................................................................6
Research and Systems Development method(s)....................................................................6
Data collection or systems design methods...........................................................................6
Ethical Issues..........................................................................................................................6
Compliance Requirements.....................................................................................................6
Analysis of data......................................................................................................................7
Project Plan................................................................................................................................7
Deliverables............................................................................................................................7
Work breakdown structure (WBS).........................................................................................9
Risk Analysis.........................................................................................................................9
Duration................................................................................................................................10
Gantt chart............................................................................................................................11

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Title: Ethical issues jurisdiction in social networking for organizations
Project Blog
Week 1
First week was exciting as we were about to be introduced with the topic selection
and setting up interact project sites that could be utilized in preparing the blogs. We were
introduced with the various topics and I understand how to relate the topics with my present
and future professional life. Emerging technologies were always one of the favourite topics
for me and relating it with my future professional life was exciting and satisfactory for me.
Week 2
After understanding the facts linked with the topic selection and determining the best
course of the topics those could be selected for the submission of the assessments. This was a
continuation week and here I was sure about the topic that was “Ethical issues jurisdiction in
social networking for organizations” and now I had to prepare the strategies for finding and
analysing the data and information related to this topic.
Week 3
This week was helpful for me in understanding the importance of better topic
selection as now, I will have to search for the data and information related to the project. I
developed strategies on how to collect data and what to analyse in manner to reach to certain
specific and precise conclusion.
Weekly Progress Reports Plan
Name: <Please Fill>
Project title: Ethical issues jurisdiction in social networking for organizations
Week No: 1 Date:
Planning

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Milestone Planned Actual Comment
Understanding how
to find trends with
the emerging
technologies
Understand topic
selection and project
insights
Learn to select a
topic and how to
write blogs
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Issues
Description Date Action results Finished
Selecting one
appropriate risk
<Please fill> Topic selection Y
Name: <Please Fill>
Project title: Ethical issues jurisdiction in social networking for organizations
Week No: 2 Date:
Planning
Milestone Planned Actual Comment
Prepare the weekly
blog
Posting final topic
after appropriate
selection
Posted blog after
being recommended
by seniors
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Issues
Description Date Action results Finished
Selecting
appropriate blogging
website
<Please fill> Blog posted Y
Name: <Please Fill>
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Week No: 3 Date:
Planning
Milestone Planned Actual Comment
Complete
assessment 1 in
precise and accurate
way
Stepwise accomplish
the project
constraints
Developed weekly
blogs and ready for
preparing the project
planning
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Issues
Description Date Action results Finished
Software or tools for
utilizing in the
project
<Please fill> Project prepared
using MS project
Y
Rationale
Problem domain
Approximately 83 percent of the fortune companies have account and pages on
Twitter and 80 percent have Facebook pages those are continuously exchanging information
and views with the consumers. Both the consumers and the fortune companies have been
regularly exchanging information from both the side however, none of them have the right to
post misleading statements or sentences. There are the possibilities that misleading
statements, contradictions, or certain wrong information have been posted on the social
network and thus, it could lead to certain ethical issues those need to be considered while
creating profiles on Social media.

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Purpose and justification
The purpose of this report is to highlight the aspects related to the application of the
social media for exchanging the information and related ethical issues. Attempts have been
driven for minimizing the ethical impacts of the posts and application of social media.
LinkedIn has been a vital platform for the companies for sharing the information related to
the companies however, the statements provided by the company or the way in which
information is being provided might be misleading or unethical with respect of the policies or
customer perspective.
Sponsor or Supervisor recommendation
Before and after creating a social media page on any of the platform, the organization
must consider consultancy with a lawyer in manner to allow the organization to be free from
certain legal and ethical issues that can hamper the reputation of the organization. It is
necessary for the organization to create a group of individuals to look after all the social
media accounts as the organization is the only one who will be responsible for the posts being
updated on those pages.
Research Questions
What is the severity of ethical issues for the organization to be on social media platforms?
What are the considerable ethical issues those could be vital for the organization?
What are the effective measures to mitigate the ethical issues?
Conceptual or Theoretical Framework
The research questions have been developed and thus, further research will be
proceeding accordingly. The identified research questions provided a framework on which

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the rest of the research will be driven in manner to make sure that the entire research is
concentric towards selected topic. The attempt will be to identify the answers of the research
questions in effective and efficient manner after researching the field of the topic. Online
research papers will be evaluated and analysed in manner to identify the possible strategies
that could be helpful in allowing the organization to tackle the ethical issues.
Methodology
Research and Systems Development method(s)
Secondary data analysis will be driven considering the analysis of the theoretical
aspects proposed by different scholar writers. Then primary data collected by the writers will
be used in manner to compare the perspectives and findings of different writers and reach at a
precise and accurate conclusion.
Data collection or systems design methods
Data will be collected from the information gathered from the scholar articles in
manner to be specific and accurate towards the findings and conclusion. Secondary data
analysis has been proposed in manner to target the different perspectives and sectors those
have been considered as a vital for different writers.
Ethical Issues
Plagiarism or naming other researchers as my own will be the primary ethical issue
that will be crucial for the research. Most of the articles are paid services and some of them
would be free of services and hence, informing the writers or taking their confirmation for
utilizing their research will be necessary.

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Compliance Requirements
The delivered research would be helpful for the organizations looking to make better
profiles I the social network and hence, assuring to be free from legal and ethical issues. The
government has set certain policies and regulations those should be considered while
delivering the project and hence, assuring that the ongoing information exchange at the social
media is free from certain allegations.
Analysis of data
Suddaby, Saxton and Gunz (2015) stated that lawyers are the ones who are most
concerning about making their personal or professional profiles on the social media as they
are well aware of the government rules and policies than the common people. However,
despite of the ethical issues, there are many possible benefits those could be gained through
establishing proper and informative social media pages. According to Golder et al. (2017),
social media is the largest platform where the organizations can interact with very big crowd
of the customers and expand their area of business and target customers. Regular update and
exchange of information allow the individuals to post and comment whatever, they want to
make on the social media pages and so, probability of misleading information increases.
Different writers proposed different measures those could be taken for eliminating the ethical
obligations from the organization while interacting with the individuals on the social media.
Stohl et al. (2017) claimed misleading statements and falsifying the readers must be avoided
and wrong information should not be introduced to any of the reader. Ma (2016) reported
prohibited solicitations must be avoided throughout the entire profile in social media, and
confidential or privileged information must not be exposed on the social media either in the
personal message or public posts. There should be very less communication with the

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represented parties in manner to be away from being their prey ad thus, delivering the
information for the trusted public only.
Project Plan
Deliverables
The delivered research will be helpful in limiting and minimizing the ethical issues
those could be helpful in developing the strategies for the organization those could be used
for making a better reputation among the competitors and respective customers. Following
are the milestones those were set for the successful delivery of the research:
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Research on Ethical Jurisdiction
in application of social media for
the organization
64 days Mon 8/6/18 Thu 11/1/18
Phase 1: Initiation 11 days Mon 8/6/18 Mon 8/20/18
Milestone 1: topic approval
complete 0 days Fri 8/10/18 Fri 8/10/18
Phase 2: Planning 10 days Tue 8/21/18 Mon 9/3/18
Milestone 2: Planning
completed 0 days Mon 9/3/18 Mon 9/3/18
Phase 3: Execution 25 days Tue 9/4/18 Mon 10/8/18
Milestone 3: Data collection
completed 0 days Wed 9/26/18 Wed 9/26/18
Phase 4: monitoring and
controlling 17 days Tue 10/9/18 Wed 10/31/18
Milestone 4: Feedback gather
completed 0 days Fri 10/26/18 Fri 10/26/18
Phase 5: Closing 1 day Thu 11/1/18 Thu 11/1/18
Research paper completed 0 days Thu 11/1/18 Thu 11/1/18
Ethical issues are worth of considering for the organization before creating a social
media profile in manner to make sure that the organization stays away from the legal
allegations in future. Ownership, misleading information, verbal collision with viewer, and
many others are ethical issues associated with the deployment of an organization’s social

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media profile. Above mentioned options can be utilized for mitigating the impact of the
ethical issues attached with this scenario.
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Figure 1: WBS
(Source: Created by Author)
Risk Analysis
Sl. No. Risks Impact Probability Mitigation strategies
1 Not meeting all
the legal
policies
H M Consulting with a lawyer who is well
informed with the rules and
regulations related to social media
post
2 Hacking or
intrusion
H H Using secured network and secured
credentials
3 Unknowingly M L Consulting lawyers attached to the

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breaking
regulations
digital marketing
4 Improper
monitoring of
social media
page
M M Keeping a separate team who will be
responsible for looking after the entire
conversations
Duration
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Research on Ethical Jurisdiction
in application of social media for
the organization
64 days Mon 8/6/18 Thu 11/1/18
Phase 1: Initiation 11 days Mon 8/6/18 Mon 8/20/18
Selection of the topic 3 days Mon 8/6/18 Wed 8/8/18
Approval on the topic 2 days Thu 8/9/18 Fri 8/10/18
Milestone 1: topic approval
complete 0 days Fri 8/10/18 Fri 8/10/18
Analysing current environment 4 days Mon 8/13/18 Thu 8/16/18
Selecting analysis method 2 days Fri 8/17/18 Mon 8/20/18
Phase 2: Planning 10 days Tue 8/21/18 Mon 9/3/18
Time estimation 3 days Tue 8/21/18 Thu 8/23/18
Budget estimation 3 days Fri 8/24/18 Tue 8/28/18
resource mapping 4 days Wed 8/29/18 Mon 9/3/18
Milestone 2: Planning
completed 0 days Mon 9/3/18 Mon 9/3/18
Phase 3: Execution 25 days Tue 9/4/18 Mon 10/8/18
Overviewing organizations on
social media platform 5 days Tue 9/4/18 Mon 9/10/18
Online surfing for scholar
articles 4 days Tue 9/11/18 Fri 9/14/18
Sorting proper scholar articles
relative to topic 5 days Mon 9/17/18 Fri 9/21/18
Collecting information 3 days Mon 9/24/18 Wed 9/26/18
Milestone 3: Data collection
completed 0 days Wed 9/26/18 Wed 9/26/18
Developing report 3 days Thu 9/27/18 Mon 10/1/18
Analysing collected
information 5 days Tue 10/2/18 Mon 10/8/18
Phase 4: monitoring and
controlling 17 days Tue 10/9/18 Wed 10/31/18
Research questions have been
answered 4 days Tue 10/9/18 Fri 10/12/18

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Grammar check 3 days Mon 10/15/18 Wed 10/17/18
Spelling check 2 days Thu 10/18/18 Fri 10/19/18
Gathering feedback from
supervisors 5 days Mon 10/22/18 Fri 10/26/18
Milestone 4: Feedback gather
completed 0 days Fri 10/26/18 Fri 10/26/18
Implementing necessary
changes 3 days Mon 10/29/18 Wed 10/31/18
Phase 5: Closing 1 day Thu 11/1/18 Thu 11/1/18
Submission of research paper 1 day Thu 11/1/18 Thu 11/1/18
Research paper completed 0 days Thu 11/1/18 Thu 11/1/18

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Gantt chart
Figure 2: Gantt Chart
(Source: Created by Author)
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