3.8 A large company has a policy prohibiting employees from blogging about compa

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3.8

A large company has a policy prohibiting employees from blogging about company products. What are some possible reasons for the policy? Does it violate the First Amendment?

3.20

Consider that a large online company that provides a widely used search engine, social network, and/or news service is considering banning ads for the following products and services from its site: e-cigarettes, abortion clinics, ice cream, and sugared soft drinks. Which, if any, do you think they should ban? Give reasons. In particular, if you select some but not all, explain the criteria for distinguishing.

3.21

Someone posted a video on a popular video site showing a group of men with clubs entering a building and beating unarmed people. The site’s policy prohibits posting videos with graphic violence. When a viewer complained, the site removed the video. Other viewers appealed the removal, saying the video documented abuse of prisoners in a Russian prison camp. Suppose you are a manager at the site. Develop a plan for dealing with such videos. Will you repost the video? Explain the issues you considered.

3.28

Use ethical criteria from Chapter 1, evaluate the decision to sell the software described in the previous exercise to a repressive government.

Explanation / Answer

3.8

Each and every company has some policy regarding the leakage of information about the company products and policies. So, the company prohibit the employees from blogging about company products.

It is done so because it is unethical to give such vital information to an outsider as the company had gone though a lot of hardships to develop a successful product. And to give it to someone would just put all the effort made to develop it to a waste. If this continues, there would be no motivation to make a new product and each and everyone would only rely on the information from each other. This would only hinder growth. It is also illegal to leak any product information and you could be sued for this crime. Also, no one and absolutely no one would want his hard work go to waste. Just try to keep yourself in his shoes and think if you worked for 2 years to create a product and just before you release it, someone else released same product, how would you feel.

The first Amendment gives you the freedom to speak what you want. So in a way it is a violation to the First Amendment, but it is also a necessity.

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