3 months ago

Ethics are subjective and it all depends on the perspective one is looking at it from. Observing the ethics to some, restraints one from freedom of speech.

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3 months ago

I am not quite sure I agree with Endoh...ethics tend to be more absolute. I think Endoh might be making more of a statement towards morality, but who am I to say anyway.

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3 months ago

Let's put up a very realistic example about the recent uproar against paid reviews/posts last year. It wasn't the issue of morality but rather the truthfulness and accuracy of these paid reviews. It has been exploited to the extend that the true essence of blogging has been diminished - money makes the blog goes. If someone is paid to say nothing bad and only the good, it has already breach the ethics of truthful marketing.

Of course, in my work I frequently get debates on how many companies are truthful with their advertising anyway. When Google finally downgraded their Pageranks, came the outright opposition due to the lack of freedom in publishing paid posts.

It's a thin line actually, and I am not surprised people often confused both. Just like how 80% of the "professionals" confuse New Media and Social Media in their "professional" guide.

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2 months ago

I do beleive that blogs renders prespectives of the author(s) so If he/she is following an ethical guide real life, this should be reflected into the blog and vice versa!

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