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Assignment 1: Facebook Live Killings
Read the article Cleveland Shooting Highlight’s Facebook’s Responsibility in Policing Depraved Videos found at: http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/cleveland...
Write a five (5) page paper in which you:
- Discuss why Facebook has a legal and / or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim.
- Suggest and elaborate on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.
- Propose two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted.
- Conduct some research to determine whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, discuss the key functions of these positions. If not, debate on whether or not they should create these roles.
- Propose two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform.
- Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Analyze and apply the concepts of ethical decision-making, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in law, ethics, and corporate governance.
- Write clearly and concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
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| Criteria | Unacceptable | Fair | Proficient | Exemplary |
| 1. Discuss whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim. | Did not submit or incompletely discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim. | Partially discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim. | Satisfactorily discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim. | Thoroughly discussed whether or not you believe that Facebook has a legal or ethical duty to rescue a crime victim. |
| 2. Suggest and elaborate on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites.. | Did not submit or incompletely suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites. | Partially suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites. | Satisfactorily suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites. | Thoroughly suggested and elaborated on three (3) ways that social media platforms can be more proactive and thorough with their review of the types of content that appear on their sites. |
| 3. Propose two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted. | Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted. | Partially proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted. | Satisfactorily proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted. | Thoroughly proposed two (2) safeguards that Facebook and other social media platforms should put into place to help prevent acts of violence from being broadcasted. |
| 4. Conduct some research to determine whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, discuss the key functions of these positions. If not, debate on whether or not they should create these roles. | Did not submit or incompletely determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they did not submit or incompletely discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they did not submit or incompletely debated on whether or not they should create these roles. | Partially determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they partially discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they partially debated on whether or not they should create these roles. | Satisfactorily determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they satisfactorily discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they satisfactorily debated on whether or not they should create these roles. | Thoroughly determined whether or not Facebook has an Ethics Officer or Oversight Committee. If so, they thoroughly discussed the key functions of these positions. If not, they thoroughly debated on whether or not they should create these roles. |
| 5. Propose two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform. | Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform. | Partially proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform. | Satisfactorily proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform. | Thoroughly proposed two (2) changes Facebook should adopt to encourage ethical use of their platform. |
| 6. 2 references | No references provided | Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. | Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. | Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
| 6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements | More than 6 errors present | 5-6 errors present | 3-4 errors present | 0-2 errors present |
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Running Head: FACEBOOK LIVE KILLINGS
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Introduction
Facebook Inc. was invented in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg as its founder and CEO. The
company provides an online social media platform for people to connect with friends, relatives
and family members. Today, the company has undergone tremendous trends and changes,
making it one of the known social media for corporates, individuals, and groups. With the
increasing wave of cybercrime, the company has found itself amid blames of breaching privacy,
confidentiality and integrity laws and legislation. Despite such allegations, Facebook has
continued to improve its services through innovation and creativity which has seen it add more
features into its platform to remain relevant to the social media businesses.
One of the major developments in its innovations is the Facebook live created in 2016
that targets celebrities and public figures (Newcomb, 2017). The Facebook live tool allows users
to interact with each other in real-world time. Since its invention, the feature has been used to
gain fame and capture protests, human rights violations and police brutality on civilians. Other
unfortunate scenes of murder, suicide, killings, rape, and torture have also been captured by the
feature. All these lead to the dilemma of the ethical nature and legality of the Facebook killings
broadcasted by the feature.
Legal or Ethical Duty to Rescue
Facebook is a legally registered company that operates as a legal entity with the capacity
to be treated as a distinct entity from its directors. It also operates under its terms, policies,
conditions, and regulations that govern its mandate. However, it is not liable for any scene of
violence that is broadcasted on its features. Facebook, is therefore not responsible unde...
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