Digital Literacy at Full Sail University

Social media in China is different than in other countries due to the special political situation and economic environment. China has social networks that are the equivalent of Facebook and Twitter, but in this country they are used in slightly different ways. “People in the U.S. use Twitter more like casual talking,” says Hanwen. “In China people use social media more to share formal news.”

“Business Ethics” can be defined as the critical, structured examination of how people & institutions should behave in the world of commerce. In particular, it involves examining appropriate constraints on the pursuit of self-interest, or (for firms) profits, when the actions of individuals or firms affects others.

Ethics is critical in the sense of having to do with examining and critiquing various moral beliefs and practices.

Ethics involves looking at particular norms and values and behaviours and judging them, ask

ing whether various norms and values are mutually contradictory, and asking which ones matter more in what sorts of situations.

Ethics is structured in the sense that it’s not just about having an opinion about how people should behave.

Everyone has opinions.

ethics means providing reasoned justification for our choices & behaviour when it affects others, and reasoned justification for our praise or criticism of other people’s behaviour.

“business ethics,” as defined above, means that other, related ideas like Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and corporate citizenship and sustainability are in fact sub-topics within the broader topic of business ethics.