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"Ethics in the News" provides a forum for students to compare and comment on media ethics reporting from various news sources. It seeks to critically evaluate events and their coverage as it explores ethical issues and concepts.Categories
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Uber can’t be ethical – its business model won’t allow it
Uber can’t be ethical – its business model won’t allow it https://theconversation.com/uber-cant-be-ethical-its-business-model-wont-allow-it-85015 This article discusses the ethical issues with Uber. In order to make Uber a stronger company it needs to be more ethical. Uber needs to take better care … Continue reading
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Facebook is shutting down its face-recognition system
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2021-11-02/facebook-to-shut-down-face-recognition-system-delete-data Facial recognition technology is used every day by many to access their cellphones, but many countries have put this technology “on hold,” as it raises complicated ethical dilemmas. Facial recognition systems use algorithms – sequences of instructions grouped to … Continue reading
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos may have lied to Congress
Tatiana Torres, Genevieve Chiaramonte, Daniela Jimenez https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58961836 This article discusses that the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, may have lied to Congress about Amazon’s business practices. Recent news discovered that an investigation by Reuters claims to have found that Amazon … Continue reading
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Oct. 14. 2021 Amazon workers treated poorly
Tatiana Torres, Genevieve Chiaramonte, Daniela Jimenez https://time.com/5629233/amazon-warehouse-employee-treatment-robots/ Recently, Amazon workers protested the way Amazon treats them. In this article, an Amazon fulfillment center worker showcases how exhausting working for this trillion-dollar company actually is. The author describes that the workers … Continue reading
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You’re a leader. But you can’t stomach what your company is doing
Genevieve Chiaramonte, Daniela Jimenez Roman, Tatiana Torres You’re a leader. But you can’t stomach what your company is doing https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/29/success/executives-values-ethics-conflict/index.html This article discusses the problems with companies and the issues with employees not doing their job ethically. Some jobs may … Continue reading
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Hospitality Businesses Fight Back against Customers
According to the article “Restaurant and Hotels push back against uptick in customer’sâ€, many restaurants and hotels and hospitality businesses are beginning to fight back against the emotional abuse they withhold from their customers. Many of the hospitality businesses’ have … Continue reading
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Authors Guild vs. Google, Round 1
Google ended an 8 year battle with the Authors Guild on November 14, 2013 over the “fair use law†in its favor. Google has been digitizing books since 2004 without the expressed written consent of the writers for Google Books. … Continue reading
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Abercrombie’s Glitch
Recent reports claim that Abercrombie & Fitch, a teen clothing company, had a drop in sales of 10% in the last quarter. After news of their plummeting sales hit, the company’s stocks plunged by 18%. There are claims that this … Continue reading
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