How can social media websites get a person fired from their job? People get fired every day in the world we live in. People’s jobs can be terminated for many different reasons such as unbecoming behavior, misconduct, and stealing. The most recent new reason for termination from a job is due to social medial. A majority of people who are employed are given a code of conduct paper to sign and are expected to follow their employer’s rules and regulations. For example, if an on duty police officer in uniform came out of a convenient store with a case of beer they would be disciplined or terminated. A police officer is supposed to conduct themselves in a professional manner and show moral character even when not in uniform. Then on the same token what if he bought beer not in uniform but on his own time, should the police officer be disciplined. This is an issue many people are facing with their career fields today. A student teacher recently sued a school that fired her because she posted a comment and picture of herself holding an alcoholic beverage. She stated that it violated her First Amendment right for freedom of speech. Eventually, she lost her job for the picture because of unprofessional behavior. She was found to have been posting pictures and comments on her web site page which included some of her students as friends. The students were then able to see what she posted and any of the comments she said. This is unbecoming behavior for a teacher to be involved in. A teacher is supposed to represent authority and a positive influence in a child's life. A teacher should not have their students as a friend on their social media site. Furthermore, the teacher did have bad reviews prior and was not progressing in h... ... middle of paper ... ... against internet related crimes. The only question is when and can the law keep up with technology to safeguard the American people. Works Cited School-Bus-Driver-Says-He-Lost-Job-For-Speaking-Up-For-Boy-Denied-Lunch-Over-40-Cent-Debt. Gettys, Travis. Feb. 28, 2014. Sponsoring Intitution. Feb. 28, 2014. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/28/school-bus-driver-says-he-lost-job-for-speaking-up-for-boy-denied-lunch-over-40-cent-debt/. Perez, Sarah. “Social Network Profile Costs Woman College Degree.” Perspectives on Argument, 7th Edition. Ed. Nancy V. Wood. Boston: Pearson, 2012. #-#. Print. Zick, Colin. “Facebook Posting about Patient=HIPAA Violation=Physician Sanctions.” Security Privacy and the Law. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2014. http://www.securityprivacyandthelaw.com/2011/05/facebook-posting-about-patienthipaa-violationphysician-sanctions.
In “Youthful Indiscretions: Should Colleges Protect Social Network Users from Themselves and Others?” Dana Fleming presents an essay concerning the safety of social networking sites and how Universities can deal and prevent problems. This article is targeted towards school administrators, faculty, and a social networking user audience who will either agree or disagree with her statement. I believe Fleming presents an excellent, substantial case for why she reasons the way she does. Fleming gives a sound, logical argument according to Toulmin’s Schema. This essay has an evident enthymeme, which has a claim and reasons why she believes in that way. Toulmin refers to this as “grounds."
This specific article addresses the implications of “online social networking and how they transcend disciplinary actions and reputational harm” (442). Fleming begins her argument by paralleling the transformative properties of the invention of the telephone years ago to social networks today (440). Students’ online identities come at a price, allowing job recruiters, school administrators, ...
Employees within healthcare and anyone who has been a mature patient in recent years have been duly informed of the Health Insurance Privacy and Portability Act (HIPPA), but even more people are more intimately familiar with the social networking site Facebook. Prior to researching the legal and ethical boundaries at it pertains to patient confidentiality in nursing school, many of us thought little of the HIPPA concept and how it applies to each of us as individuals. We can announce to the world on Facebook that I have a lump, please go get a mammogram! We can whine on for ages about our children’s medical problems. We make announcements and call for prayers for our spouses and parents who are ill. We share with our friends and family, sometimes things we should not share. This is not about Facebook; its essence is respecting others privacy and refusing to participate in activity that may divulge private medical information about anyone. Crossing that line, making clear the intent to become a part of the health care sector, changes your responsibility toward identifying information regarding a person other than yourself, and that information dies with you or there can be harsh consequences.
There were tons of incidents where employees were fired for social media use. I found some incidents related to privacy issues in hospitals. In one case at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, the 60-year-old man had been stabbed more than a dozen times by his nursing home resident in which his throat ripped so brutally, he was almost decapitated. Instead of focusing on saving him, St. Mary nurses and other hospital staff snapped photos of the dying man and posted them on Facebook. As a result of this unacceptable action, four staff members were fired, and three discipline. In another case at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, five nurses were fired after hospital managers found out they had been discussing patients on Facebook. In addition,
...right to demand the information be removed if the posting could harm the reputation of Akron General or its patients and employees. Anyone that violates HIPAA may be subject to fines and penalties, including jail time, depending upon the intent of the violation.
Social media outlets have allowed society to share more information than ever before. The often forgotten fact by internet users is that once a picture, Tweet, or post has been published to a social media site it forever becomes part of the annals of the web. While many believe what they do and say on a social media site will not affect their chances at future employment or provide grounds for termination, the reality is quite the opposite. A new trend has emerged in Employment Law in which employers are making employment decision based off of what they find in applicants or employee’s social media activity. The questions regarding the legality of this practice are extensive. While social media can be a powerful tool in recruitment of a potential candidate, much of the personal information contained on these websites are protected characteristics under existing laws that protect employees from discrimination. Employers need to careful to balance employee’s rights against the business needs of a company.
The use of Social Media in the workplace is counter-productive. There are many reasons why this is so. The workplace is the place where you should be working, not checking on what Aunt Ethell had for dinner last night or whether your friends posted that embarrassing weekend photo. Most workplaces have plenty of distractions on their own without adding the extra time-wasting properties of Social Media. There is also the argument that what you post on Social Media can affect the way you are perceived at work. If your habits are less than savoury and your colleagues have access to the proof, you could find yourself without a job at all. It is easy to "slip up" and say things online that you may not have intended to be in the public domain. Internet
Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms have become one of the central activities in human affairs. Used by people around the world promoting communication, social media gives scope to everyone to exhibit their ideas and thoughts. The plethora of social platforms is a revolutionary invention that is changing the way of how people moderate and communicate with others in their daily lives. Although many people admire this revolutionary concept, it can be argued that it has a negative impact on society. Extensive usage of social media can cause addiction, affecting productivity, and also reduce the level of human interaction, which in turn leads to isolation. Social media is correlated to many of the issues that revolve feminism and mental illness through anthropology, sociology and psychology.
The growth of the social media has blurred the distinction between public and private and personal and work life. It is becoming specifically a challenge for teachers whose comments and photos can enrage students and parents. The social media is no longer private for teachers because their posts are scrutinized by not only the administrators but also by the parents and the media. There are an increasing number of cases where teachers have been fired from their jobs because of the social media posts. As indicated in one of the class readings, a Florida teacher Jerry Buell was fired by the school board by posting comments in opposition to the legalization of gay marriage in New York. In another case, a New York City teacher Christine Rubino was
Every patient that is admitted to hospital, or seen by a health professional has a right to his or her own privacy, and by ensuring professional boundaries are upheld this basic right can be achieved. According to Levett-Jones and Bourgeois (2011, pp. 237) confidentiality is an obligation made by a professional to respect the information given by a patient to healthcare professional. In today’s society through technology and social networks a patient’s privacy is far more vulnerable than it was in the past. By posting on Facebook anything about a patient or in discussion via internet or email to others a patient’s privacy has been breached and the trust created in a therapeutic relationship is no longer there causing what is known as a boundary crossing. Thompson (2010, pp.26) understands that “At times, boundary crossing may be unintentional”, but emphasizes that this behavior can lead to consequences. Pat...
Although the times have changed, the importance of maintaining patient confidentiality and privacy has not, especially on social media. With social media use increasingly prevalent in daily life, it is important to ensure the safety and privacy of patients. Patient privacy is protected by law, and by the standards set out
Online communities that physicians can communicate with colleagues is an important part of social media in health care (Ventola, 2014). There physicians are able to communicate about patient issues. Perhaps they want to voice their opinions about a certain surgery or have noticed that many patients are coming in with certain symptoms more so than others. The fact that social media is able to communicate with so many is an advantage because information can get out much farther and much faster than before. It can mean life and death for someone waiting to hear about a potential transplant or perhaps learning an improved technique that was discovered. The fact that now information is so quick and readily available is what makes social media a huge
Sometimes the best way to see if your business needs help with social media is to get your hands dirt with a social media evaluation. Although you might not be a social media expert...yet, you can still use these questions to see how to improve your presence.
As college students and adults prepare for the real world, people are constantly faced with how to prepare for interviews and the hiring process with jobs. One factor of that is the gray area that is the idea of social media and networking helping to assist with the hiring process. Technology has become a privacy and employment issue that future employees face. When it comes to employment companies a have no boundaries and employers need to realize that social media should be used only for non-bias practices and not employment decisions based on someone’s Facebook post. Topic: How Privacy and Employment Laws effect Social Media changing the Hiring Process.
Vinson, Kathleen Elliott. "The Blurred Boundaries of Social Networking in the Legal Field: Just "Face" it." The University of Memphis Law Review 41.2 (2010): 355. ProQuest Research Library. Web. 7 May 2014.