Professional Ethics

Dr. Yasir Ahmad

Department of Engineering Management
College of Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering (CE&ME)

Lecture 7
The Physician
Astronomy
Alchemy
Geography and geology
Psychology
Islamic theology
Logic
Mathematics
Physics
Works of poetry
Global
Issues
 Corporate Media
Environmental IPR
Social Computer Ethics War Research
Ethics Bioethics
Responsibility Ethics Ethics Ethics
Social Media Ethics
What is Social Media?
Social media refers to online tools and services which
allow an exchange of ideas, information, videos,
pictures, and graphics — just about anything you can
name.

Social media also allows easy sharing and distribution

of existing content to others so that professional
work can be shared through networks.
Types of Social Media Services
Bookmarking Sites and Social News Sites (Digg)
Blogs and Microblogs (Twitter, Tumblr)
Social Networking Sites (Facebook, Google+)
Shopping Sites (Amazon)
Multimedia Sharing (YouTube, Flickr)
Virtual Worlds (World of Warcraft, Second Life)
Who’s on Social Media?
Organizations Individuals
Social media & digital
technologies have a huge
influence on a student's
education

These 2 concepts may be

beneficial at times but they
can also negatively impact
on a student’s education,
health and communication
skills.
Students have become victims
of social media more than
anyone else because they get
attracted to these sites to kill
boredom during studying

Devices that are used most with

social media include, cell
phones, laptops, computers,
tablets, etc
Negative Effects of Social Media
Multitasking
• Once students become
addicted to these sites they
attempt to muti-task while
studying.
• This reduces their academic
performance and their ability
to concentrate on a task
because of distractions
brought by social media.
Time Wastage

Several students are spending too

much unnecessary time on social sites
rather than doing their work

They tend not be prepared for class.

(not different than before)

Instead of taking time and trying to

deeper analyze the task they rush
through it. (very much true)
Reduction in
real life contact
Student’s ability to
communicate face to face
has also been affected.
Forget how to communicate
with each other in person.
They are not able to
collaborate in discussions
and this reduces their
communication skills.
Question

If social networking sites

were permanently cut
out from your life, how
would you be affected?
Would it be something
negative that would hold
you back or would you
eventually get over it ?
A students learning and communication skills can also be
affected by digital technologies.
Question

How often do you check your phone?

• Some negative effects of digital gadgets
include....
 Reduced learning
Many students are dependent
on getting information off sites
like Google.

This has reduced their focus on

learning and retaining
information since they are
reliant on the accessibility of
information on social media.
Addiction and Distraction
Poor grammar

Many students writing skills have

been affected.

Rather than improving in their

writing, they are doing worse in their
spelling, grammar and
communication skills due to the use
of jargon and logo’s.
Dependency on spell check features

Digital technologies and social sites both have spell

check and this reduces several students’ ability to
write without relying on a spell check feature.
Social Media Ethics and Etiquettes
Research by
Shoaib Taimur