You've Been Tagged! (Then Again, Maybe Not): Employers and Facebook

Authors: Smith, William P.; Kidder, Deborah L.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2010

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Social networking sites, such as Facebook, have exploded on to the cultural and business landscape. Not only can firms use social networking sites to present organizational information to interested parties, but also perhaps gather information regarding job applicants. As an employer, checking out an applicant's Facebook page--much like Googling a candidate's name--is very tempting.

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Peeping Tom and Lady Godiva Supplemental Reading to Facebook (A) and (B): Beacon and Privacy

Author: Martin, Kirsten E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2010

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Lady Godiva realized her husband Leofic’s fiscal policy was devastating many of the citizens of Coventry. The regressive tax was hurting the very people they wanted to help.

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Facebook (A, B): Beacon and Privacy

Author: Martin, Kirsten E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2010

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Nate Weiner realized his personal life was being circulated online without his permission. Weiner's Internet choices were being shared with all his closest "friends" via his Facebook profile.

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The Power of Social Technology (PoST)

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Product Type: Multimedia; Web Sites; Partner Pages
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2010

The goal of this course is to investigate how social technology (e.g., blogs, websites, podcasts, widgets, community groups, social network feeds) can change attitudes and behaviors in ways that cultivate social change. We study the strategies and tactics used by companies and causes that have successfully catalyzed social persuasion.

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All in a Twitter Over Facebook? Social Internet Use at Pragmaticase

Authors: Peiperl, Maury; Jonsen, Karsten; Smit, William
Product Type: Cases
Source: International institute for Management Development
Publication Year: 2009

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This case presents the issue of employees' use of social media through the eyes of Johan L, the CEO of Pragmaticase. Several companies have started to block employees from accessing Facebook(TM), Twitter(TM), YouTube(TM), LinkedIn(TM), flickr(TM), and other social media tools from their workplace computers and networks.

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The Sustainable MBA Guide on Facebook

Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters; Web Sites
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009

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This is a one of a kind overview of leading MBA programs and how they are integrating social and environmental impact into their academic and extracurricular offerings.

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Treading on that Fine Line?: Caselets in Marketing Ethics

Authors: Syeda, I.; Purkayastha, D.
Product Type: Cases
Source: ICMR Center for Management Research
Publication Year: 2008

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This is a series of three caselets featuring some specific incidents in three companies that led to some ethical concerns being raised against them.

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Venture Capital Firms Set Their Sights on New Ideas -- Not New Technologies

Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2007

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Wharton management professor David Hsu says that in today's venture capital environment, ideas are valued more highly than innovative technology...

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