Business ethics and the rise of business blogging
Posted by Rebekah Donaldson on Tue, Oct 21, 2008
Yesterday I participated in the CSUS Symposium on Personal and Professional Integrity in Business. The event was excellent - it surpassed my expectations.
Superb business ethics forum at CSUS
Congratulations to Christina Bellon, Russell DiSilvestro, and the whole CSUS Philosophy Department on a job well done.
Rick Shubert introduced me, moderated, and paraphrased questions from the audience - the better to capture them on the video recording and clarify the essential point for speakers. I nominate Rick to moderate the presidential debates in 2012. Can I get a second?
Standouts in business ethics
I was thrilled to see colleagues, including Elisabeth Brinton, in the audience, when I offered my session, "The New Rules of Business Communications - Business Ethics and the Rise of Business Blogs." My only regret is that, because of a client committment, I missed the morning keynote by Ed Hartman of the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Business blogging questions posed by the audience
In no particular order, here are some of the questions posed by the audience yesterday:
- What can be done [in the blogosphere?] to recognize and support the authenticity of the individual voice?
- What can be done to protest against false accusations online?
- Do you think that the anonymity of online forums creates a tendency on the part of participants to fight against rather than for a cause? Do you think it gives rise to conflict-oriented interactions?
- Do those in marketing have a robust fiduciary obligation to their employers or are they merely a means to their employers ends (so long as those ends aren't evil)?
Slide deck: "The New Rules of Corporate Communications: Business Ethics and the Rise of Business Blogging"
To download a PDF of my slide deck, such as it is, click the image above or this link:
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If you attended or have on-topic feedback, comments, or, please, for heaven's sake, answers!, please use the Leave a Reply area below to chime in.