Frameworks for Ethical Decision Making

Read the following case study and consider the ethical questions it raises. Then use your knowledge of ethical frameworks to determine which approach is being used in each example.

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Privacy activists have consistently raised concerns about how social media sites, such as Facebook and Google$+,$ share users' personal information, and many everyday users of such sites share these concerns, although often not to such a degree that they stop using the services. The Wall Street Journal reported that popular Facebook apps were transmitting user identification numbers to third$-$party data aggregators $($companies that sift through huge amounts of information to create financial or personal profiles of individuals or groups$).$ These companies then sold the information to advertisers. This practice effectively gives advertisers direct access to Facebook users' personal information, including the names, photos, and genders of both them and their Facebook friends.

Facebook users have the option to select various privacy settings as defaults and when they share particular information. The most public setting reveals even more information to data brokers, including age, address, occupation, and interests. It may also allow data aggregators to monitor

Imagine that you work for the ACLU and you have been assigned to interview a manager at Facebook, about Facebook's privacy policies.

During your interview, the manager states that he believes $(1)$ he and his company are acting ethicalle and $(1)$