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INTRODUCTION
Instagram - shortened combined word for Instant Telegram invented by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger on October 6, 2010, is
a free application for photo sharing primarily for Apple users.
April 3, 2012, gained them more than 50 million users, making
way for the application to be the number photo sharing website
there is to date
April 9, 2012, Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion.
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
UTILITARIANISM
UTILITARIANISM
UTILITARIANISM
The research concludes that the issue of Instagram
and its issue on privacy, the societal cost is greater
than that of its societal benefits. Therefore is morally
unacceptable under the ethical principle of
utilitarianism.
RIGHTS
The ethics of rights states that an action is morally acceptable if it
promotes,
advances or respects human rights, otherwise if an action or a policy
suppresses,
tramples or disregards human rights, then it is morally unacceptable.
Rights of the user:
Right to privacy
The right to privacy is a human right which may restrain both government
and private party action that threatens the privacy of individuals.
Instagrams change of the terms and conditon states that ..[users]
hereby grant to Instagram a non-exclusive, fully paid, and royalty-free,
transferable, sub-licensed , worldwide license to use the content that you
post through the service.
RIGHTS
Right to be informed
The right to earn a living and enjoy the fruits of ones labor is a
fundamental right.
Since Instagram is a free app, it is only fair that they somehow earn
profit in other ways.
RIGHTS
KANTIAN APPROACH
"People should do what is right because it is right in
order to be considered morally ethical.
- Emmanuel Kant
"A company must not deceive or withhold information
from its consumers.
- Emmanuel Kant
KANTIAN APPROACH
KANTIAN APPROACH
Though it was a free application, it doesn't mean that
you can use the pictures as an advertisement or for
other purposes without someone's consent. It
contradicts the law of privacy.
DISTRIBUTED JUSTICE
Terms and Conditions
Legal Wordings
Lack of Understanding (Users)
RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
Ethical
Users agreed to the terms and conditions
No punishment
Artists filed a case on privacy issue
They cant so, they decided to deleted their accounts
COMPENSATORY JUSTICE
Instagram did notify the users about changing the Private
Policy
But they did not really change it
They cant pay damages because too many Instagram users
ETHICS OF CARE
Instagram have care for its users knowing that they own their
content and Instagram does not claim any ownership rights over the
photos that users share. Instagram have their respect, they said
that they not have the intention to sell the photos.
VIRTUE ETHICS
Under virtue ethics, the ethical values that will be evaluated are:
Courage
Honesty
Justice
Temperance
VIRTUE ETHICS
This research proves that Instagram failed to satisfy all these four
virtues.
Therefore is morally unacceptable under Virtue ethics.
LEGAL ASPECTS
LEGAL ASPECTS
CONCLUSION
We reporters conclude differently on the aspect of Ethical analysis.
Instagrams actions clearly do not follow the ethical theory of
Kantianism. Instagram users photos were used in order for them to
grain profit or achieve their economic goals, which is not the right
thing to do according to Kants Categorical Imperative theories that
states, Act in such a way that your action can be considered as a
universal law and Do not treat a person as means but always an
end. In utilitarianism, the analysis results to the case as a morally
unacceptable act for producing the lowest benefits and greatest
cost for both the company and the users concerning this area of
analysis. The finding suggests proper approach of presenting new
policies and law that should be thoroughly reviewed before
publicizing to avoid misinterpretations.