Thursday, September 24, 2009
Good Blogging Policies
There are many practices that blogger should follow. In an article, written by David D. Perlmutter, some common things that bloggers do that aren't very ethical are listed. Two of these include: plagiarism and misrepresenting themselves or their affiliations. (http://policybyblog.squarespace.com/storage/blogethics--perlmutter.pdf) We all know what plagiarism is and we know that it is illegal and should never be done. Because you can talk to a person you have never before seen or talked to on the internet, it can be so easy to misrepresent yourselves and your company. Doing so is very unethical and in some forms can be illegal as well. These are just two things that should never be done on a blog.
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I think that plagiarism is such a crucial policy to stick to. As it is frequently reiterated, there are serious consequences in education for plagiarism. The same rule applies in the corporate environment. If you copy other's work and ideas, you can seriously endanger your job. This idea of avoiding plagiarism is considerably more apparent in blogging because blogs are online and in a public space. It is easy to find information online and use it as your own, but if you get caught, serious consequences can, and likely will, result.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that plagiarism is a very important policy to consider when discussing blog policies, however, there are other important things to consider when dealing with large corporations blogs. One example of something to consider when discussing corporate policies would be that there is no room for arguing, always make sure you correct your own mistakes when noticed first and take any constructive criticism. This is another form of networking that should be treated the same as face to face confrontation.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting how plagiarism is brought up in almost every class that contains any sort of writing whatsoever. College professors should never have to bring up the fact that plagiarism is illegal, unethical, and that anyone caught doing it will be punished. These are all things that students should know and be ingrained with during their high school years. Truly, by the time a person is in his or her career it should be second nature to cite everything used in his writing.
ReplyDeleteWith the free information flow of the internet some people believe that nobody will ever know that they have plagiarized from some random source on the wed; however, this type of thinking should be frowned upon because it is very difficult to come up with a completely unique idea these days without cannibalizing another person's ideas.