Essay #3: Social Media Essay How does social media (and your use of devices which allow you to access social media) affect your life, your relationships with friends and family, your experience and performance at school? Write an essay in which you describe your experience with social media (either direct experience or what you've observed in friends/family). Discuss the effects of social media, and try to arrive at some conclusions that sum up your thoughts and feelings on this subject. In your discussion, refer briefly to one or two of the authors we have read on this topic, using a relevant quotation (or paraphrase or summary). Incorporating ideas from these experts lets the reader know that you are a serious person and are aware of what other people are saying about this topic. It's also to give you some points to agree or disagree with. However, the focus of the essay should be on your ideas. This one is about you. The quotations or references to other authors are just to lend you a little credibility. (For examples, look at how Shirky and Pinker refer briefly to other published works.) This is a reflective essay, not an argumentative essay, so you do not have to try to convince your reader to agree with your point of view. Cruser's "Cropped Out of My Own Fantasy" is probably the best example of the kind of essay you are meant to write, though yours should be more of an academic essay rather than a newspaper article. For this essay, "social media" can refer to such services as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so on, which are used to communicate and share information, ideas, updates, and life events with friends. (Not a social media user? If you do not use social media, or if you were previously a user and have given it up, write about that. What is behind your decision not to engage? Did something happen? What is your reasoning? How does your non-use of social media affect your relationships with other people who do use it? Do you feel more or less connected, or differently connected? Explain. What are your thoughts about social media?) Do not try to say everything you can think of about every kind of social media. Do not simply summarize your experiences with social media. Choose examples for specific reasons. Do not simply make a catalogue of "positive effects" and "negative effects." Think about your experiences and think about what they mean. Use a couple of illustrative examples that you can describe in some detail and explore and explain. You might even choose just one major experience you have had (the time my life was saved/ruined by something that happened on Twitter!) and use that experience as a way into a meaningful exploration and discussion. Again: Cruser's "Cropped Out of My Own Fantasy" is probably the best example of the kind of essay you are meant to write, though yours should be more of an academic essay rather than a newspaper article. Your grade will be based largely on the quality of your thinking. If you stick wi ...

1. Essay #3: Social Media Essay
How does social media (and your use of devices which allow
you to access social media) affect your life, your relationships
with friends and family, your experience and performance at
school?
Write an essay in which you describe your experience with
social media (either direct experience or what you've observed
in friends/family). Discuss the effects of social media, and try
to arrive at some conclusions that sum up your thoughts and
feelings on this subject.
In your discussion, refer briefly to one or two of the authors we
have read on this topic, using a relevant quotation (or
paraphrase or summary). Incorporating ideas from these experts
lets the reader know that you are a serious person and are aware
of what other people are saying about this topic. It's also to give
you some points to agree or disagree with. However, the focus
of the essay should be on your ideas. This one is about you. The
quotations or references to other authors are just to lend you a
little credibility. (For examples, look at how Shirky and Pinker
refer briefly to other published works.)
This is a reflective essay, not an argumentative essay, so you do
not have to try to convince your reader to agree with your point
of view. Cruser's "Cropped Out of My Own Fantasy" is
probably the best example of the kind of essay you are meant to
write, though yours should be more of an academic essay rather
than a newspaper article.
For this essay, "social media" can refer to such services as
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so on, which are used to
communicate and share information, ideas, updates, and life
events with friends.
(Not a social media user? If you do not use social media, or if
you were previously a user and have given it up, write about
that. What is behind your decision not to engage? Did
something happen? What is your reasoning? How does your

2. non-use of social media affect your relationships with other
people who do use it? Do you feel more or less connected, or
differently connected? Explain. What are your thoughts about
social media?)
Do not try to say everything you can think of about every kind
of social media.
Do not simply summarize your experiences with social media.
Choose examples for specific reasons.
Do not simply make a catalogue of "positive effects" and
"negative effects."
Think about your experiences and think about what they mean.
Use a couple of illustrative examples that you can describe in
some detail and explore and explain. You might even choose
just one major experience you have had (the time my life was
saved/ruined by something that happened on Twitter!) and use
that experience as a way into a meaningful exploration and
discussion. Again: Cruser's "Cropped Out of My Own Fantasy"
is probably the best example of the kind of essay you are meant
to write, though yours should be more of an academic essay
rather than a newspaper article.
Your grade will be based largely on the quality of your
thinking. If you stick with superficial, obvious, facile
observations and conclusions, even if your writing is 100%
error-free, you will be lucky to get a C.
Here's a plan of action to get started:
· Begin by doing some brainstorming and freewriting on the
questions raised in the description above. Think of some
specific, concrete examples of things you have seen and
experienced (or observed in others) which have shaped your
thinking on these issues. Review any brainstorming work you
have done.
· Re-read (or at least review) the articles, paying close attention

3. to what the writers said which relates to your experiences. Find
a couple of quotes or points that you can paraphrase or
summarize in your essay.
· Play around with organizing your ideas (and those of the other
authors you'll mention). Maybe make a visual map of the topic,
as seen at the right.
· Finally, organize your ideas into an outline. This does not
need to be a formal outline, but it should include major points
and sub-points for each paragraph, to provide a guide for how
you might write the essay.
Yujia Liu PHIL 119
2017/3/19
Final Paper Prospectus
Ethical Relationship between Stakeholders and Shareholders
I. Introduction
For all leaders in companies or organizations, one question is
always mentioned – should companies seek only to maximize
shareholders value or strive to serve the often-conflicting
interests of all stakeholders. Undoubtedly, the answer is no.
However, it is also difficult for leaders to find the most suitable
way to keep the balance between the two important groups
during their administration. This paper will discuss the ethical
behaviors of stakeholders and shareholders and then find the
ways to maximum the common interests.
Key Points
1. The accurate definition of stakeholders and shareholders and
the accurate duties for each group.
2. Ethical behavior built by each side during the business
relationships
3. Discussion and analysis about several business scandals
under the ethical stage.
II. Body of paper
A. The accurate definition of stakeholders and shareholders and
the accurate duties for each group.
Stakeholders - A person, group or organization that has interest

4. or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be
affected by the organization's actions, objectives and policies.
Some examples of key stakeholders are creditors, directors,
employees, owners (shareholders), suppliers.
Shareholders - An individual, group, or organization that owns
one or more shares in a company, and in whose name the share
certificate is issued.
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/shareholder.html
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/stakeholder.html
B. Ethical behavior built by each side during the business
relationships
1. Business ethics and customer stakeholders
a.
https://danielsethics.mgt.unm.edu/pdf/Customer%20Stakeholder
s.pdf
b. http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/primark/engaging-with-
stakeholders/customers-and-shareholders.html
2. The ethical responsibilities in the Employer-Employee
relationship
a.
http://josephsononbusinessethics.com/2010/12/responsibilities-
employer-employee-relationship/
b. https://www.allbusiness.com/ethics-and-people-management-
2975409-1.html
c.
http://catalogue.pearsoned.ca/assets/hip/ca/hip_ca_pearsonhighe
red/samplechapter/0131245228.pdf
3. Balance between managers and shareholders.
a. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/managers-goals-vs-
shareholders-goals-38807.html
b. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/conflicts-between-corporate-
management-shareholders-75063.html
c.
https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/shareholders_vs
_management_split_decision
d. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-business/

5. 4. Ethical issues with suppliers
a.
https://www.cips.org/Documents/About%20CIPS/Ethical_Bus_P
rac%20printed.pdf
b. http://www.mypurchasingcenter.com/purchasing/industry-
articles/ethics-issues-prevail-supply-chain-management/
c. http://www.supplychainbrain.com/content/research-
analysis/chainlink-research/single-article-page/article/ethics-
issues-are-at-the-heart-of-supply-chain-management-1/
d. http://ism.files.cms-
plus.com/About/principlesandstandardsguidelines.pdf
C. Discussion and analysis about several business scandals
under the ethical stage
1. Toshiba’s accounting scandal
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/081315/toshibas
-accounting-scandal-how-it-happened.asp
2. FIFA’s RICO problem
https://www.asil.org/insights/volume/19/issue/23/fifa-
corruption-scandal-perspective-public-international-law
3. Goldman Sachs employee uses stolen confidential materials
http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2015/10/28/a-
scheming-employee-just-cost-goldman-sachs-50.html
4. The dirty business of oil and gas
http://www.foe.org/system/storage/877/c2/f/561/Dirty_Business
_TransCanada_Web.pdf
5. Millions of kids’ personal data hacked
http://fortune.com/2015/11/30/vtech-hacking-children-data/
6. Exxon Mobil deliberately misleads the public about climate
change
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/science/exxon-mobil-
under-investigation-in-new-york-over-climate-
statements.html?_r=0
7. Volkswagen cheats emission tests
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772
8. Turing Pharmaceuticals jacks up prices.
https://qz.com/611347/martin-shkreli-has-fallen-from-grace-

6. but-his-former-firm-is-still-charging-sky-high-prices/
III. Conclusion – It is important to realize that the balance
between shareholder and stakeholder still cannot be completely
controlled under any business circumstances, because there are
too many components in the general environment that varies
suddenly in most time. Neither shareholder primacy nor
stakeholder theory is plausibly interpreted as the view that
corporate managers should do whatever is possible to maximize
shareholder wealth and balance all stakeholders’ interests,
respectively. Rather, these views should be interpreted as views
that managers should do whatever is morally permissible to
achieve these ends. A large part of business ethics is trying to
determine what morality permits in this domain.
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ESSAY 4: THE GENUINE REVISION
Everyone deserves a shot at redemption. This is yours.
This assignment is an opportunity to make a previous essay
better. Instead of writing a new essay, you will revise and/or
rewrite one of your previous essays.
When you are writing for classes, you usually have to work on a
very limited timeline. This time pressure is typical for students
and for people in many (perhaps most) professional settings.
However, it’s also true that professional writers and other
people who write serious and important things often spend
weeks, months, and even years working of a piece. Now of
course they don’t spend that time fooling with sentences and
fixing comma errors – they undertake a process of real,
intensive consideration of the piece, their purposes in writing it,
the intended audience, the content, the order, the tone, the way
ideas are connected, and everything else.

7. THE TASK
You need to choose one of your previously-submitted essays
and do a genuine revision of it.
Think of the original essay as a rough draft. (To be honest, in
most cases, that’s really what it is.)
Some guidelines
· 50% minimum rule: The revised essay should consist of no
more than 50% of the original essay. You should have entirely
new sentences and paragraphs, either in addition to the original
material or replacing it.
· (It is also very possible that your new essay will be close to
100% new. That is fine)
· (No, professional writers don’t impose arbitrary rules like this
on themselves. They don’t have to: they genuinely care about
what they’re writing. They won’t put their name on a thing they
aren’t proud of. If I could somehow make my students feel that
way, I wouldn’t have to do anything else. If you have some
ideas about this, I’d love to hear them.)
· Think about organizing your ideas in the most effective way.
Consider different approaches.
· Think about completeness: have you said everything that is
necessary to say on each important point in the essay? It’s
possible that you have important points buried inside
paragraphs that are focused elsewhere; you might want to pull
such important points out and give them their own paragraph in
which you can develop them more fully.
· Look for material in the original essay that is not necessary:
things that are irrelevant, redundant, or just over-explained. Are
details adding to the essay’s purpose or distracting from it? Is
there material that seems to belong in a different essay?
· Think about flow: Can the reader easily see the connections
from one idea to the next? Are you using transitions to make
these connections clear?
Which essay should you choose? On what basis should you pick
one to revise/rewrite? Let’s talk about this in class. But in
general, you should pick the one on the topic that interests or

8. inspires you the most.
NOTE: Your rewritten essay will be graded as an entirely new
assignment. It will have no effect on the original essay’s grade.