Ideas in this flowchart

• Ethical decision-making can be evaluated through personal feelings and public scrutiny.
• An ethical decision may depend on how the decision makes you feel.
• The newspaper or social media post test evaluates whether you would accept public disclosure of the decision.
• Ask how you would feel if an objective reporter described the decision.
• The description could appear on the front page of a newspaper or in a social media post.
• The decision would be viewed by many people.
• Social media plays a pivotal role in ethical decision-making today.
• People use social media to share critical comments.
• These comments may concern friends.
• These comments may also concern employers, business colleagues, and competitors.
• A central question is whether companies should regularly view employees’ social media pages.
• Companies may view employees’ social media pages on a regular basis.
• Employees’ social media information may be considered off-limits to employers.