Category Archives: compliance

Why do you work for the Sun?

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

For a number of years, people have campaigned against the Sun newspaper. The rallying cry is “Don’t buy the Sun”.[1] The movement emerged after the Sun’s infamous and defamatory headline.[2] The campaign has grown with the advent of social media. … Continue reading →

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If you work at Fox News, you enabled Roger Ailes

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

For 20 years, Roger Ailes ruled over Fox News like a personal fiefdom. He was in control and everyone knew it. If you did not do as he wanted, you would soon find that you were no longer needed. Even … Continue reading →

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Who was going to stop Roger Ailes?

Posted on August 22, 2016 by

In any organisation, the question is never “how did sexual harassment occur”, it is “who is going to stop it?” The organisation will not stop it unless someone stops him. The organisation as organisation will simply continue to function as … Continue reading →

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Friend or Foe? The state’s only question about your digital identity

Posted on March 29, 2015 by

The major issue for the web is how to identify a user. At first glance, this seems an obvious question. We know who someone is by the IP address and the owner of the computer. Except that is not always … Continue reading →

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Vexatious What the public sector calls a troll?

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

On the web, people who are argumentative, rude, or even threatening are called trolls. People block them and shun them from contact. In extreme cases, they can be banned from the social media platforms. The same process occurs in the … Continue reading →

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The Facebook experiment and the web’s ethical void

Posted on July 24, 2014 by

The Facebook Experiment has upset many people.[1] In the experiment, which was conducted in 2012, Facebook manipulated the timelines of some of its users. They filled it with good or bad news to study its effect on the user’s mood. … Continue reading →

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The myth of the transparent organisation.

Posted on June 11, 2014 by

We will hear that transparency is good for organisations and organisations will even tout their transparency. In many cases, the organisations believe what they are doing is transparent. They publish information on a regular basis that describes decisions, financial positions, … Continue reading →

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