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Facebook’s biggest threat is coming from this obvious place

Ann Skeet, Director of Leadership Ethics at Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University expresses her opinion about the conflict of interest within social media.

Investors are now taking note of fundamental conflicts of interest at Facebook and other social media and tech companies. But Facebook, notably, shows these conflicts in a way that makes it easier to spot the ethical risks inherent in some of Silicon Valley’s business practices.

Excerpted from an article in Marketwatch by Ann Skeet where she expresses her opinion about conflict of interest at Facebook and other social media and tech companies. The article was also picked up by the Director's Domain newsletter from boardspan.

 

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