COMM 101 105 UBC – Wong, Yen Fung

Blog Link: Have Brand Pages Give Google+ New Life?

There have been great commotion around the launch of Google+, a social media site that offers great competition for Facebook. Since launching, Google+ has attracted more than 40 Million users, claiming its record as the fastest growing social media program. This puts it in a great position to challenge and compete with Facebook, the established powerhouse of the Social Media market. I believe Google+ would also grow to be as successful as Facebook with some time. This tends to be the case for Social Media as users have to get used to the platform before being fully utilized. In addition, Social Media requires interaction between users. With great growth in users being forecast, Google+’s success seems imminent.

With regards to the blog, i feel that brand pages does breath a new life into the Social Media site. New brand pages would entail a new look, making users captivated with the site. This eventually retains users, propelling the usage of the site. Google+’s brand pages would definitely provide leverage for the site, allowing it to compete with Facebook and other social media sites that are popularly being used by people around the globe.

Video with relate to Google+ and what it actually does

Google+ would evolve to become another success story after Facebook and other success Social Media sites out there.

Picture Sources: Facebook vs Google+ ,  Google+

Blog Link: Business Ethics: Steroids in Baseball – Ganasan Ponjani

It is common sight for steroids to be utilized by sports players nowadays to boost their performance. This relates closely to ethics, as seen from an business perspective.

As highlighted in Ganasan’s post, steroids does make the game more interesting and exciting through the record-breaking efforts of athletes. People also enjoy such games as it would be  more entertaining than previous ones. However, the ethical parts come into play when players adopt steroids as a form of performance enhancer. Games could be fixed, resulting in monetary issues arising. This tarnishes the sport’s image as compared with other sports around, reducing its viewership potentially.

Ethical behavior is of utmost importance for both baseball and business. Without it, businesses would not be able to maintain its credibility, thus eventually leading to bad business performance. Businesses should be ethical, as seen in the context of baseball.

Forms of ethical behavior in business includes

1. Financial Ethics
2. Marketing Ethics
3. Production Ethics
4. Environmental Ethics
5. Intellectual Property