Armchair BEA: Ethics committee and Non fiction

Ethics in Blogging

Today's topic is a dilemma that  I'm pretty sure every blogger deals with.

Ethics

I think I'll break this down into topics otherwise I'll go into a tangent as this topic is pretty vast

• Plagiarism 

As far as I'm aware of I've not been victim or perpetrator of plagiarism. 

Let me state that I think blogging is fun and I use it as a way to express myself and my views. Why would I or anyone want to blog someone else's views as their own?

I mean it's not like you HAVE to blog. It's a choice . If you have nothing to say about something you don't need to. It's not like if you don't post something AMAZING everyday you'll get bad marks or loose your job or something like that. It's FUN! It's voluntary . As long as you remember this I don't think you'd want to copy what someone else is saying.

Sometimes I read some reviews and am WOWED by how well they are written and how they manage to say what "I" want to say in a much better way than I can ever manage to say it but that is why I try to avoid reading reviews of a book before I review it because sometimes subconsciously other people's reviews affect your reviews . This is not plagiarism(in my opinion) but I think it should be avoided.

I'd compare the above phenomenon to what happens when your friends keep praising a movie and you thought the movie was good but not amazing. When your friend keeps praising it and starts giving reasons for why the movie was awesome you start agreeing with the friend and your views do get influenced. 

I'd just like to say be true to yourself and remember the fact that blogging is FOR FUN 

• Linking up 

It is considered good manners or should I say ethical to link up to bloggers that inspire you to write a specific post . Also if you're taking part in a meme like Waiting on Wednesday you should definitely link up to the person who came up with the idea.

If you take part in blog tours you should link to the tour organizer's website. If for some reason you can't you should ensure that the tour organizer's name is mentioned and the blog tour image is attached.

In giveaway hops you should acknowledge the host and link to other participants as well especially if they all link to you.

• Overall ethics advice

If you're not sure that it's ethical DON'T DO IT! It's as simple as that.

If you still want to do it ask the concerned authority like the blogger,govt,etc.

That's what I think

NON-FICTION

I don't read a lot of non-fiction but some non fiction titles I would recommend are:

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

She's basically saying the same thing throughout the novel but it's a great read.

Chicken soup for the soul.

I love reading these!

My friends been bugging me to read  A short history of nearly everything and I think I will read it soon