Social Media Law and Ethics for Entrepreneurs

Issued by Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE)

Earners of the Social Media Law and Ethics for Entrepreneurs certification will demonstrate competency in legal and ethical boundaries of social media use related to advertising, human resource management, intellectual property rights, freedom of expression and censorship, torts, contracting, privacy, and preservation of litigation evidence.

Type Certification
Level Intermediate
Time Months
Cost Paid

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Earning Criteria

Achieve a grade of Satisfactory in BUS 3881: Social Media Law and Ethics for Entrepreneurs
Earners will identify social media platforms that may be used to operate and manage a business.
Earners will identify the structure of state and U.S. court systems and types of laws relevant to social media use in a business context.
Earners will identify legal responsibilities and limitations for managing employee and consumer speech via social media platforms.
Earners will identify how social media use can lead to infringement of intellectual property rights and evaluate legal strategies for protecting intellectual property.
Earners will evaluate sources of law that regulate social media advertising practices, including legal responsibilities for influencers and identify social media activities that could create civil tort liability for a business.
Earners will identify the role of contract law for lawfully and ethically managing social media activities and evaluate how privacy laws impact business use of social media platforms.
Earners will evaluate the role of social media in preserving evidence for potential litigation and evaluate ethical dilemmas related to business use of social media platforms and develop a social media policy.