The Right Way With Cell Phones

Cell phones are really common to the urban world in our generation. You can see a lot of them every where you go. From your family member that's always using it, to that business man walking on the street, probably talking to a business partner or his wife. Cell phones really useful to us in many ways (emergencies, communicating with a friend, asking your mom to buy you food, etc.,). But some people don't understand when they should use them when they have their cellphones with them (using their phones while driving, in class, in a plane, etc.,). In this post, we'll learn what is the ethical use of cell phones, when/how you should or should not use them.

In my first source, it stated general ethical uses of phones. Firstly, the writer wrote that there are cell phones rules that the user should abide by. These laws came out due to many accidents that took place. In many places, using cell phones are banned while driving. In some places, they have to pay penalty or taken to jail for breaking such laws. Therefore, breaking the cell phone rules is unethical. Secondly, there are cell phone manners. The Institute of Global Ethics took a survey on the readers to get an idea of what they think cell phones about cell phone manners. They collected a lot of various opinions and made a list of proper cell phone use which are keeping conversations short in public places, talking in a low voice in public arenas, switching to silent or vibrate mode while in a meeting program going on, refraining from any sort of discussion on personal or official or confidential topics, and using handsfree while driving or avoiding use it if possible. Lastly, values are also very important. You can use this device for a lot of different crimes. You can even cause personal harm with it. You may have a picture or video of someone, which he or she does not want to share. The pornography is so much widespread through the cell phones. Therefore, you need to cultivate the values in yourself while you are using a cell phone so that you do not harm other rights and do not cause your moral decay.

For my second source, I watched a video about cell phone etiquette. It was quite funny how this guy kept appearing on random places where the guy who wasn't following cell phone etiquette was. I can't embed the video, so you could just click the source below to watch it. The video showed a guy not following cell phone etiquette by driving while texting, answering a call right after asking his wife a question but didn't let her answer, checking your phone constantly in the presence of others, using it as accessories (e.g., two cellphones in one belt, a bluetooth, a headset that's not even in use) and others. The guy who was appearing every where, talking about cell phone etiquette was commenting on how you should use them. I can't exactly describe much in words, but I suggest you watch it by clicking the link below.

I think that we should follow rules for our own safety and our own good. I agree with both sources and think that we should be discerning about when to use it. I don't have a phone, but at least now I understand more about the ethical uses of cellphones. I know a lot of teenagers like me using their cell phones in class while the teacher's talking, but that doesn't mean I should follow them. It's really interesting to know that even some adults break these rules about phones and don't follow them even though it's just a simple rule. My advice is that you should just think about how you can respect and observe the safety of others before using your phone. I don't have anything else to say but to follow these rules set by others.

Source 1
- I chose this article because it was one of the first relevant sites that I searched on Google.
Source 2
- I chose this video because it was really funny yet educational.