Having served on many boards concerned with setting international professional standards, I have a firm belief that professionalizing any business is of great benefit. This was my definite conclusion throughout my work on special assignments to develop the United Nations standards as Chairman of the United Nations Accounting and Reporting Standards Committee, chairing the United Nations Charter, the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization expert council, the World Trade Organization expert council, education quality standards boards, and many Boards of international professional organizations, including the International Federation of Accountants, the International Accounting Standards Authority and much more.
I believe that social media must be subject to a professional future, which makes it a disciplined and regular profession, and a reason for the companies traded through it to remain active and prosperous, instead of going without controls and without governance.
Social media has its capabilities and capabilities that are related to informatics, but rather the financial result of informatics of these methods. This has turned this information into the most valuable asset on the planet, making it more valuable than oil and gas. And became a superior force overpowering.
Today, there is no system of governance over it to be held accountable for what relates to the vast capabilities that social media companies have; or the various other media outlets because of their lack of professionalism. Either under a professional system, you are either forced to submit to accountability and adherence to standards, or are cast out of society.
While some claim that subjecting technological communication to professionalism will kill innovation, the truth is the opposite. Certainly, professionalism will not kill innovation; it will stimulate innovation. Professionalizing the social technology sphere including technology companies would be a boon to innovation. I am confident that our current conditions, which reflect the tragedy of the overwhelming public opinion, will be directed to taking real and beneficial steps of innovation.
Here, please do not misunderstand me: Social media are indeed great tools, but only when they are in safe hands, I mean: the hands of the responsible, sane. The nature and feasibility of professionalism: Creating a respected, effective, growing, and recognized recognized profession.
What worries me about the future of social media is that its design does not take into account humane standards. Therefore, today, we find no rules, values, or ethics that chart their social paths. And I advocate that the time has come to lay the foundation stone for a more responsible, safe, productive, and comprehensive future of social media, through its gradual profession until talent turns into a real profession, with critical global standards and rules that are enforceable, away from using social media to offend people And symbols without right.
Here comes the role of community leaders to protect themselves and their own societies, but rather to protect the national and global community as a whole, because any path they take will affect large groups of people. We have role models in doctors and engineers who helped lead change through their personal paths because they knew that they should not only protect the people passing under the scalpel or over the bridge that the engineer built, but also the surgeons and engineers themselves, from the increased accountability of their successes.
It does not require great moral courage or a distinctive genius to realize that the visit to the doctor in 2019 differs from his visit in 1875, and no one takes seriously who indicates that just our transition from the conditions of 1870 is sufficient to be satisfied with our current situation, but we need to make Huge efforts to tackle technology from within, such as in the health care sector for example, even after subjecting it to professional rules.
But we cannot even start tackling these problems before we get started with them professionally. Let us attack the real threat of solutions to real problems: the pre-professional status quo, accessible to all, makes it nearly impossible for actual creativity to flourish. So we call to stop keeping things the way they are and head for innovation.
Keep my words: professionalism will come; the users - and ultimately the tech workers themselves - will demand it. The sooner we get there, the more we will have a roadmap to get out of the ditch in which the Silicon Valley has been embedded.
We have precedents to learn from, and experts to learn from, including a career in public accounting. Let's make this shift continue. It is time for "Silicon Valley" to revolve around what works for humanity.
Founder and president of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh International Group.
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