Deck 6: Ethics and Privacy

Question 1

All countries have privacy laws.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Electronic portfolios of individuals and their habits are called:

A) profiles.
B) electronic master records.
C) digital dossiers.
D) surveillance reports.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The rights approach to ethical standards states that an ethical action is the one that:

A) best protects and respects the moral rights of the affected parties.
B) shows respect and compassion for all others.
C) provides the most good or does the least harm.
D) treats all human beings fairly based on some defensible standard.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In the context of the fundamental tenets of ethics, _____ means that you accept the consequences of your decisions and actions.

A) responsibility
B) accountability
C) liability
D) legality

Question 5

Which of the following restricts an organization from collecting personal information until the customer specifically authorizes it?

A) Data Use Policy
B) Opt-out model
C) Opt-in model
D) Right to be forgotten

Question 6

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between ethics and legality?

A) If an act is unethical, it is always illegal.
B) An act can be unethical but still be legal.
C) An ethical act is always legal.
D) None of these options

Question 7

In the context of the categories of ethical issues, accuracy issues involve the ownership and value of information.

Question 8

Privacy advocates prefer the opt-in model of informed consent as it permits the company to collect personal information until the customer specifically requests that the data not be collected.

Question 9

All organizations, large and small, must be concerned with ethics.

Question 10

Platform for Privacy Preferences enables visitors to determine the types of personal data that can be extracted by the sites they visit.

Question 11

Moral rights can include the rights to make one's own choices about what kind of life to lead, to be told the truth, not to be injured, and to enjoy a degree of privacy.

Question 12

In the context of the two rules of privacy, the individual's right of privacy supersedes the public's right to know.

Question 13

The utilitarian approach for ethical standards states that an ethical action is the one that:

A) best protects and respects the moral rights of the affected parties.
B) shows respect and compassion for all others.
C) provides the most good or does the least harm.
D) treats all human beings fairly based on some defensible standard.

Question 14

The law opposes the right of employers to read their employees' e-mail and other electronic documents and to monitor their employees' Internet use.

Question 15

Facebook filters its content with algorithms to show users the most relevant and engaging content.

Question 16

Which of the following statements about the Ashley Madison breach is true?

A) Industry analysts maintain that the real issue in this case was the inability of Ashley Madison to protect its customers' data.
B) A group of hackers claimed to have stolen personal information about Ashley Madison's users.
C) Ashley Madison purportedly allowed users to hide their account profiles for free.
D) All of these options

Question 17

The common good approach to ethical standards states that an ethical action is the one that:

A) best protects and respects the moral rights of the affected parties.
B) shows respect and compassion for all others.
C) provides the most good or does the least harm.
D) treats all human beings fairly based on some defensible standard.