Deck 4: Social, ethical, and Legal Issues in Information Systems

Question 1

Privacy is the right to be left alone when you want to be,without surveillance or interference from other individuals or organizations.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Ethical,social,and legal or political issues are not linked.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The major ethical,social,and political issues raised by information systems include accountability and control.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Ethical issues in information systems have been given new urgency by the rise of the Internet and electronic commerce.

Question 5

Golden Rule Ethical principle states "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Question 6

In today's new economic environment,managers who violate the law and are convicted will most likely spend time in prison.

Question 7

One of the four key technological trends responsible for ethical stresses is that computing power doubles every 18 months.

Question 8

Software piracy is bad for business.

Question 9

Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult.

Question 10

The major ethical,social,and political issues raised by information systems include informed consent.

Question 11

Ethics are principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals acting as free moral agents to make choices to guide their behaviour.

Question 12

Descartes' rule of change categorical imperative is a principle that states that if an action is not right for everyone to take,it is not right for anyone.

Question 13

Liability extends the concept of responsibility further to the area of laws.

Question 14

One of the four key technological trends responsible for ethical stresses are the use of iPhones.

Question 15

One of the four key technological trends responsible for ethical stresses is networking advances and the Internet.

Question 16

The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals is called spoofing.

Question 17

Risk aversion principle states that one should take the action that produces the least harm or incurs the least cost.

Question 18

Responsibility is a very minor element of ethical action.

Question 19

The major ethical,social,and political issues raised by information systems include property rights and obligations.

Question 20

Nonobvious relationship awareness (NORA)is technology that can find obscure hidden connections between people or other entities by analyzing information from many different sources to correlate relationships.

Question 21

Right now Quebec,Ontario,and Alberta are the only provinces with privacy laws for the private sector that meet European Union standards.

Question 22

In Europe,privacy protection is much more accommodating than in many non-European countries.

Question 23

Copyright is the legal protection afforded intellectual property,such as a song,book,or video game.

Question 24

Spam is unsolicited e-mail.

Question 25

In 2000,Parliament passed the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA),Canada's modern privacy law.

Question 26

The key concepts in patent law's determination of nonobviousness are originality,novelty,and value.

Question 27

Many companies monitor what their employees are doing on the Internet to prevent them from wasting company resources on nonbusiness activities.

Question 28

Protection for trade secrets is enforced at the federal level.

Question 29

A cookie is a small file containing information about you and your Web activities that is deposited on your hard disk by a Web site.

Question 30

Most Internet businesses do very little to protect the privacy of their customers.

Question 31

The drawback to copyright protection is that the underlying ideas behind the work are not protected,only their manifestation in a product.

Question 32

Web sites use "cookies" in order to obtain the names and addresses of their visitors.

Question 33

Despite the passage of several laws defining and addressing computer crime,accessing a computer system without authorization is not yet a federal crime.

Question 34

A safe harbour is a private,self-regulating policy and enforcement mechanism that meets the objectives of government regulators and legislation but does not involve government regulation or enforcement.

Question 35

According to the courts,in the creation of software,unique concepts,general functional features,and even colours are protectable by copyright law.

Question 36

P3P encrypts or scrambles e-mail or data so that it cannot be read illicitly.

Question 37

The Copyright Office began registering software programs in the 1990s.

Question 38

The claim to privacy is protected in the Canadian,U.S.,and German constitutions in a in exactly the same way and in other countries through various statutes.

Question 39

Spyware is software that comes hidden in downloaded applications and can track your online movements.

Question 40

The European Parliament has passed a ban on unsolicited commercial messaging.

Question 41

Of users who text while driving,the more older demographic groups,such as the 38-49 age group,are by far the most frequent texters.

Question 42

Resources like Wikipedia and Google have helped to organize knowledge and make that knowledge accessible to the world,and they would have been possible without the Internet.

Question 43

The growth in the power,reach,and scope of behavioural targeting has drawn the attention of privacy groups and the Canadian Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

Question 44

Hands-free sets were effective in eliminating risk of driving while using a cell phone.

Question 45

New studies suggest that digital technologies are helping our ability to think clearly and focus.

Question 46

Google is the largest Web tracker,monitoring thousands of sites.

Question 47

Your behaviour is being tracked,and you are being targeted on the Web so that you are exposed to certain ads and not others.

Question 48

RSI is unavoidable for a computer keyboard worker.

Question 49

In today's new legal environment,managers who violate the law and are convicted will most likely

A)get probation.
B)spend time in prison.
C)pay a fine.
D)pay a fine and get probation.

Question 50

Information systems

A)pose traditional ethical situations in new manners.
B)raise new ethical questions.
C)raise the same ethical questions created by the industrial revolution.
D)raise ethical questions primarily related to information rights and obligations.

Question 51

In terms of management productivity,studies of Internet use in the workplace suggest that Web 2.0 social technologies offer managers new opportunities to utilize time and focus on their responsibilities.

Question 52

Radiation from computer display screens has been proved to be a factor in CVS.

Question 53

Food Inc.operates a Web site for their firm.They ask visitors to the Web site to give information such as name,e-mail,address,DOB,etc.Food Inc.has found that they can sell this information to outside marketing groups for a lot of money.They are in the process of deciding if they should sell their customers information.The moral dimension best described by this scenario is

A)information rights and obligations.
B)property rights and obligations.
C)accountability and control.
D)quality of life

Question 54

Talking on the cell phone while driving is equivalent to a 10-point reduction in IQ and a .08 blood alcohol level,which law enforcement considers intoxicated.

Question 55

Mary telecommutes with her head office in downtown Toronto.She finds that she is working longer hours at home than she did at the office.Her work day starts as soon as she gets out of bed as she checks her e-mail and responds to it.She is also finding that she stays on the computer long after supper in the evening as she ties up loose ends from the previous day's work.The moral dimension best described by this scenario is

A)information rights and obligations.
B)property rights and obligations.
C)accountability and control.
D)quality of life

Question 56

Mary has found a way to get access to her school's grading database.She determines that she can change her own grades to a higher level without getting caught.She decides not to because she feels she wouldn't want someone to access her information and change things without permission so she won't do that to others.The ethical principle best described by this scenario is

A)the golden rule.
B)the Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative.
C)the utilitarian principle.
D)the risk aversion principle

Question 57

Doors Inc.has just developed a new software that helps put in state of the art manufacturing techniques into plants.A quick search of the Internet reveals that another company in China already has a copy of their software that has not yet been put on the market.The moral dimension best described by this scenario is

A)information rights and obligations.
B)property rights and obligations.
C)accountability and control.
D)quality of life

Question 58

Technostress is a computer-related malady whose symptoms include fatigue.

Question 59

"Free is Me" is a software company that sells file-sharing software.Once customers have downloaded the software,they can download movies,music,and software programs for free.If these goods were purchased at a store,they would cost anywhere from ten dollars to several hundred dollars.This is a great way to get all this stuff for free.The moral dimension best described by this scenario is

A)information rights and obligations.
B)property rights and obligations.
C)accountability and control.
D)quality of life

Question 60

The technology used to implement online tracking is a combination of cookies,Flash cookies,and Web beacons (also called "Web bugs").

Question 61

The feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action is called

A)due process.
B)accountability.
C)the courts of appeal.
D)the judicial system.

Question 62

Orange Computers sell software on their Web site.They have a policy of putting secret software on their clients computers when they install the actual software which they purchase from Orange Computers.This secret software calls out to other Web sites to send banner ads and other unsolicited material to the user.This secret software is ________.

A)a Web bug
B)a cookie
C)spyware
D)illegal

Question 63

The feature of political systems in which a body of laws is in place that permits individuals to recover the damages done to them by other actors,systems,or organizations is referred to as

A)accountability.
B)responsibility.
C)due process.
D)liability.

Question 64

The four key technical trends responsible for current ethical stresses related to information technology are (1)doubling of computer power every 18 months,(2)data analysis advances,(3)declining data storage costs,and (4)________.

A)advances in wireless networking
B)international standards for data protection
C)networking advances and the Internet
D)increased ease in file sharing and copying

Question 65

Fred has found a way to get access to his school's grading database.He determines that he can change his own grades to a higher level but there is a chance he might get caught.He decides not to change his grade because if he gets caught he will get kicked out of school and not be able to go to college.The ethical principle best described by this scenario is

A)the golden rule.
B)the Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative.
C)the utilitarian principle.
D)the risk aversion principle

Question 66

In the information age,the obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within the moral dimension of

A)family and home.
B)property rights and obligations.
C)system quality.
D)quality of life.

Question 67

The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals is called

A)profiling.
B)phishing.
C)spamming.
D)targeting.

Question 68

Books Inc.sell books on their Web site.They have a policy toward their customer privacy of self-regulating.Their policy meets all the government regulation and legislation but does not involve government regulation or enforcement.The principle best described by this scenario is

A)liability
B)due process
C)safe harbour
D)informed consent

Question 69

NORA is a

A)profiling technology used by the EU.
B)federal privacy law protecting networked data
C)new data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources.
D)sentencing guideline adopted in 1987 mandating stiff sentences on business executives.

Question 70

The introduction of new information technology has a

A)dampening effect on the discourse of business ethics.
B)ripple effect raising new ethical,social,and political issues.
C)beneficial effect for society as a whole,while raising dilemmas for consumers.
D)waterfall effect in raising ever more complex ethical issues.

Question 71

Accepting the potential costs,duties,and obligations for the decisions you make is referred to as

A)responsibility.
B)accountability.
C)liability.
D)due process.

Question 72

Advances in data storage techniques and rapidly declining storage costs have

A)been accompanied by relevant federal statutes protecting personal data.
B)made universal access possible.
C)doubled every 18 months.
D)made routine violations of privacy cheap and effective.

Question 73

Barb is buying a book online.They are asking her to give them a large amount of personal information before she is able to buy the book.The book site describes what will happen with the information and they also provide a way for Barb to ask them to collect no more data on her.The principle best described by this scenario is

A)liability
B)due process
C)safe harbor
D)informed consent

Question 74

Books Inc.sell books at their Web site.They have a policy of putting tiny files on their clients computers to track visits to their site.This tiny program can customize the clients next visit to Books Inc.site.This tiny files is a ________.

A)Web bug
B)cracker
C)cookie
D)biscuit

Question 75

In the information age,the obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property fall within the moral dimension of

A)property rights and obligations.
B)system quality.
C)accountability and control.
D)information rights and obligations.

Question 76

Ben has found a way to get access to his school's grading database.He determines that he can change his own grades to a higher level without getting caught.He decides not to because he feels he needs to choose between earning a grades or a lesser value choice of stealing a grade or getting something for nothing.He will choose the higher value choice and not changing the grade.The ethical principle best described by this scenario is

A)the golden rule.
B)the Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative.
C)the utilitarian principle.
D)the risk aversion principle

Question 77

Software is protected from being stolen,replicated,and sold by anyone but the owner of the software or those given his permission by what law?

A)Canadian property law
B)Canadian patent law
C)Canadian copyright law
D)There is no legal protection.

Question 78

Right now ________ is the only province with privacy laws for the private sector that meet European Union standards.

A)Alberta
B)Ontario
C)Nova Scotia
D)Quebec

Question 79

John has found a way to get access to his school's grading database.He determines that he can change his own grades to a higher level without getting caught.He decides not to because he feels this would not be right if everyone did this so it is not right that he alone should do it.The ethical principle best described by this scenario is

A)the golden rule.
B)the Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative.
C)the utilitarian principle.
D)the risk aversion principle

Question 80

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of ChoicePoint raise?

A)property rights and obligations
B)system quality
C)accountability and control
D)information rights and obligations