Question 1

Identify a true statement about hypernorms.

Accepted Answer

Ethicists Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee have developed an approach to ethical analysis that seeks to differentiate between those values that are fundamental across culture and theory hypernorms and those values that are determined within moral free space and that are not hypernorms.

Question 2

The concept of property rights excludes personal information.

Accepted Answer

The concept of property rights involves a determination of who maintains control over tangibles and intangibles,including,therefore,personal information.

Question 3

Identify a true statement about privacy.

Accepted Answer

Privacy can be legally protected in three ways: by the constitution (federal or state),by federal and/or state statutes,and by the common law.

Question 4

According to ethicists Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee,the right to _____ is an example of a hypernorm.

Accepted Answer

Donaldson and Dunfee include as examples of hypernorms freedom of speech,the right to personal freedom,the right to physical movement,and informed consent.

Question 5

Monitoring allows a manager to ensure effective,productive performance by preventing the loss of productivity to inappropriate technology use.

Accepted Answer

Monitoring allows a manager to ensure effective,productive performance by preventing the loss of productivity to inappropriate technology use.

Question 6

According to Donaldson and Dunfee,the right to personal freedom is an example of a hypernorm.

Accepted Answer

Donaldson and Dunfee include as examples of hypernorms freedom of speech,the right to personal freedom,the right to physical movement,and informed consent.

Question 7

Privacy is important because it serves to define one's individuality.

Accepted Answer

Privacy is important because it serves to establish the boundary between individuals and thereby serves to define one's individuality.

Question 8

Employers in all parts of the United States are prohibited from making employment decisions on the basis of weight,even if they are not in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Accepted Answer

Employers are not prohibited from making employment decisions on the basis of weight,as long as they are not in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)when they do so.

Question 9

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)stipulates that employers can use "protected health information" in making employment decisions without prior consent.

Accepted Answer

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)stipulates that employers cannot use "protected health information" in making employment decisions without prior consent.

Question 10

The European Union's Directive on Personal Data Protection does not in any way prohibit EU firms from transferring personal information to a non-EU country.

Accepted Answer

The European Union's Directive on Personal Data Protection prohibits EU firms from transferring personal information to a non-EU country unless that country maintains "adequate protections" of its own;in other words,protections equivalent to those the directive guarantees in EU countries.

Question 11

A study completed in 2014 by PricewaterhouseCoopers predicted that data monitoring of employees will decrease over the next decade as Generation Y is absorbed into the workforce.

Accepted Answer

A study completed in 2014 by PricewaterhouseCoopers predicted that data monitoring of employees will decrease over the next decade as Generation Y is absorbed into the workforce.It concluded that,by 2020,approximately half of the global workforce will be between the ages of 18 and 32,and will bring different attitudes to work,technology,and personal data.

Question 12

According to the "Hawthorne Effect," merely knowing one is being studied might make one a better worker.

Accepted Answer

One of the problems associated with giving prior notice of monitoring is the "Hawthorne Effect." Workers are found to be more productive based on the psychological stimulus of being singled out,which makes them feel more important.Merely knowing one is being studied might make one a better worker.

Question 13

The "invasion of privacy" claim developed through case law called intrusion into seclusion.

Accepted Answer

The "invasion of privacy" claim developed through case law called intrusion into seclusion.

Question 14

The value of privacy to civilized society is as great as the value of hypernorms to civilized existence.

Accepted Answer

The value of privacy to civilized society is as great as the value of the various hypernorms to civilized existence.

Question 15

A social contract restricts the right to privacy by preventing people from infringing on someone else's right to his or her personal autonomy.

Accepted Answer

The right to privacy is restricted by a social contract in our culture that prevents us from infringing on someone else's right to her or his personal autonomy.

Question 16

Two general and connected understandings of privacy have been identified: privacy as a right to be "left alone" within a personal zone of solitude,and privacy as the:

Accepted Answer

Two general and connected understandings of privacy can be found in the legal and philosophical literature on this topic: privacy as a right to be "left alone" within a personal zone of solitude,and privacy as the right to control information about oneself.

Question 17

Discrimination laws do not necessarily protect workers against adverse action based on the identity of the person they married.

Accepted Answer

Laws that protect against discrimination based on marital status exist in just under half of the states.However,though workers might be protected based on marital status,they are not necessarily protected against adverse action based on the identity of the person they married.

Question 18

Which of the following is at the core of many of the examples of hypernorms?

Accepted Answer

Ethicists Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee include as examples of hypernorms freedom of speech,the right to personal freedom,the right to physical movement,and informed consent.Individual privacy is at the core of many of these basic minimal rights and is,in fact,a necessary prerequisite to many of them.

Question 19

Values that are fundamental across culture and theory are not hypernorms.

Accepted Answer

Ethicists Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee have developed an approach to ethical analysis that seeks to differentiate between those values that are fundamental across culture and theory hypernorms and those values that are determined within moral free space and that are not hypernorms.

Question 20

The Constitution's Fourth Amendment protection against an unreasonable search and seizure governs only the private-sector workplace.

Accepted Answer

The Constitution's Fourth Amendment protection against an unreasonable search and seizure governs only the public sector workplace.

Quiz 7: Ethical Decision Making: Technology and Privacy in the Workplace

Identify a true statement about hypernorms.

The concept of property rights excludes personal information.

Identify a true statement about privacy.

According to ethicists Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee,the right to _____ is an example of a hypernorm.

Monitoring allows a manager to ensure effective,productive performance by preventing the loss of productivity to inappropriate technology use.

According to Donaldson and Dunfee,the right to personal freedom is an example of a hypernorm.

Privacy is important because it serves to define one's individuality.

Employers in all parts of the United States are prohibited from making employment decisions on the basis of weight,even if they are not in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)stipulates that employers can use "protected health information" in making employment decisions without prior consent.

The European Union's Directive on Personal Data Protection does not in any way prohibit EU firms from transferring personal information to a non-EU country.

A study completed in 2014 by PricewaterhouseCoopers predicted that data monitoring of employees will decrease over the next decade as Generation Y is absorbed into the workforce.

According to the "Hawthorne Effect," merely knowing one is being studied might make one a better worker.

The "invasion of privacy" claim developed through case law called intrusion into seclusion.

The value of privacy to civilized society is as great as the value of hypernorms to civilized existence.

A social contract restricts the right to privacy by preventing people from infringing on someone else's right to his or her personal autonomy.

Two general and connected understandings of privacy have been identified: privacy as a right to be "left alone" within a personal zone of solitude,and privacy as the:

Discrimination laws do not necessarily protect workers against adverse action based on the identity of the person they married.

Which of the following is at the core of many of the examples of hypernorms?

Values that are fundamental across culture and theory are not hypernorms.

The Constitution's Fourth Amendment protection against an unreasonable search and seizure governs only the private-sector workplace.