Exam 14: Privacy and Ethical Considerations in Information Management

Unlike the European Union, the U.S. has no general legislature ensuring Internet privacy rights. Instead, the U.S. encourages self-regulation and has introduced industry-specific regulations as needed.

Which theory of normative business ethics seeks to create value for people in a manner that is just and nondiscriminatory?

In 2014, Cambridge Analytica scraped preferences, locations, and friends of 50 million Facebook users, meaning it:

The chapter contends that Internet companies are in business for the money and hence they really would prefer to keep their customers in the dark about how their personal data is being used to generate profits. Assuming this statement is true, with which ethical theory would you say these Internet companies are most aligned?

Questions like "Who is responsible for the reliability of information?" and "Who will be accountable for errors in the information?" are part of which ethical issue?

Which act of 1996 is designed to safeguard the electronic exchange of patient records in the health care industry?

Over time it becomes easier to maintain the accuracy of information.

Which of the following is a text message that is stored on a user's computer by a Web server that helps trace the user's browsing habits?

____________is an example of U.S. legislature designed to ensure the privacy and protection of information for a specific industry.

Which type of "cookies" enables a user to stay logged to a site and keeps your shopping cart intact as you click from page to page?

"Who owns information?" and "What are the just and fair prices for its exchange?" are part of which ethical issue?

How does the European Union approach data protection differently than the United States?

Green computing benefits _____ which is sometimes referred to as "People, Planet, Profit".

Target found out a teenager was pregnant by (1) ________ and revealed that fact to her dad by (2) _______

Green computing is often associated with supporting the triple bottom line, known as:

Bradley Manning, a U.S. intelligence officer, took over 500,000 documents from the U.S. State Department and gave them to a public Web site called Wikileaks for publication. These documents were far ranging in their content. Match the actions below with the failure to control and the misuse of sensitive information. Property Even though the dociments were made available on the site Wikileaks, the U.S. State Department still holds that the docunents are classified and under their regulation. Accessibility Marning was allowed to log into a database of classified infomation No one monitored his retrieval of infamation that was outside the scope of his duties. Privacy The U.S. State Department acknowledges that personal comments and assessments of foreign leaders revealed in some documents were strictly for the pupose of U.S. diplomacy.

Match the managerial control concern with the challenges a manager may face on a regular basis. Privacy Surveillance of employees to ensure productivity and utilization Property Agpregating customer data and providing it to a marketing firm for a fee Accessibility Giving employees improper riphts to view other employee's personal data Accuracy Holding on to outdated customer records

In today's digital word, individuals can control their privacy through choice, ______ , and correction.

Match the situation below with the area of information control it falls under. Privacy A Web site seeks detailed infornation about your farnily, you do not feel that this information is in aryy way relevart to your usage of the Web site's services. Accuracy You have been the victim of a barking emor. The error was corrected. Regardless, it appears on your credit report and your credit rating is terrible, impacting your ability to get a loarn Property You believe that by contributing online to one non-profit your personal infornation has been shared with several other non-profit orgarnizations that you are not farniliar with. Accessibility A friend indicates that his log in allows hirn to seenot just his prades but also all student grades.

Give reasons why users are so willing to forgo privacy on the Internet.