Exam 4: Personal, Legal, Ethical, and Organizational Issues

A potential benefit of telecommuting is that it _____.

_____ permits you to use copyrighted material for certain purposes, such as quoting passages of a book in literary reviews.

Provide an example of job deskilling.

According to the 1980 revisions to the Copyright Act of 1976, _____.

_____  are small text files with unique ID tags that are embedded in a Web browser and saved on the user's hard drive.

With employee-monitoring systems, managers can supervise employees' work speeds.

Describe in brief the intellectual property that copyright laws protect and the exceptions.

Because sending spam is expensive, a small response-a fraction of a percent, for example-is an inadequate return on the investment.

_____ , also known as virtual work, has enabled some people to perform their jobs from home.

Only a few organizations have policies stating that e-mail sent on company-owned computers are the organization's property.

A company that sells products or services to EU residents must be aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)and its consequences only if the company is located in the EU.

One of the ways in which green computing can be achieved is by replacing meetings over computer networks with actual face-to-face meetings.

_____, which are generated by Web server software, record a user's actions on a Web site.

When did the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)go into effect?

To guard against possible legal ramifications and the consequences of using the Web and networks, an organization usually establishes a(n)_____ .

Albert applied for a consumer durables loan at Horizon Bank and had to provide his personal information in the loan application form. John, the banker in charge, used Albert's information to sell him a credit card issued by Horizon Bank. In this scenario, John's action is considered _____.

The goal of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)is to create more consistent protection of consumer and personal data across EU nations.

Identify a true statement about information technology.

Which is a potential benefit of telecommuting?

Information technologies have decreased the ease of access to information for hackers as well as for legitimate organizations.