Exam 9: Business Ethics and Technology.

Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer. -Some companies involved in biotech research hire bioethicists to monitor the ethical issues raised by their investigations. Can these bioethicists, paid by the firm doing the research, be objective?

The most significant obstacle to the use of biotechnology is

The imperative that states "what can be developed will be developed" is

Artificial Intelligence grew out of:

Which of the following is not an undesirable side effect of technology?

With regard to data security, data breaches are on the rise.

People who express concerns about the ethical issues involved in technological advances are generally against the use of technology.

Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer. -Why is protection of children an important ethical issue in the use of the Internet?

Studies have shown that drivers who are talking on cell phones have slower reaction times than drivers who are legally drunk.

Plaintiffs who have been injured by drivers talking on cell phones are holding the drivers' employers responsible as well.

All of the following are technological means by which companies invade consumer privacy except

Using biology to discover, develop, manufacture, market, and sell products and services is called

Selling products and services online is known as

A business's technological environment represents the total set of technology-based advancements or progress taking place in society.

The use of electronic means by a company to watch or monitor its employees is called

Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions. Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it. -One of the benefits of technology is that it reduces the amount of labor needed to produce a given number of goods or services. Yet evidence shows that Americans work longer hours now than at any time in our history, and we work more hours than any other country. Discuss the implications of using technology to produce more instead of working less.

The number one ethical issue in doing business over the Internet is

Which of the following is not a valid definition of technology?

In increasing numbers, employees are losing their jobs to robotics.

Companies use technology through the use of cookies and spam to invade consumer privacy.