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

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

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________ is the commission of acts involving a computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical.

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A ________ 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.

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FIP principles are based on the notion of the

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The danger to ubiquitous computing,telecommuting,nomad computing,and the "do anything anywhere" computing environment is that the traditional boundaries that ________ work from family and just plain leisure will be weakened.

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

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One of the difficulties of patent protection is

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The claim to ________ is protected in the Canadian,U.S.,and German constitutions in a variety of different ways and in other countries through various statutes.

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________ property is considered to be intangible property created by individuals or corporations.

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

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Which of the following is not one of the five steps discussed in the chapter as a process for analyzing an ethical issue?

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________ is the commission of illegal acts through the use of a computer or against a computer system.

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A(n)________ is a tiny graphic file embedded in e-mail messages and Web pages that is designed to monitor online Internet user behaviour.

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

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The liberties that individuals and organizations have with respect to data pertaining to themselves describe the moral dimension of ________.

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

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

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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 ________.

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