Exam 4: Social ethical and Legal Issues in the Digital Firm

One of the capabilities of Internet communication is the ability of the individual to appear essentially anonymous by using made-up user names.Is anonymity the same thing as privacy,and should it be a right? What ethical issues are raised by increased anonymity?

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Question 61

Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult.

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Question 62

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of ChoicePoint raise?

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Question 63

"More organizations depend on computer systems for critical operations",this impact is the result of what computing trend?

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Question 64

Which of the following adjusts copyright laws to the Internet age by making it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials?

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Question 65

The process in law-governed societies in which laws are known and understood and there is an ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly is called

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Question 66

The European Parliament has passed a ban on unsolicited commercial messaging.

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Question 67

List and describe the five moral dimensions that are involved in political,social,and ethical issues.Which do you think will be the most difficult for society to deal with? Support your opinion.

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Question 68

The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals is called

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Question 69

European privacy protection is ________ than in the United States.

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Question 70

_______________________are tiny software programs that keep a record of users' online clickstream and report this data back to whoever owns the tracking file invisibly embedded in e-mail messages and Web pages that are designed to monitor the behaviour of the user visiting a Web site or sending e-mail.

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Question 71

In white-collar fraud,information systems are most typically used as a means to hide financial evidence of crimes.

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Question 72

The drawback to copyright protection is that the underlying ideas behind the work are not protected,only their reproduction in a product.

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Question 73

The last step in analyzing an ethical issue should be to identify the stakeholders-people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision.

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Question 74

Several studies,including at least two by Statistics Canada,have found that _____________________in Canada are less likely to have computers or online Internet access.

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Question 75

In addition,in 2000,Parliament passed the Personal Technology Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PTPEDA),Canada's modern privacy law.

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Question 76

Discuss at least three key technology trends that raise ethical issues.Give an example of an ethical or moral impact connected to each one.

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Question 77

One of the difficulties of patent protection is

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Question 78

_______________________ extends the concept of responsibility further to the area of laws; it is a feature of political systems in which a body of laws is in place that permits individuals to recover the damages done to them by other actors,systems,or organizations.

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Question 79

________ can be induced by tens of thousands of repetitions under low-impact loads.

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One of the capabilities of Internet communication is the ability of the individual to appear essentially anonymous by using made-up user names.Is anonymity the same thing as privacy,and should it be a right? What ethical issues are raised by increased anonymity?

Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult.

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of ChoicePoint raise?

"More organizations depend on computer systems for critical operations",this impact is the result of what computing trend?

Which of the following adjusts copyright laws to the Internet age by making it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials?

The process in law-governed societies in which laws are known and understood and there is an ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly is called

The European Parliament has passed a ban on unsolicited commercial messaging.

List and describe the five moral dimensions that are involved in political,social,and ethical issues.Which do you think will be the most difficult for society to deal with? Support your opinion.

The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals is called

European privacy protection is ________ than in the United States.

In white-collar fraud,information systems are most typically used as a means to hide financial evidence of crimes.

The drawback to copyright protection is that the underlying ideas behind the work are not protected,only their reproduction in a product.

The last step in analyzing an ethical issue should be to identify the stakeholders-people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision.

Several studies,including at least two by Statistics Canada,have found that _____________________in Canada are less likely to have computers or online Internet access.

In addition,in 2000,Parliament passed the Personal Technology Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PTPEDA),Canada's modern privacy law.

Discuss at least three key technology trends that raise ethical issues.Give an example of an ethical or moral impact connected to each one.

One of the difficulties of patent protection is

_______________________ extends the concept of responsibility further to the area of laws; it is a feature of political systems in which a body of laws is in place that permits individuals to recover the damages done to them by other actors,systems,or organizations.

________ can be induced by tens of thousands of repetitions under low-impact loads.

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