Exam 7: Ethical Decision Making: Technology and Privacy in the Workplace

New York's _____ statute prohibits employment decisions or actions based on four categories of off-duty activity.

Briefly outline the challenges of technology discussed in the text.

Which of the following statements about the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 is true?

The _____ Act expanded states' rights with regard to Internet surveillance technology, including workplace surveillance, and amended the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

Some companies have a(n) _____ policy under which an employer refuses to hire or terminates a worker on the basis of the spouse's working at the same firm.

The European Union's Directive on Personal Data Protection does not in any way prohibitE.U. countries.E.U. firms from transferring personal information to a non-E.U. country unless that country maintains "adequate protections" of its own; in other words, protections equivalent to those the directive guarantees inE.U. firms from transferring personal information to a non-E.U. country.The European Union's Directive on Personal Data Protection prohibits

The right to privacy is restricted by a social contract in our culture that prevents us from infringing on someone else's right to her or his personal autonomy.

The Constitution's Fourth Amendment protection against an unreasonable search and seizure governs only the public sector workplace because:

With regard to medical information specifically, employers' decisions are not only governed by the Americans with Disabilities Act but also restricted by the _____ Act.

The rise of social media and social networking use in recent years has given rise to the evolution of _____ monitoring.

Which of the following acts stipulates that employers cannot use "protected health information" in making employment decisions without prior consent?

If the basis for finding an invasion of privacy is often the employee's legitimate and reasonable expectation of privacy, then a situation where there is no real expectation of privacy occurs when the:

Most statutes or common law decisions provide for employer defenses for those rules that are necessary to avoid a conflict of ____.

Discrimination laws do not necessarily protect workers against adverse action based on the identity of the person they married.

Outline the business reasons to limiting monitoring.

Which of the following acts grants access to sensitive data with only a court order rather than a judicial warrant and imposes or enhances civil and criminal penalties for knowingly or intentionally aiding terrorists?

Which of the following statements is true about monitoring?

Why do firms monitor technology usage?

According to Donaldson and Dunfee, the right to personal freedom is an example of a hypernorm.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) stipulates that employers can use "protected health information" in making employment decisions without prior consent.