Wiley Chapter 3
Which of the following data is NOT currently collected by usage-based car insurance companies?
GPS
You can check your credit report annually for free through TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian. This allows you to catch signs of identity theft early and note any problems in your credit reports. This is an example of an ethical issue that falls into the category of ________.
Privacy
Major scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco led to the passage of which law in 2002?
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Code of Ethics
a collection of principles intended to guide decision making by members of the organization
Liability
a legal concept that gives individuals the right to recover the damages done to them by other individuals, organizations, or systems
Privacy Policies (codes)
an organization's guidelines for protecting the privacy of its customers, clients, and employees
Accountability
determining who is responsible for actions that were taken.
rights approach
ethical action is the one that best protects and respects the moral rights of the affected parties
Utilitarian Approach
ethical action is the one that provides the most good or does the least harm.
fairness approach
ethical actions treat all human beings equally, or, if unequally, then fairly, based on some defensible standard
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires publicly held companies to implement _________ controls; it was passed to address the _________ crisis.
financial; Enron
common good approach
highlights the interlocking relationships that underlie all societies. This approach argues that respect and compassion for all others is the basis for ethical actions (laws)
Responsibility
means that you accept the consequences of your decisions and actions.
Opt-Out Model of Informed Consent
permits the company to collect personal information until the customer specifically requests that the data not be collected
opt-in model of informed consent
prohibits an organization from collecting any personal information unless the customer specifically authorizes it.
deontology approach
the morality of an action is based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based on the consequences of that action
Ethics
the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions
Privacy
the right to be left alone and to be free of unreasonable personal intrusions
Information Privacy
the right to determine when, and to what extent, information about you can be gathered or communicated to others
Tagging your friends' pictures on Facebook will not compromise their privacy as long as you obtain their permission.
False
The law basically does not support an employer's right to read electronic mail and other electronic documents.
False
Using apps on your smart phones that broadcast your location to others is a harmless act.
False
_________ is the tenet of ethics that refers to determining who is responsible for actions that were taken.
Accountability
Ethics deals strictly with legal interpretations of what is right and wrong.
False
If your employer clearly states in the employee handbook that work email addresses should be used for official business only and then proceeds to read all the emails you send and receive, he or she is guilty of a legal violation.
False
Which fundamental tenet of ethics brought Volkswagen's "Diesel Dupe" into the light?
Liability
Companies prefer the _________ model of informed consent.
Opt-Out
Content that is illegal in one country can still be legal in other countries.
True
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with what is considered to be right and wrong.
True
India purchased The StingRay to monitor the calls of opposition-party politicians.
True
The Impact Team claimed it hacked Ashley Madison because the company charged for deleting profiles that it never deleted.
True
The legal concept that gives individuals the right to recover damages done to them by other individuals, organizations, or systems is known as liability.
True
The right to privacy is recognized today in all the US states and by the federal government, either by statute or in common law.
True
Minimizing the organization's carbon footprint and otherwise striving for "green IT" is an example of a _________ approach.
Utilitarian
Which of the following is a privacy issue?
What information about oneself should an individual be required to reveal to others?
