Chapter 7 Quiz

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

A firm that secures employee consent to monitoring at the time of hire is immune from ECPA liability.

________ refers to the body of law comprised of the decisions handed down by courts, rather than specified in any particular statutes or regulations.

Common law

The concept of property rights excludes personal information.

False

Values that are fundamental across culture and theory are not hypernorms.

False

Which of the following statements is true regarding the laws on employer monitoring?

Increasingly, states in the United States are enacting laws to limit employer monitoring powers.

Identify a true statement about the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) of 2009.

It allows employers to collect genetic information from employees in order to monitor the biological effects of toxic substances in the workplace.

Which of the following statements is true of monitoring?

Monitoring ensures effective performance by preventing the loss of productivity to inappropriate technology use.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of monitoring?

Monitoring tends to constrain effective performance since it can cause increased stress and pressure.

Which of the following is true about the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act?

The act expands states' rights with regard to Internet surveillance technology.

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

True

Privacy is important because it serves to define one's individuality.

True

The value of privacy to civilized society is as great as the value of hypernorms to civilized existence.

True

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

employee has actual notice.

The desire to place workers in appropriate positions, to ensure compliance with affirmative action requirements, or to administer workplace benefits is sufficient reason for employers to undertake employee ________.

monitoring

According to ethicists Thomas Donaldson and Thomas Dunfee, the right to ________ is an example of a hypernorm.

physical movement

According to economist Antonio Argandona, which of the following elements would include issues relating to company secrets, espionage, and intelligence gathering?

respect for privacy

Which of the following prohibits the "interception" or unauthorized access of stored communications?

the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

Identify an act that expanded states' rights with regard to Internet surveillance technology, including workplace surveillance, and amended the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act

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?

the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act

In the context of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986, interception applies only

to messages in transit.