MIS Chapter 4

Which of the following is not one of the current key technology trends that raises ethical issues?

C) Increase in data quality

FIP principles are based on a belief in which of the following?

C) Mutuality of interest between the record holder and the individual

Which of the following is a data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources?

C) NORA

All of the following laws apply to actions by the federal government except the:

D) Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Which of the following best describes Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative?

D) If an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone to take.

In 2010, the FTC added all of the following recommendations to its privacy guidelines except:

D) firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less.

The ethical "no free lunch" rule states that:

D) if something someone else has created is useful to you, it has value, and you should assume the creator wants compensation for this work.

Which of the following ethical guidelines suggests that you put yourself in the place of others, and think of yourself as the object of the decision?

D) the Golden Rule

Which of the following is not an example of the potential dark side of big data?

E) Analyzing data from sensors installed in local parks to monitor soil moisture.

Which of the following is not a U.S. federal law affecting private institutions?

E) Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act

Which of the five moral dimensions of the information age do the central business activities of DoubleClick involve?

E) Information rights and obligations

The obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?

E) Quality of life

The FIP principle of Notice/Awareness states that:

E) websites must disclose their information practices before collecting data.

________ is a feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action.

B) Accountability

________ is a feature of law-governed society and involves having laws that are known and understood, along with the ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly.

B) Due process

A man steals from a grocery store in order to feed his starving family. Which of the following best expresses the utilitarian principle in evaluating this situation?

B) His action is acceptable, because the higher social value is the survival of the family.

Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?

B) It has a ripple effect, raising new ethical, social, and political issues.

Which of the following best describes how new information systems can result in legal gray areas?

B) They result in new situations that are not covered by old laws.

When a cookie is created during a website visit, it is stored:

B) on the hard drive of the visitor's computer.

According to ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm.

B) the risk aversion principle

Which of the following U.S. laws gives patients access to personal medical records and the right to authorize how this information can be used or disclosed?

A) HIPAA

A colleague at work takes small amounts of office supplies for her own personal use, saying that this is a tiny loss to the company. You tell her that if everyone were to take office supplies, then the loss would no longer be minimal. Your rationale expresses which of the following ethical principles?

A) Kant's Categorical Imperative

The use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create digital dossiers of detailed information about individuals is known as which of the following?

A) Profiling

The obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property involve which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?

A) Property rights and obligations

________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.

A) Responsibility

Which ethical rule states that if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all?

A) Slippery-slope rule

Which of the following restricts the information that the U.S. federal government can collect about an individual and regulates what it can do with the information?

A) The Privacy Act

All of the following are steps in the process for analyzing an ethical issue except:

A) assigning responsibility.