MIS Chapter 4
increases in efficiency may be accompanied by job loss
Redesigning and automating business processes can be seen as a double-edged sword because:
website must disclose their information practices before collecting data
The FIP principle of Notice/Awareness states that:
if something someone has created is useful to you, it has value, you should assume the creator wants compensation for their work
The ethical no-free-lunch rule states that:
property rights and obligations
The obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property involve which of the following moral dimensions of the information age?
Profiling
The use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create digital dossiers of detailed information about individuals is known as
HIPPA
U.S. laws gives patients access to personal medical records and the right to authorize how this information can be used or disclosed
it prevents firms from using cookies
What of the following is not a feature of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
On the hard drive of the visitors computer
When a cookie is created during a website visit, it is stored:
slippery slope rule
Which ethical rule states that if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all?
Digital millennium copyright act
Which of the following adjusts copyright laws to the Internet age by making it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials?
The golden rule
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?
NORA
Which of the following is a data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources?
it blurs the traditional boundaries between work and family time
Which of the following is a primary drawback to the "do anything anywhere" computing environment?
analyzing data from sensors installed in local parks to monitor social moisture
Which of the following is not an example of the potential dark side of big data?
Increase in data quality
Which of the following is not one of the current key technology trends that raises ethical issues?
Data quality
Which of the following is the most common reason that business systems fail?
RSI
Which of the following occurs when muscle groups are forced through tens of thousands of repetitions under low-impact loads?
due process
________ 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
accountability
________ is a feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action
responsibility
________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.
the opt-in model
________ prohibits an organization from collecting any personal information unless the individual specifically takes action to approve information collection and use
they result in new situations that are not covered by old laws
best describes how new information systems can result in legal gray areas
it has a ripple of fact raising new social, ethical, and political issues
best describes the effect that new information technology has on society
digital divide
significant disparities in access to computers and the Internet among different social groups and different locations?
Kant's Categorical Imperative
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?
his actions acceptable because the higher social value is the survival of his family
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?
the risk aversion principle
According to ________, you should take the action that produces the least harm
Behavioral targeting
Advertisers use ________ in order to display more relevant ads based on a user's search and browsing history
Assigning responsibility
All of the following are steps in the process for analyzing an ethical issue except:
eyestrain related to computer display screen use
CVS