Chapter 02: Ethics for IT Workers and IT Users
Penalties for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) are severe-corporations face a fine of up to how much per violation?
$2 million
A survey by the Fawcett Society on the use of computing resources at work found that:
20 percent of men admit to viewing porn while at work
Which entity is a computing society founded in 1947 with more than 97,000 student and professional members in more than 100 countries, and it publishes over 50 journals and 30 newsletters?
Association for Computing Machinery
Which of the following is a trade group that represents the world's largest software and hardware manufacturers?
Business Software Alliance (BSA)
What term refers to the obligation to protect people against any unreasonable harm or risk?
Duty of care
A breach of the duty of care is defined as a failure to conform to the code of ethics of a professional organization.
False
A bribe is a crime even if the payment was lawful under the laws of the foreign country in which it was paid.
False
Compliance means to be in conformance with a profession's core body of knowledge.
False
Government licensing is generally administered at the federal level in the United States.
False
Government licensing of IT workers is common within most of the states of the United States.
False
Laws provide a complete guide to ethical behavior.
False
Members of the internal audit team must be expert in detecting and investigating financial statement fraud.
False
Software piracy in a corporate setting is rarely directly traceable to IT staff members?
False
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has a few dozen lawyers and investigators who prosecute only the 100 or so most egregious cases of software piracy each year.
False
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is a legally binding global treaty to fight bribery and corruption.
False
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption makes it a crime to bribe a foreign official, a foreign political party official, or a candidate for foreign political office.
False
The core body of knowledge for any profession outlines an agreed-upon code of ethics and practices for those who practice in that profession.
False
The internal audit department includes members of the board of directors who determine that the internal systems and controls of the organization are adequate and effective.
False
To qualify legally as a bribe, the gift or payment must be made directly from donor to recipient.
False
When it comes to distinguishing between bribes and gifts, the perceptions of the donor and recipient almost always coincide.
False
The crime of obtaining goods, services, or property through deception or trickery is known as which of the following?
Fraud
Which term distinguishes the person who uses a hardware or software product from the IT workers who develop, install, service, and support the product?
IT user
Which of the following is true about certification?
It can be applied to products.
In 1972, which organization recommended that publicly held organizations establish audit committees?
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Which trade group protects the intellectual property of member companies and advocates a legal and regulatory environment that benefits the software industry?
Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
A trade secret is information, generally unknown to the public, that a company has taken strong measures to keep confidential.
True
Certification indicates that a professional possesses a particular set of skills, knowledge, or abilities, in the opinion of the certifying organization.
True
Currently no one IT professional organization has emerged as preeminent, so there is no universal code of ethics for IT workers.
True
From a legal perspective, there is both a reasonable person standard and a reasonable professional standard to decide whether parties owe a duty of care.
True
Gifts come with no expectation of a future favor for the donor.
True
There are many industry association certifications in a variety of IT-related subject areas.
True
There is a potential conflict of interest when IT consultants or auditors recommend their own products and services or those of an affiliated vendor to remedy a problem they have detected.
True
Vendor certifications require passing a written exam, which usually contains multiple-choice questions because of legal concerns about whether other types of exams can be graded objectively.
True
When the Business Software Alliance (BSA) finds cases of software piracy, it can assess heavy monetary penalties.
True
While no policy can stop wrongdoers, it can establish boundaries for acceptable and unacceptable behavior and enable management to punish violators.
True
Under what circumstance might a gift be considered a bribe?
When the gift has not been declared
Which of the following is an effort by an employee to attract attention to a negligent, illegal, unethical, abusive, or dangerous act by a company that threatens the public interest?
Whistle-blowing
Which term is used to describe the failure to act as a reasonable person would act?
breach of the duty of care
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) makes it a crime to do which of the following?
bribe a foreign official
In malpractice lawsuits, many courts have ruled that IT workers are not liable for malpractice because they:
do not meet the legal definition of a professional.
A hardware or software device that serves as a barrier between a company and the outside world and limits access to the company's network based on the organization's Internet usage policy is known as which of the following?
firewall
The posting of thousands of State Department documents on the WikiLeaks Web site is an example of which of the following?
inappropriate sharing of information
In the legal system, compliance usually refers to behavior that is in accordance with which of the following?
legislation
A vendor certification:
may focus too narrowly on the technical details of the vendor's technology.
Which of the following is defined as not doing something that a reasonable person would do or doing something that a reasonable person would not do?
negligence
Which of the following states the principles and core values that are essential to the work of a particular occupational group?
professional code of ethics
Professionals who breach the duty of care are liable for injuries that their negligence causes. This liability is commonly referred to as which of the following?
professional malpractice
At which level is licensing generally administered?
state
To prove fraud in a court of law, prosecutors must demonstrate that:
the wrongdoer made a false representation of material fact.
The goal of the standards set by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is to prevent companies from:
using slush funds or other means to disguise payments to officials.
