MIS Chapter 4

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

• It has a dampening effect on the discourse of business ethics.

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

• It is beneficial for society as a whole, while raising dilemmas for consumers.

• It has a waterfall effect in raising ever more complex ethical issues.

• They are little understood by politicians or lawyers.

The moral dimension of ________ can be described as the obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property.

• property rights and obligations

• system quality

• accountability and control

• information rights and obligations

• quality of life

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

• data storage improvements

• data analysis advancements

• increase in multimedia quality

• increase in use of mobile devices

• advances in networking technology

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

• Responsibility

• Accountability

• Liability

• Due process

• Duty

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

• assigning responsibility

• identifying the stakeholders.

• identifying the options you can reasonably take.

• identifying and clearly describing the facts.

• identifying the potential consequences of your options.

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?

• His action is acceptable, because the grocer suffers the least harm.

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

• His action is wrong, because the man would not want the grocer to steal from him.

• His action is wrong, because if everyone were to do this, the concept of personal property is defeated.

• His action is wrong, because the grocery store owner is harmed.

The ethical "no free lunch" rule states that

• if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, then it is not right to be taken at any time.

• one should take the action that produces the least harm or incurs the least cost.

• one can put values in rank order and understand the consequences of various courses of action.

• everything is owned by someone else, and that the creator wants compensation for this work.

• anything of value should not be taken.

________ is the use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create electronic dossiers of detailed information about individuals.

• Profiling

• Phishing

• Spamming

• Targeting

• Spyware

________ is a new data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources.

• HIPAA

• FIP

• NORA

• COPPA

• Spyware

Cookies created during Web site visits are stored

• on the Web site's server.

• on the user's computer.

• on servers owned by advertising networks.

• in the browser's application settings.

• nowhere, because they are only used during a visit and are discarded once a visitor leaves the Web site.