Technology & Ethics

Your friend wants to humiliate a former friend by posting embarrassing photos on social media but you persuade him not to. Your behavior is ______.

• Ethical

• Unethical

An IT specialist violates the privacy of a fellow employee by viewing her confidential personnel files. This is _____.

• Ethical Behavior

• Unethical Behavior

An engineering team endangers the lives of hospital patients by releasing a software product before it's been thoroughly tested. This is _____.

• Ethical Behavior

• Unethical Behavior

A high school student hacks into her school's academic records database and changes the grades of fellow classmates. This is _____.

• Ethical Behavior

• Unethical Behavior

The IT staff at a hospital shares genetic information about specific patients with a life insurance company. This is _____.

• Ethical Behavior

• Unethical Behavior

If something is legal that means it is ethical behavior.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The principle of _______ means that we protect data and information we're not authorized to share.

• human dignity

• civility

• confidentiality

• digital property rights

The principle of ______ means respecting and honoring the inherent worth and right to privacy of other people.

• human dignity

• civility

• confidentiality

• digital property rights

The principle of ____ means observing rules of "netiquette" that promote courtesy and respect in online settings.

• human dignity

• civility

• confidentiality

• digital property rights

The principle of _____ means recognizing and respecting the intellectual property of others, including online data, login information, creative works, and other digital assets.

• human dignity

• civility

• confidentiality

• digital property rights