MIS-200 Chapter 4 Ethics in Information Technology

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 data quality

• Advances in networking technology

Ethics are:

• a guide to living a good life.

• the social influences on our lives.

• a decision-making process about specific issues.

• the reasoning that guides attitudes, behaviours and actions.

Ethical actions are best described as:

• a life well lived.

• determining right from wrong.

• a set of moral, character and integrity qualities informing choice.

• influences on our own individual qualities and choices in physical activity.

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

If something is legal that means it is ethical behavior.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

Developing a personal ______ can help you to identify values, principles, and rules of behavior to keep you, your family, and your colleagues safe.

• profile

• code of ethics

• digital character

• login

Which is a statement you should include in your personal code of ethics?

• I will not violate the digital property rights of those I encounter online.

• Posting private information about my friends is ok because they do it also.

• I will only post private information about my family.

• I can use pictures posted by other people because they put it on the internet.

Legal protection for intellectual property is

• Copyright

• Trademark

• Intellectual protection

• Ethics