Computer Ethics

A synonym for ethics would be ________.

• Skills

• Morality

• Ethnic

• Dishonesty

Which of these would not be considered unethical?

• Using a top ten list in a report and citing the source

• Pretending to be a college student in a chat room

• Copying for your own use the software that a friend bought

• Posting falsehoods about a teacher that has made you angry

Why should you ask yourself whether you'd want to see your behavior in the news?

• If the authorities find me, they will alert the newspaper.

• If I wouldn't want everyone to know about it, then I shouldn't do it.

• I'll be able to tell how badly I want to be a celebrity.

• I'll find out whether I'm doing it for the attention it brings me.

Nearly all students who behave dishonestly say that they prefer others to be honest! If that's so, why don't they abide by the Golden Rule?

• They don't think that a little dishonesty really matters.

• They probably think that they are.

• They don't know that what they are doing is wrong.

• They think that they are better than everyone else.

Why should you ask yourself how your behavior would look in the real world?

• We live in the real world.

• I may be asked to be on The Real World TV show.

• It will help me recognize unethical or criminal behavior.

• While I wouldn't do it face-to-face, I have the freedom to do it online.

The act of Computer Ethics boils down to ______ for others.

• Respect

• Service

• Contempt

• Sympathy

Your father left the room without logging off his bank's website. What should you do?

• Ignore the temptation to peek at those financial records.

• Find out if there is enough money in there to cover a DVD player.

• Peek at his bank balance, and then share the news with my friends.

• Slip over to the computer and see how much money he has. As a member of the family, I have a right to know.

You signed up for an hour on the computer at the library. While you are playing an online game, a classmate asks if you would mind logging off and allowing him to do some research for a class assignment. You:

• Agree to give up your remaining computer time

• Make a vulgar gesture and turn back to your game

• Tell him to wait his turn like everybody else

• Tell him that you are in the middle of doing research on games

Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.

• True

• False

It is okay to snoop around in other people's computer files.

• True

• False