IT workers and IT users

Requires specialized knowledge and a long and intensive academic preparation

_______ are not recognized as professionals as they are not licensed by the state or federal government

_______ Are not liable for malpractice

Trade group that represents the world’s largest software and hardware manufacturers

_____ Aims to stop the unauthorized copying of software

_____ Information that is of economic value and that has required effort or cost to develop and has some degree of uniqueness or novelty

_____ Effort by an employee to attract attention to a negligent, illegal, unethical, or abusive act by a company that threatens the public interest

_____ Conflict between the IT worker’s self-interest and the interests of the client

_____ Obtaining goods, services, or property through deception or trickery

_____ Misstatement or incomplete statement of a material fact