Deck 3: Ethics and Privacy

Question 1

Privacy is the right to be left alone and to be free of unreasonable personal intrusions.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Facebook's CEO believes privacy is no longer a social norm.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Determining whose laws should be followed is a problem related to the international aspects of privacy.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The ____________ ethical standard states that an ethical action is the one that provides the most good or does the least harm.

A)Common good
B)Fairness
C)Rights
D)Utilitarian
E)Well-being

Question 5

When you interview for a job at a company, it is likely that the company will google you and search social networking sites for information on you.

Question 6

The opt-out model of informed consent allows a company to collect personal information until the customers specifically requests otherwise.

Question 7

If something is unethical, that means it is illegal.

Question 8

A code of ethics is a collection of principles that are intended to guide decision making by members of the organization.

Question 9

Property issues involve the ownership and value of information.

Question 10

An individual or organization faced with an ethical decision is basically considering whether to break the law.

Question 11

The right of privacy is absolute.

Question 12

The flow of information among countries is called transborder data flows.

Question 13

The Platform for Privacy Preferences automatically communicates privacy policies between a commerce Web site and its visitors to that site.

Question 14

Which of the following allows users to take pictures or record videos that can self-destruct after a set amount of time and send them to a selected recipients?

A)Wickr
B)Burn Note
C)Tapad
D)Snapchat
E)Disconnect

Question 15

When you access a website, the site could also have access to your data.

Question 16

The individual's right of privacy supersedes the public's right to know.

Question 17

Improvements in information technologies are leading to a decreasing number of ethical problems.

Question 18

Which of the following the smartphone apps allows the user to send a video that will be automatically deleted after a limited time without leaving any trace of it?

A)Wickr
B)Burn Note
C)Tapad
D)Silent Circle
E)Disconnect

Question 19

Most electronic surveillance of employees is legal.

Question 20

In general, employees have high legal protection against surveillance by employers.

Question 21

_____________ means accepting the consequences of your decisions and actions.

A)Privacy
B)Responsibility
C)Transferability
D)Accountability
E)Liability

Question 22

____________ means that you accept the consequences of your decisions and actions.

A)Accountability
B)Due process
C)Liability
D)Responsibility

Question 23

The _______________ approach maintains that the most ethical action is the one that provides the most good or does the least harm.

A)Common good
B)Fairness
C)Rights
D)Utilitarian

Question 24

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 requires publicly held companies to implement ________ controls.

A)ethical
B)financial
C)security
D)technology

Question 25

_____ issues involve who may obtain information and how much they should pay for this information.

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Transferability
D)Property
E)Accessibility

Question 26

The _______________ ethical standard states that respect and compassion for all others is the basis for ethical actions.

A)Common good
B)Fairness
C)Rights
D)Utilitarian
E)Well-being

Question 27

The ____________ ethical standard states that an ethical action is the one that best protects and respects the moral rights of the affected parties.

A)Common good
B)Fairness
C)Rights
D)Utilitarian
E)Well-being

Question 28

____________ issues revolve around who should have access to information and whether they should have to pay for this access.

A)Accessibility
B)Accuracy
C)Privacy
D)Property

Question 29

______________ is a legal concept that gives individuals the right to recover the damages done to them by other individuals, organizations, or systems.

A)Privacy
B)Responsibility
C)Transferability
D)Accountability
E)Liability

Question 30

Which of the following is not a step in ethical decision making?

A)Recognize the ethical issue.
B)Get the facts.
C)Evaluate alternative actions.
D)Make a decision and test it.
E)All of these are steps in ethical decision making.

Question 31

_____ issues involve the authenticity and fidelity of information that is collected and processed.

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Transferability
D)Property
E)Accessibility

Question 32

______________ determines who is responsible for the actions taken.

A)Privacy
B)Responsibility
C)Transferability
D)Accountability
E)Liability

Question 33

Arguing that CEOs make 100 times more than their employees because they have to take more risk than lower-level employees is the ____________ approach.

A)Common good
B)Fairness
C)Rights
D)Utilitarian

Question 34

Various organizations that promote fair and responsible use of information systems often develop a _____.

A)Code of ethics
B)Strategic plan
C)Mission statement
D)Responsibility charter
E)Goals outline

Question 35

_____ issues involve collecting, storing, and disseminating information about individuals.

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Transferability
D)Property
E)Accessibility

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT a drawback of photo tagging and geotagging:

A)It is easier for everyone to gather information about you.
B)You are forced to manually un-tag yourself.
C)It is easier to lie about where you've been or what you've been doing.
D)You may experience a certain lack of control over your information.

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of photo tagging and geotagging:

A)It is easier for police to track criminals.
B)Criminals can be identified more quickly and accurately.
C)Our purchase history can be tracked so that billboards are more customized.
D)Digital sensors are more efficient so that home security is easier to implement.

Question 38

What is _____ is not necessarily _____.

A)Illegal, unethical
B)Ethical, illegal
C)Unethical, illegal
D)Unethical, legal
E)Ethical, legal

Question 39

Which of the following is not an ethical issue related to IT?

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Accountability
D)Property (such as intellectual property)
E)Accessibility to information

Question 40

The _____________ ethical standard states that ethical actions treat all human beings equally.

A)Common good
B)Fairness
C)Rights
D)Utilitarian
E)Well-being

Question 41

Shelli runs a small boutique in Tel Aviv. Her intern just came to her with a new design for her Web site. Shelli really likes the design, and she informs the intern that he is quite the artist. The intern responds that he found the design on the Internet. Shelli replies that they can't use it. Her decision reflects which ethical issue related to IT?

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Accountability
D)Property (such as intellectual property)
E)Accessibility to information

Question 42

Shelli runs a small boutique in Tel Aviv. She accepts credit cards and writes the number on her copy of the receipt in case there is a problem later. This practice involves which ethical issue related to IT?

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Accountability
D)Property (such as intellectual property)
E)Accessibility to information

Question 43

_____________ is the tracking of people's activities, online or offline, with the aid of computers.

A)Computer spying
B)Data aggregation
C)Electronic surveillance
D)Profiling

Question 44

The public's right to know is ___________ to the individual's right of privacy.

A)equal
B)inferior
C)superior
D)undecided

Question 45

Shelli runs a small boutique in Tel Aviv. She has built up a very nice client base and regularly sends her clients a newsletter. A new bakery business down the block wants to buy Shelli's client list from her. If Shelli does sell the list, which ethical issue related to IT would be involved?

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Accountability
D)Property (such as intellectual property)

Question 46

The __________ permits the company to collect personal information until the customer specifically requests that the data not be collected.

A)opt-in model
B)opt-out model
C)government
D)privacy code

Question 47

Which of the following statements is correct?

A)An individual's right to privacy is absolute.
B)Determining and enforcing privacy regulations can be difficult.
C)An individual's right to privacy supersedes the needs of society.
D)Advances in information technologies have not affected individual privacy.
E)The Internet has increased individuals' privacy.

Question 48

Shelli runs a small boutique in Tel Aviv. Her intern was checking the boutique's Facebook page and noticed some negative comments. He deleted them. At the end of the day, when they were closing up, he told Shelli about the comments and what he had done. Shelli was not pleased, and she told him so. Why wasn't Shelli pleased?

A)She didn't like hearing anything negative about her store.
B)People are free to say what they wish.
C)She thought he should ask her before he deleted them.
D)He wasn't supposed to be checking Facebook.
E)All of these are reasons for Shelli's not being pleased.

Question 49

Data aggregators sell digital dossiers to companies that want to know their customers better. This practice is called ________.

A)Customer relationships
B)Customer profiling
C)Customer intimacy
D)Customer knowledge
E)Spying

Question 50

Privacy advocates prefer which model of informed consent?

A)Opt-in
B)Opt-out
C)Either A or B
D)Neither A nor B

Question 51

Shelli runs a small boutique in Tel Aviv. She has built up a very nice client base and regularly sends her clients a newsletter. She keeps all her client data on her laptop in a password-protected file. Her decision to protect the file reflects which ethical issue related to IT?

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Accountability
D)Property (such as intellectual property)
E)Accessibility to information

Question 52

Which of the following statements is not correct?

A)Employees have limited protection against surveillance by employers.
B)The large majority of organizations monitor employee Internet usage.
C)The large majority of organizations use URL filtering.
D)As with normal first-class mail, employers cannot read employee e-mail.
E)Employees should be aware that surveillance is legal.

Question 53

What is the relationship between advances in information technology and the practice of profiling?

A)Advances in IT make it more difficult to profile individuals.
B)Advances in IT have no impact on profiling.
C)Advances in IT make it more expensive to profile individuals.
D)Advances in IT make it easier to profile individuals.

Question 54

Which of the following statements is correct?

A)International privacy and security laws are very consistent.
B)Consistent international privacy and security laws help companies with their regulatory requirements from country to country.
C)Consistent international privacy and security laws enable information to flow freely among countries.
D)The absence of consistent international privacy and security laws has led to a complex global legal framework.
E)Consistent international privacy and security laws are followed by all countries.

Question 55

Privacy rights apply to ______________.

A)groups
B)individuals
C)institutions
D)all of the above

Question 56

How does society keep owners of electronic bulletin boards from disseminating offensive or untrue content? This is a difficult question because it involves the conflict between _____ on the one hand and _____ on the other.

A)The public, the individual
B)The public, ethics
C)Freedom of speech, privacy
D)The individual, freedom of speech
E)Ethics, security

Question 57

Customer intimacy is a(n)__________ outcome of profiling.

A)positive
B)negative
C)neutral
D)inevitable

Question 58

The process of profiling:

A)Increases individual privacy.
B)Decreases individual privacy.
C)Has no effect on individual privacy.
D)Is illegal in more than half of the states.
E)Is legal but unethical.

Question 59

Which of the following is a correct argument on the pros and cons of conveniently sharing information and protecting privacy?

A)We have quick and easy access to our contacts on social networking sites, but it is much easier for stalking to occur.
B)Protecting our privacy is difficult and complicated, even if securing our information makes us feel more comfortable with using the Internet.
C)We need to be careful about what we post online, particularly since it may be difficult to ensure the security of our information on the Internet.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 60

Shelli runs a small boutique in Tel Aviv. She has built up a very nice client base and regularly sends her clients a newsletter. Clients fill out a form to join her mailing list. Shelli indicates on the form that client information will not be shared without permission. This policy illustrates which ethical issue related to IT?

A)Privacy
B)Accuracy
C)Accountability
D)Property (such as intellectual property)
E)Accessibility to information

Question 61

Which of the following can speedup web surfing ability by blocking any web site that requests for your personal data?

A)Wickr
B)Burn Note
C)Tapad
D)TigerText
E)Disconnect

Question 62

Which of the following allows senders to retrieve messages that they have already sent?

A)Wickr
B)Burn Note
C)Tapad
D)TigerText
E)Disconnect

Question 63

Which of the following provides a secure messaging service?

A)Wickr
B)Burn Note
C)Tapad
D)TigerText
E)Disconnect

Question 64

Discuss the fundamental tenants of ethics: responsibility, accountability, and liability.

Question 65

Explain why something that is unethical might not necessarily be illegal.

Question 66

Which of the following tracks the same consumer across multiple devices as he/she changes devices continuously?

A)Wickr
B)Burn Note
C)Tapad
D)TigerText
E)Disconnect

Question 67

Discuss the two rules of privacy: The right of privacy is not absolute, and the public's right to know supersedes the individual's right to privacy.

Question 68

Which of the following allows users to send encrypted notes that self-destruct after a set amount of time?

A)Wickr
B)Burn Note
C)Tapad
D)TigerText
E)Disconnect

Question 69

Identify and analyze the fundamental ethical issues involved with information technology.

Question 70

Discuss the international aspects of privacy. How do these aspects impact transborder data flows?

Question 71

Compare and contrast the four widely used stands for ethics: utilitarian, rights, fairness, and common good.

Question 72

Which of the following allows users to send military-grade encrypted texts, photos, and videos to other users?

A)Wickr
B)Burn Note
C)Tapad
D)TigerText
E)Disconnect

Question 73

Discuss the relationship between surveillance and privacy.

Question 74

Compare and contrast the two informed consent models: opt-in and opt-out. Why do companies prefer one over the other? Why do privacy advocates prefer one over the other?