Deck 7: Ethical, Social, and Political Issues in E-Commerce

Question 1

The FTC's privacy approach is now focused on targeting practices that are likely to cause harm or unwarranted intrusion into consumers' daily lives.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Net neutrality refers to Internet backbone owners treating all Internet traffic equally.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has eliminated all online gambling in the United States.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Liability is a feature of political systems in which a body of law is in place that permits individuals to recover damages done to them by other actors, systems, or organizations.

Question 5

Which ethical principle states that, when confronted with an ethical dilemma, individuals should take the action that achieves the greater value for all of society?

A)the Golden Rule
B)Universalism
C)the Collective Utilitarian principle
D)the Social Contract rule

Question 6

The ethical principle of Universalism states that if an action is not right for all situations, then it is not right for any situation.

Question 7

Most adult social network participants do not have any expectation of personal privacy when using a social network.

Question 8

Which ethical principle asks you to consider the impact of your decision if the principles underlying your decision became an organizing principle of the entire society?

A)the Golden Rule
B)Risk Aversion
C)the Slippery Slope
D)the Social Contract rule

Question 9

Which of the following e-commerce technology dimensions has the potential to reduce cultural diversity in products?

A)richness
B)interactivity
C)information density
D)global reach

Question 10

It is not necessarily illegal to use someone else's trademark in a metatag.

Question 11

The opt-in model for informed consent requires an affirmative action by the consumer before a company can collect and use information.

Question 12

The European Data Protection Directive prohibits the transfer of PII to organizations or countries that do not have similar privacy protection policies.

Question 13

Which ethical principle states that if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, then it is not right to take at all?

A)Universalism
B)the Slippery Slope
C)the Social Contract rule
D)the Golden Rule

Question 14

Copyright protection protects against others copying the underlying ideas in a work.

Question 15

The principle of responsibility means that individuals, organizations, and societies should be held accountable to others for the consequences of their actions.

Question 16

Which ethical principle asks you to assume that virtually all tangible and intangible objects are owned by someone else unless there is a specific declaration otherwise?

A)the Golden Rule
B)the Slippery Slope
C)the Social Contract rule
D)No Free Lunch

Question 17

Which of the following e-commerce technology dimensions creates greater opportunities for cyberbullying?

A)richness
B)interactivity
C)social technology
D)ubiquity

Question 18

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)prohibits Web sites from collecting information on children under the age of 13.

Question 19

Which ethical principle emphasizes putting oneself into the place of others and thinking of oneself as the object of the decision?

A)the Golden Rule
B)Universalism
C)the Collective Utilitarian principle
D)the Social Contract rule

Question 20

In Western culture, the basic principles shared by ethical schools of thought are:

A)information rights, property rights, and public safety and welfare.
B)responsibility, liability, and accountability.
C)ubiquity, global reach, and privacy.
D)the Golden Rule and Universalism.

Question 21

Which of the following is not one of the issues complicating the taxation of e-commerce sales?

A)Taxes raised are used for different government purposes.
B)Sales taxes and policies vary by state and country.
C)Retailers legally only have to charge sales tax if they have operations located in the same state as a consumer.
D)Small online businesses are unable to manage sales taxes to thousands of different jurisdictions.

Question 22

Which ethical principle tells you that it is wise to assume perfect information markets?

A)the Golden Rule
B)the New York Times test
C)the Social Contract rule
D)the Collective Utilitarian principle

Question 23

A social consequence of the richness of Internet information is:

A)an increase in shallowness.
B)an increase in the ease of creating misleading information.
C)very persuasive messages might reduce the need for multiple independent sources of information.
D)an increase in vulnerability to hacking attacks.

Question 24

"Do Not Track" falls under which of the following principles in the FTC's new privacy framework?

A)Privacy by Design
B)Simplified Choice
C)Greater Transparency
D)Scope

Question 25

Which of the following requires financial institutions to inform consumers of their privacy policies and permits consumers some control over their records?

A)Freedom of Information Act
B)Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
C)COPPA
D)HIPAA

Question 26

What is the FTC recommendation regarding choice as it relates to personally identifiable information (PII)?

A)Require firms to have consumers affirmatively opt-in before PII is collected.
B)Require firms to allow consumers to opt-out before PII is collected.
C)Make collection of PII illegal.
D)Require robust notice only before PII is collected.

Question 27

Which of the following situations would not qualify for the fair use exception to United States copyright law?

A)A professor clips a newspaper article just before class and distributes copies of it to his class.
B)A journalist quotes a paragraph from a book in a review of the book.
C)A student copies a photograph of his favorite band from a Web site created by the band's record label and places it on the student's personal Web site.
D)Google posts thumbnail images of books in the Google Book Search Project.

Question 28

What is the major reason that the Internet has such potential for destroying traditional conceptions and implementations of intellectual property law?

A)the ability to make perfect copies of digital works at little cost
B)the anonymous nature of the Internet
C)the support for instant peer-to-peer communication
D)the use of standards for file formats

Question 29

Which of the following basic ethical concepts plays an important role in defining privacy?

A)responsibility
B)accountability
C)liability
D)due process

Question 30

________ is collected data that can be used to identify and locate an individual.

A)A personal profile
B)P3P
C)Anonymous information
D)PII

Question 31

Which of the following protects original forms of expression in a tangible medium?

A)trade secret law
B)copyright law
C)patent law
D)trademark law

Question 32

Downloading music tracks owned by record companies without paying for them is an example of a violation of:

A)patent law.
B)copyright law.
C)trademark law.
D)privacy law.

Question 33

Which of the following can be used to record all keyboard activity of a user?

A)shopping carts
B)trusted computing environments
C)spyware
D)DRM

Question 34

All of the following are factors that will be considered in determining whether use of copyrighted material is "fair use" except the:

A)nature of the work used.
B)amount of the work used.
C)market effect of the use.
D)free availability of the work on the Web.

Question 35

Which of the FTC's Fair Information Practices (FIP)principles requires opt-in or opt-out policies to be in place?

A)Notice/Awareness
B)Choice/Consent
C)Access/Participation
D)Security

Question 36

Which of the FTC's Fair Information Practices (FIP)principles requires identification of the collector of data?

A)Notice/Awareness
B)Choice/Consent
C)Access/Participation
D)Security

Question 37

The placing of a cookie on a user's hard drive by one site that is then used by another site to sell that user related products without the knowledge of the user is:

A)legal in the United States but illegal in Europe.
B)illegal in the United States but legal in Europe.
C)legal in both the United States and Europe.
D)illegal in both the United States and Europe.

Question 38

Which ethical principle states that when confronted with an ethical dilemma, an individual should take the action that produces the least harm, or the least potential cost?

A)the Slippery Slope
B)Risk Aversion
C)No Free Lunch
D)the Collective Utilitarian principle

Question 39

Which of the following tools can companies use to track users' social and political views and activities?

A)cookies
B)digital wallets
C)search engines
D)shopping carts

Question 40

Which of the following is a core Fair Information Practices (FIP)principle?

A)Choice/Consent
B)Access/Participation
C)Security
D)Enforcement

Question 41

An ISP basic service plan, allowing 300GB of data transfer per month, with additional data transfer available for $15 for 50GB, is an example of a tiered plan called ________.

Question 42

Registering the domain name google.com with the intent to divert Web traffic from people misspelling google.com is an example of:

A)cybersquatting.
B)typosquatting.
C)metatagging.
D)linking.

Question 43

Which case was instrumental in paving the way for Internet business methods patents?

A)Brown Bag v. Symantec
B)State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group. Inc.
C)Ford Motor Co. v. Lapertosa
D)Ticketmaster Corp. v. Tickets.com

Question 44

Registering a domain name similar or identical to trademarks of others to divert Web traffic to their own sites is an example of:

A)cybersquatting.
B)cyberpiracy.
C)framing.
D)metatagging.

Question 45

Which of the following statements about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)is not true?

A)The DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent technological measures to protect works.
B)The DMCA makes Internet Service Providers (ISPs)responsible and accountable for hosting Web sites or providing services to infringers regardless of whether the ISP is aware of infringement.
C)The DMCA requires search engines to block access to infringing sites.
D)The DMCA allows libraries to make digital copies of works for internal use only.

Question 46

All of the following are data elements that are often gathered by e-commerce sites except:

A)family member identities.
B)photograph.
C)location.
D)address.

Question 47

Which of the following is a potential ethical, social, or political implication of richness?

A)It increases the likelihood of information crime.
B)It opens up the possibility of intensive invasion of privacy.
C)It reduces cultural diversity in products.
D)It creates potentially very persuasive messages that may reduce reliance on multiple independent sources of information.

Question 48

Disputes over federal trademarks involve establishing:

A)underlying ideas.
B)intent.
C)piracy.
D)infringement.

Question 49

Amazon has a patent on:

A)download-based sales.
B)display of third-party advertisements in floating windows.
C)one-click purchasing.
D)hyperlinks.

Question 50

Which of the following is not a potential ethical, social, or political implication of information density?

A)The possibility of invasion of solitude increases.
B)Presents confusing issues of nexus.
C)The ability of individuals and organization to make sense out of information is limited.
D)Authenticity, accuracy, and completeness of information can be degraded.

Question 51

Which of the following allows someone to obtain an exclusive monopoly on the ideas behind an invention for 20 years?

A)copyright law
B)trade secret law
C)patent law
D)trademark law

Question 52

The four major dimensions of e-commerce ethical, social, and political issues are public safety and welfare; property rights; information rights; and ________.

Question 53

Registering a domain name similar or identical to trademarks of others to extort profits from legitimate holders is an example of:

A)cybersquatting.
B)cyberpiracy.
C)framing.
D)metatagging.

Question 54

The display of a third-party's Web site or page within your own Web site is called:

A)cybersquatting.
B)metatagging.
C)framing.
D)deep linking.

Question 55

A 2012 TRUSTe/Harris Interactive survey on privacy found all of the following except:

A)targeted advertising makes the vast majority of those surveyed uncomfortable.
B)more than 75% of those surveyed do not allow companies to share their personal information with a third party.
C)over 90% of those surveyed thought that privacy is an important issue.
D)more than half of those surveyed said online privacy is really important to them.

Question 56

Which of the following is used to collect and analyze detailed information on page content viewed by users?

A)search engines
B)DRM
C)forms
D)site transaction logs

Question 57

The ________ of Internet and Web technology can result in work and shopping invading family life.

Question 58

Over which of the following does ICANN have authority?

A)technical infrastructure
B)domain name system
C)public policy issues
D)standards

Question 59

Which of the following statements about patents is not true?

A)It is more difficult to obtain a copyright than it is to obtain a patent.
B)The four types of inventions protected by patent law are machines, manmade products, compositions of matter, and processing methods.
C)Computer programs can be patented.
D)In order to be patented, an invention must be nonobvious.

Question 60

Which of the following was subjected to the largest civil penalty ever levied by the FTC as of August 2012 for privacy violations?

A)Apple
B) Facebook
C)Amazon
D)Google

Question 61

Describe the purpose of intellectual property law and outline the main types of intellectual property protection.

Question 62

Explain why the taxation of e-commerce raises governance and jurisdiction issues.

Question 63

A(n)________ is a private self-regulating policy and enforcement mechanism that meets the objectives of government regulators and legislation, but does not involve government regulation or enforcement.

Question 64

In trademark law, ________ is defined as any behavior that would weaken the connection between the trademark and the product.

Question 65

________ involves the creation of digital images that characterize online individual and group behavior.

Question 66

The issue of ________ pits those who wish that all Internet traffic is given equal backbone access against telephone and cable companies that would like to charge differentiated prices based on bandwidth and fees paid.

Question 67

Discuss in depth one ethical, social, or political issue that is presently in the news surrounding the Internet and e-commerce.

Question 68

Under the ________ Act, American intelligence authorities are permitted to tap into whatever Internet traffic they believe is relevant to the campaign against terrorism, in some circumstances without judicial review.

Question 69

Describe and evaluate the different methods that are being used to protect online privacy. Which of these methods do you think is or could be the most effective?

Question 70

The doctrine of ________ permits teachers and writers to use copyrighted materials without permission under certain circumstances.

Question 71

________ information is demographic and behavioral information that does not include any personal identifiers.

Question 72

Define privacy, information privacy, and informed consent and discuss the ways in which the practices of e-commerce companies, particularly the use of advertising networks, threaten people's privacy.

Question 73

Single words, pictures, shapes, packaging, and colors used to identify and distinguish goods are protected under ________ law.

Question 74

________ profiles identify people as belonging to highly specific and targeted groups.

Question 75

The main stakeholders arguing against net neutrality are ________.