Exam 8: Ethics and Technology

Emily, a website designer, is hired by an organization to create an internal website that contains information meant to be accessed solely by employees. This website is the company's _____.

The implications of vicarious liability are that the party charged is responsible for the actions of his or her subordinates.

The intranet is a private piece of a company's Internet network that is made available to customers and/or vendor partners on the basis of secured access by a unique password.

Michelle receives a formal notification from her company stating that it will be monitoring all her e-mail and web activity. The notification also indicates that her continued employment with the company will depend on her agreement to abide by its monitoring policy. Because jobs are hard to come by, Michelle accepts. The consent given by Michelle can be classified as _____ consent.

Information can be sent over fiber-optic cables only after it has been _____.

Jordan, a software engineer, is responsible for maintaining the private piece of his company's internet network that is accessible to clients by means of a unique password. This piece of the company's network is known as the _____.

Customer service call centers and computer tech support are examples of services that cannot be outsourced to another country.

_____ refers to employees' ability to work from home and log into their company's network remotely.

Which of the following statements is true of thin consent according to Adam Moore?

Which of the following is true of the technology used to monitor employees at the workplace?

What is the reason for the increased monitoring of employees at work by organizations?

The extranet is a part of a company's website which can only be accessed by its senior executives.

Information, once digitized, cannot be sent over a fiber-optic cable.

Which of the following statements is true of the effects of telecommuting?

Advances in technology and the popularity of telecommuting now define the availability of employees by their _____.

Andrew is informed by his company that he should be open to monitoring as a part of the company's plans to improve productivity. Because of his qualifications and work experience, he knows that he would have no difficulty finding a similar position in another company. Andrew agrees to the policy, knowing that he can switch jobs if the new policy affects his job satisfaction. He has given his company _____ consent.

The categories of litigation for cyberliability extend to defamation and libel.

_____, under federal law, is acceptable where the camera focuses on publicly accessible areas.

_____ can track an employee's location while he or she moves through the workplace.

According to Adam Moore, if jobs are plentiful and an employee would have no difficulty in finding another position, then the consent given to a company's monitoring policy is _____ consent.