Exam 7: Ethical Decision Making: Technology and Privacy in the Workplace

Identify a legal violation that occurs when someone intentionally interferes in the private affairs of another when the interference would be "highly offensive to a reasonable person."

The desire to place workers in appropriate positions,to ensure compliance with affirmative action requirements,or to administer workplace benefits is sufficient reason for employers to undertake employee _____.

According to the "Hawthorne Effect," merely knowing one is being studied might make one a better worker.

With regard to medical information specifically,employers' decisions are not only governed by the Americans with Disabilities Act but also restricted by the _____ Act.

Explain the ethical source of privacy using the perspective of property rights.

Identify an act that expanded states' rights with regard to Internet surveillance technology,including workplace surveillance,and amended the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

Identify a policy under which an employer refuses to hire or terminates a worker whose spouse works at a competing firm.

Explain how privacy can be legally protected.Summarize the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA).Discuss the "intrusion into seclusion" concept.

Which of the following is true about the European Union's Directive on Personal Data Protection?

Summarize how the definition of privacy gives rise to two streams of thought about rights?

Values that are fundamental across culture and theory are not hypernorms.

Which of the following statements is true of drug testing?

Discrimination laws do not necessarily protect workers against adverse action based on the identity of the person they married.

The utilitarian view holds that individual rights to privacy or right to control information about oneself may be outweighed in cases where:

Describe HIPAA.Discuss the use of genetic information as a form of monitoring.

Which of the following is at the core of many of the examples of hypernorms?

When we do not get to know someone because we do not have to see that person in order to do our business,we often do not take into account the impact of our decisions on him or her.This is a challenge posed by the:

An employer can resolve the concerns related to the "Hawthorne Effect" through:

Identify a true statement about privacy.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of monitoring?