Deck 12: Ethics and Privacy

Question 1

The right of privacy is absolute.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Terry Childs, an employee of the San Francisco IT department, was not a single point of failure.

Question 5

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

Question 6

Property issues involve the ownership and value of information.

Question 7

The WikiLeaks case demonstrated _________________.

A)the Internet has very little impact on government organizations
B)how easy it is to capture huge amounts of company data
C)that employees need to follow specific procedures for posting things online
D)the Internet always has a positive influence on a company's reputation

Question 8

If something is unethical, that means it is illegal.

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

WikiLeaks is illegal.

Question 13

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 14

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

Question 15

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 16

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

Question 17

Electronic surveillance of employees is legal.

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

What is _____ is not necessarily _____.

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

Question 22

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 23

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

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

Question 24

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

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

Question 25

______________ determines who is responsible for the actions taken.

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

Question 26

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 27

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 28

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 29

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 30

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

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

Question 31

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

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

Question 32

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

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

Question 33

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 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

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 36

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 37

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 38

______________ 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 39

_____ 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 40

_____________ means accepting the consequences of your decisions and actions.

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

Question 41

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 42

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.

Question 43

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 44

Customer intimacy is a __________ outcome of profiling.

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

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.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 46

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 47

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 48

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 49

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 50

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 51

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 52

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 53

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 54

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 55

Privacy rights apply to ______________.

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

Question 56

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 57

_____________ 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 58

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 59

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

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

Question 60

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 61

Which of the following is false about Facebook's privacy polices?

A)Facebook puts the responsibility of privacy in the hands of the user.
B)Facebook as an "off switch" that lets users block all access to their information from third-party applications and Web sites.
C)Facebook's CEO feels that privacy is no longer a social norm.
D)Facebook created new "buckets" that could be designated to groups of people.
E)Facebook uses an Opt-in model.

Question 62

Is the use of privately collected data without a person's knowledge unethical? Which of the following is not increasing the amount of collected data?

A)Inexpensive database management software
B)Inexpensive digital sensors
C)Low-cost digital cameras
D)Cell phones with cameras and GPS sensors
E)Low cost of storing digital data

Question 63

Which of the following is false about photo tagging?

A)Users must assign names to people in photos.
B)People do not need to give permission to be tagged.
C)Facial-recognition software can only look for similar facial features among the user's photos.
D)Facial-recognition software can look at videos as well as photos.
E)There is no way a person can stop this.

Question 64

According to Terry Childs's defense lawyer, his actions were justified because _______.

A)he was the only one who knew the system
B)he had access to his supervisor's account
C)he never used the data he downloaded
D)he didn't cause any damage to the system

Question 65

Which of the following is false?

A)Two employees talking about a customer's account is an ethical issue.
B)Employees talking to friends about peoples bank accounts is an ethical issue.
C)Educating employees will solve the problems at the bank.
D)ShaNiqua should have told the bank managers.
E)Strong information technology security is not the solution.

Question 66

Which of the following is false about WikiLeaks?

A)Anyone can submit files to WikiLeaks.
B)The most controversial expose involved the U.S.government.
C)Governments and companies are using network forensics to identify intruders who break into systems.
D)Because of WikiLeaks, governments and companies are trying to use data leak prevention software to prevent unauthorized downloads.
E)WikiLeaks is legally protected in the U.S.because it is merely a conduit for the documents.