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Cookies created during Web site visits are stored

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on your computer

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The Online Privacy Alliance

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encourages self-regulation to develop a set of privacy guidelines for its members.

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________ restricts the information that the U.S. federal government can collect about an individual and regulates what it can do with the information.

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Privacy Act of 1974

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A peer at work takes small amounts of office supplies for her own use at home, saying that this is a tiny loss to the company. You tell her that if everyone were to take office supplies, then the loss would no longer be minimal. Your rationale expresses which historical ethical principle?

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Kant's Categorical Imperative

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The ethical "no free lunch" rule states that

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Assumption that all tangible and intangible objects are owned by someone else, unless there is a specific declaration otherwise, and that the creator wants compensation for this work.

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The ethical guideline that asks you to put yourself in the place of others, and think of yourself as the object of the decision, is called the Utilitarian Principle.

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False

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The strength of patent protection is that it

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grants a monopoly on underlying concepts and ideas.

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In 2010, the FTC added all of the following recommendations to its privacy guidelines except

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Firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less

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Which of the following best describes how new information systems result in legal gray areas?

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hey result in new situations that are not covered by old laws

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________ prohibits an organization from collecting any personal information unless the individual specifically takes action to approve information collection and use.

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opt-in

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Re-designing and automating business processes can be seen as a double-edged sword because

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increases in efficiency may be accompanied by job losses

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________ protects the creators of intellectual property from having their work copied by others.

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copyright

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________ means that you accept the potential costs and obligations for the decisions you make.

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responsibility

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Gaining unapproved access to a computer is not a federal crime.

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false

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Web beacons are tiny, invisible software programs hidden in e-mail messages and Web pages that are used to track and report a user's online behavior.

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True

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Which of the following best describes intellectual property?

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intangible property created by individuals or corporations.

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U.S. businesses are allowed to use personal data from EU countries if they

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develop equivalent privacy protection policies.

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Which legal mechanism grants the owner exclusive ownership of the ideas behind an invention for 20 years?

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Patent

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In the information age, the obligations that individuals and organizations have regarding the preservation of existing values and institutions fall within the moral dimension of

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quality of life

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As per the ________, if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all. high-failure cost rule utilitarian principle lemming rule slippery-slope rule Golden Rule

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lemming???

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________ are not held liable for the messages they transmit.

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Regulated common carriers

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Spamming raises the moral dimension of

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Quality of Life??

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The moral dimension of ________ can be described as the obligations that individuals and organizations have concerning rights to intellectual property.

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property rights and obligations

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The limitation of trade secret protection for software is that it is difficult to prevent the ideas in the work from falling into the public domain when

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the software is widely distributed

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The most common reason business systems fail is

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data quality

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The European Parliament has yet to ban unsolicited commercial messaging.

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False

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Ethics describes the principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals to make choices to guide their behavior.

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True

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The symptoms of technostress include aggravation and hostility toward humans.

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True

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The U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

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Requires spammers to identify themselves

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Companies can't realistically create error-free software because

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It is too expensive to create perfect software

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In today's legal environment, business managers who violate the law through the misuse of information systems are still unlikely to be fully prosecuted.

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False

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________ is the use of computers to assemble data from different sources to create electronic dossiers of detailed information about individuals.

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profiling

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________ is a feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action.

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Accountability

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Which of the following is not one of the types of information gathered by Web site tracking tools?

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birthplace

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________ enables advertisers to display more relevant ads based on user's search and browsing history.

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behavioral targeting

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A man steals from a grocery store in order to feed his starving family. Which of the following best expresses the Utilitarian Principle in evaluating this situation?

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-acceptable, because the higher value is the survial of the family

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The Federal Trade Commission FIP principle of Notice/Awareness states that

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Websites must disclose their information practices before collecting data.

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The rate of global piracy is approximately 42%.

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True

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According to several court findings, the general functional features of software are protected by copyright law.

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False

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A Facebook users' visit to a Web site can be tracked even if they do not click a Like button.

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True

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The routine violation of individual privacy is made more difficult by advances in data storage.

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False

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Because of their special claims to knowledge, wisdom, and respect, professionals take on special rights and obligations.

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True

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When a software product is considered ________, it becomes difficult to hold software producers liable for flaws in their product.

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similar to books

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As discussed in the chapter, all of the following are steps in the process for analyzing an ethical issue except

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Assigning Responsibility

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Which of the following ailments is caused by tens of thousands of repetitions under low-impact loads?

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RSI

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Although online tracking gathers an enormous amount of information on individual users, it is anonymous and can't be tied to a specific person.

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False

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Any intellectual work product that isn't based on public knowledge can be classed as a trade secret.

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True

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Which of the following best describes the effect that new information technology has on society?

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ripple effect raising new ethical, social, and political issues.?

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"Look and feel" copyright infringement lawsuits are concerned with

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the distinction between an idea and its expression.

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In the ________ model of informed consent, personal information can be collected until the consumer specifically requests that his or her data not be collected.

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opt-out

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Identifying the stakeholders-people who have a vested interest in the outcome of the decision-is the last step in analyzing an ethical issue.

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False

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CVS refers to

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eyestrain related to computer display screen use

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COPPA is a set of five principles developed by the FTC that most American and European privacy law is based on.

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False

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Copyright is the legal protection afforded intellectual property, including drawings, movies, and maps.

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True

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Spam is legally defined as any e-mail that is unsolicited.

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False

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Which of the following is the primary reason that the practice of spamming has grown exponentially?

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it is inexpensive and can reach a lot of people

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Privacy protection in the United States is ________ in Europe.

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less stringent

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Software programs were unprotected by copyright law until the early 1990s.

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False

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Flash Cookies

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cannot be deleted through the browser's normal configuration settings as regular cookies can

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Taking the action that produces the least harm best describes the

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Risk Aversion

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The problem with Web browsers' Do Not Track options is that Web sites aren't obligated to honor these settings.

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True

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________ is a societal practice of having laws that are known and understood, along with the ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly.

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Due Process

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The extreme difference among different social groups regarding their access to computers and the Internet is called the ________ divide.

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digital

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Which of the following best describes the basis for the FIP principles?

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the mutuality of interest between the record holder and the individual

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Which of the following U.S. laws gives patients access to personal medical records and the right to authorize how this information can be used or disclosed?

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HIPPA

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Which of the following is not one of the current key technology trends that raises ethical issues?

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Improved multimedia quality

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Which of the following is a primary drawback to the "do anything anywhere" computing environment?

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blur the traditional boundaries between work and family time`

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Liability is a feature of political systems and allows individuals to recover damages done to them by others.

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True

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Most Internet businesses do very little to protect the privacy of their customers.

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True

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The drawback to patent protection

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the years of waiting to receive it.

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The ________ brought copyright law to the Internet age by outlawing the circumvention of technology-based protections of copyrighted materials.

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Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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Computer abuse refers to acts involving the computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical.

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True

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Key differences between software and books include all of the following except

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Software products are more easily compared to each other than books.

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The ________ framework developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce allows U.S. businesses to legally use personal data from EU countries.

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Safe Harbor

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