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Code of Ethics - Answers The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a
profession.
Common Good Approach - Answers Respect and compassion for all others is the basis for ethical
actions.
Corporate Ethics Officer - Answers A senior- level manager who provides vision and leadership in
business conduct, ensures ethical procedures are put in place, creates and maintains ethics culture, and
is responsible for key knowledge / contact person for ethical issues.
Ethics - Answers A set of beliefs about right and wrong behavior within a society.
Fairness Approach - Answers Focuses on how fairly actions and policies distribute benefits and burdens
among people affected by the decision.
Integrity - Answers accordance with a personal code of principles
Law - Answers system of rules that tells us what we can and cannot do
Moral code - Answers a set of rules that establishes the boundaries of generally accepted behavior
Morality - Answers the social conventions about right and wrong that are so widely shared they become
the basis for an established consensus.
Social Audit - Answers An organization that reviews how well it is meeting its ethical and social
responsibility goals and communicates its new goals for the upcoming year.
Software Piracy - Answers Violating a software license agreement by copying an application onto more
computers than the license agreement permits.
Stakeholder - Answers someone who stands to gain or lose, depending on how a situation is resolved.
Utilitarian Approach to Decision Making - Answers The ethical choice produces the greatest excess of
benefits over harm
Vices - Answers bad qualities, habits, or patterns of behavior that incline us to actions that are harmful
to ourselves and others
Virtues - Answers firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern
our actions, order our passions, and guide our conduct according to reason and faith
Virtue Ethics Approach to Decision Making - Answers The ethical choice best reflects moral virtues in
yourself and your economy
Association of Information Technology Professionals - Answers provides IT related seminars and
conferences, information on IT issues, and forums for networking with other IT workers.
, Audit Committee - Answers a committee consisting of members of the board of directors charged with
overseeing the entity's system of internal control over financial reporting, internal and external auditors,
and the financial reporting process. members typically must be independent of management
Body of Knowledge - Answers Outlines agreed-upon sets of skills and abilities that all licensed
professionals must possess.
Breach of Contract - Answers Occurs when one party fails to meet the terms of a contract.
Breach of the duty of care - Answers The failure to act as a reasonable person would act.
Business software alliance (BSA) - Answers The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is a trade group
established in 1988 and represents a number of the world's largest software makers and is a member of
the International Intellectual Property Alliance. Its principal activity is trying to stop copyright
infringement of software produced by its members.
Certification - Answers indicates that a professional possesses a particular set of skills, knowledge, or
abilities, in the opinion of the certifying organization.
Compliance - Answers to be in accordance with established policies, guidelines, specifications, or
legislation.
Duty of Care - Answers The duty of all persons, as established by tort law, to exercise a reasonable
amount of care in their dealings with others. Failure to exercise duty of care, which is normally
determined by the reasonable person standard, constitutes the tort of negligence.
Enterprise Resource Planning System - Answers software that provides a comprehensive, centralized,
integrated source of information used to manage all major business processes.
Firewall - Answers A hardware or software device that serves as a barrier between an organization's
network and the Internet.
fraud - Answers the crime of obtaining goods, services, or property through deception or trickery.
government license - Answers Government-issued permission to engage in an activity or to operate a
business.
Institute of electrical and electronics engineers computer society (IEEE-CS) - Answers Covers the broad
fields of electrical, electronic, and information technologies and sciences.
IT user - Answers A person who uses a hardware or software product.
Material Breach of Contract - Answers Occurs when a party fails to perform certain express or implied
obligations which impairs or destroys the essence of the contract.
Misrepresentation - Answers The misstatement or incomplete statement of a material fact
Code of Ethics - Answers The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a
profession.
Common Good Approach - Answers Respect and compassion for all others is the basis for ethical
actions.
Corporate Ethics Officer - Answers A senior- level manager who provides vision and leadership in
business conduct, ensures ethical procedures are put in place, creates and maintains ethics culture, and
is responsible for key knowledge / contact person for ethical issues.
Ethics - Answers A set of beliefs about right and wrong behavior within a society.
Fairness Approach - Answers Focuses on how fairly actions and policies distribute benefits and burdens
among people affected by the decision.
Integrity - Answers accordance with a personal code of principles
Law - Answers system of rules that tells us what we can and cannot do
Moral code - Answers a set of rules that establishes the boundaries of generally accepted behavior
Morality - Answers the social conventions about right and wrong that are so widely shared they become
the basis for an established consensus.
Social Audit - Answers An organization that reviews how well it is meeting its ethical and social
responsibility goals and communicates its new goals for the upcoming year.
Software Piracy - Answers Violating a software license agreement by copying an application onto more
computers than the license agreement permits.
Stakeholder - Answers someone who stands to gain or lose, depending on how a situation is resolved.
Utilitarian Approach to Decision Making - Answers The ethical choice produces the greatest excess of
benefits over harm
Vices - Answers bad qualities, habits, or patterns of behavior that incline us to actions that are harmful
to ourselves and others
Virtues - Answers firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern
our actions, order our passions, and guide our conduct according to reason and faith
Virtue Ethics Approach to Decision Making - Answers The ethical choice best reflects moral virtues in
yourself and your economy
Association of Information Technology Professionals - Answers provides IT related seminars and
conferences, information on IT issues, and forums for networking with other IT workers.
, Audit Committee - Answers a committee consisting of members of the board of directors charged with
overseeing the entity's system of internal control over financial reporting, internal and external auditors,
and the financial reporting process. members typically must be independent of management
Body of Knowledge - Answers Outlines agreed-upon sets of skills and abilities that all licensed
professionals must possess.
Breach of Contract - Answers Occurs when one party fails to meet the terms of a contract.
Breach of the duty of care - Answers The failure to act as a reasonable person would act.
Business software alliance (BSA) - Answers The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is a trade group
established in 1988 and represents a number of the world's largest software makers and is a member of
the International Intellectual Property Alliance. Its principal activity is trying to stop copyright
infringement of software produced by its members.
Certification - Answers indicates that a professional possesses a particular set of skills, knowledge, or
abilities, in the opinion of the certifying organization.
Compliance - Answers to be in accordance with established policies, guidelines, specifications, or
legislation.
Duty of Care - Answers The duty of all persons, as established by tort law, to exercise a reasonable
amount of care in their dealings with others. Failure to exercise duty of care, which is normally
determined by the reasonable person standard, constitutes the tort of negligence.
Enterprise Resource Planning System - Answers software that provides a comprehensive, centralized,
integrated source of information used to manage all major business processes.
Firewall - Answers A hardware or software device that serves as a barrier between an organization's
network and the Internet.
fraud - Answers the crime of obtaining goods, services, or property through deception or trickery.
government license - Answers Government-issued permission to engage in an activity or to operate a
business.
Institute of electrical and electronics engineers computer society (IEEE-CS) - Answers Covers the broad
fields of electrical, electronic, and information technologies and sciences.
IT user - Answers A person who uses a hardware or software product.
Material Breach of Contract - Answers Occurs when a party fails to perform certain express or implied
obligations which impairs or destroys the essence of the contract.
Misrepresentation - Answers The misstatement or incomplete statement of a material fact
