Ethics in Technology | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. True or False: The goodwill the CSR activities generate can make it easier for corporations to conduct their
business but it is unlikely to affect the profitability of the firm: False
2. What is a statement that highlights an organization's key ethical issues and identifies the overarching values
and principles that are important to the organization and its decision-making?: Code of ethics
3. What percent of reported misconduct are nonmanagers responsible for?: -
about 40%
4. If you find yourself rationalizing a decision with the statement "Well, our competitors are doing something
far worse" - What action should you NOT take?: Drop this option, and implement the same policy as your
competitors
5. According to the Ethics Resource Center, which action is the most common- ly observed form of employee
misconduct?: Misuse of company time
6. Identifying the stakeholders and their positions on an issue is a part of which decision making step?:
Define the problem
7. Approximately how many U.S. workers have reported worker or manager misconduct and then suffered some
sore of retribution from their supervisor or negative reactions from their coworkers?: Some 6.2 million
8. is/are one's personal beliefs about what is right and wrong?: Morals
9. Moral corruption of people in power has been given the name: Bathsheba syndrome
10.True or False: Important decisions with strong ethical implications are too often left to the technical experts;
general business managers must assume greater responsibility for these decisions: True
11.True or False: Laws provide a complete guide to ethical behavior: False
12.Which action is NOT a key goal of employee ethics training?: Become familiar with various philosophers
and how they dealt with ethical issues
13.True or False: If an employee acts in a manner contrary to corporate policy and their employer's directions,
the employer cannot be held responsible for these actions: False
14.The moral corruption of people in power: Bathsheba syndrome
15.A statement that highlights an organization's key ethical issues and iden- tifies the overarching values and
principles that are important to the organi- zation and its decision-making: Code of ethics
16.A senior-level manager who provides an organization with vision and leadership in the area of
business conduct: Corporate ethics officer
17.another name for Corporate ethics officer: Corporate compliance officer
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18.The concept that an organization should act ethically by taking responsi- bility for the impact of its actions
on its shareholders, consumers, employees, community, environment and suppliers: Corporate social responsibility
(CSR)
19.A code of behavior that is defined by the group to which an individual belongs: Ethics
20.Adherence to a personal code of ethics: Integrity
21.A system of rules that tells us what we can and cannot do: Law
22.The personal principles upon which an individual bases his or her deci- sions about what is right and what
is wrong: Morals
23.A clear, concise description of the issue that needs to be addressed: Prob- lem statement
24.A process whereby an organization reviews how well it is meeting its ethical and social responsibility
goals and communicates its new goals for the upcoming year: Social audit
25.A form of copyright infringement that involves making copies of software or enabling others to access
software to which they are not entitled: Software piracy
26.A component of CSR that focuses on developing and maintaining a supply chain that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs: Supply chain sustainability
27.Someone who stands to gain or lose, depending on how a particular situation is resolved: Stakeholder
28.A habit of unacceptable behavior: Vice
29.A habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable: Virtue
30.This act allows consumers to request and obtain a free credit report once each year from each of the
three primary consumer credit reporting agencies: Fair and accurate credit transactions act
31.True or False: China has more surveillance cameras per person than great britain: True
32.a process that couples human guidance with computer driven concept searching in order to train
document review software to recognize relevant documents with a document universe: Predictive coding
33.Under the , the presumption is that a student's records are private and not available to the
public without the consent of the student: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
34.Federal agencies receiving a request must acknowledge that the request has been
received and indicate when the request will be fulfilled, with an initial response within 20 working days unless an
unusual circumstance occurs: Freedom of Information
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35.True or False: The Fourth Amendment cannot be used to limit how a private employer treats its employees,
and private-sector employees must seek legal protection against an invasive employer under various statues: True
36. describes procedures for the electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence between
foreign powers and agents of foreign powers. it also created a special court which meets in secret to hear
applications for orders approving electronic surveillance anywhere in the United States: The Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act
37.True or False: Beginning model year 2011 vehicles, the National High- way Safety Administration defined a
minimum set of 15 data elements that must be captured for manufacturers who voluntarily installed Electronic
Data Recorders on the vehicles: True
38.Many companies obtain information about web surfers through the use of
, which are text files that can be downloaded to the hard drives of users so that the website is able to
identify visitors on subsequent visits: cookies
39.True or False: Publicly organizations to have an obligation to report all data breaches to the securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC): False
40.True or False: The supreme Court has stated that American citizens are protected by the Fourth
Amendment with no exception: False
41.The approves the use of any intelligence collection techniques that are in accordance with
procedures established by the head of the intelligence community and approved by the attorney general:
Executive Order 12333
42.A recent study revealed that between percent of workers' time online has
nothing to do with work: 60 and 80
43.The is designed to strengthen the data protection for individ- uals within the EU and
includes stiff penalties for privacy violations: General Data Protection Regulation
44.True or False: Although a number of independent laws and acts have been implemented over time, no single,
overarching data privacy policy has been developed in the United States. However, there is an established
advisory agency that recommends acceptable privacy practices to U.S. businesses.: - False
45. is a system employed to collect internet data including search histories; photos sent and
received; the contents of email, file transfers, and voice and video chats, and other internet communication data.:
PRISM
46.True or False: The number of U.S. government intelligence-gathering units identified in Executive Order
12333 exceeds 18: True
1. True or False: The goodwill the CSR activities generate can make it easier for corporations to conduct their
business but it is unlikely to affect the profitability of the firm: False
2. What is a statement that highlights an organization's key ethical issues and identifies the overarching values
and principles that are important to the organization and its decision-making?: Code of ethics
3. What percent of reported misconduct are nonmanagers responsible for?: -
about 40%
4. If you find yourself rationalizing a decision with the statement "Well, our competitors are doing something
far worse" - What action should you NOT take?: Drop this option, and implement the same policy as your
competitors
5. According to the Ethics Resource Center, which action is the most common- ly observed form of employee
misconduct?: Misuse of company time
6. Identifying the stakeholders and their positions on an issue is a part of which decision making step?:
Define the problem
7. Approximately how many U.S. workers have reported worker or manager misconduct and then suffered some
sore of retribution from their supervisor or negative reactions from their coworkers?: Some 6.2 million
8. is/are one's personal beliefs about what is right and wrong?: Morals
9. Moral corruption of people in power has been given the name: Bathsheba syndrome
10.True or False: Important decisions with strong ethical implications are too often left to the technical experts;
general business managers must assume greater responsibility for these decisions: True
11.True or False: Laws provide a complete guide to ethical behavior: False
12.Which action is NOT a key goal of employee ethics training?: Become familiar with various philosophers
and how they dealt with ethical issues
13.True or False: If an employee acts in a manner contrary to corporate policy and their employer's directions,
the employer cannot be held responsible for these actions: False
14.The moral corruption of people in power: Bathsheba syndrome
15.A statement that highlights an organization's key ethical issues and iden- tifies the overarching values and
principles that are important to the organi- zation and its decision-making: Code of ethics
16.A senior-level manager who provides an organization with vision and leadership in the area of
business conduct: Corporate ethics officer
17.another name for Corporate ethics officer: Corporate compliance officer
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18.The concept that an organization should act ethically by taking responsi- bility for the impact of its actions
on its shareholders, consumers, employees, community, environment and suppliers: Corporate social responsibility
(CSR)
19.A code of behavior that is defined by the group to which an individual belongs: Ethics
20.Adherence to a personal code of ethics: Integrity
21.A system of rules that tells us what we can and cannot do: Law
22.The personal principles upon which an individual bases his or her deci- sions about what is right and what
is wrong: Morals
23.A clear, concise description of the issue that needs to be addressed: Prob- lem statement
24.A process whereby an organization reviews how well it is meeting its ethical and social responsibility
goals and communicates its new goals for the upcoming year: Social audit
25.A form of copyright infringement that involves making copies of software or enabling others to access
software to which they are not entitled: Software piracy
26.A component of CSR that focuses on developing and maintaining a supply chain that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs: Supply chain sustainability
27.Someone who stands to gain or lose, depending on how a particular situation is resolved: Stakeholder
28.A habit of unacceptable behavior: Vice
29.A habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable: Virtue
30.This act allows consumers to request and obtain a free credit report once each year from each of the
three primary consumer credit reporting agencies: Fair and accurate credit transactions act
31.True or False: China has more surveillance cameras per person than great britain: True
32.a process that couples human guidance with computer driven concept searching in order to train
document review software to recognize relevant documents with a document universe: Predictive coding
33.Under the , the presumption is that a student's records are private and not available to the
public without the consent of the student: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
34.Federal agencies receiving a request must acknowledge that the request has been
received and indicate when the request will be fulfilled, with an initial response within 20 working days unless an
unusual circumstance occurs: Freedom of Information
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35.True or False: The Fourth Amendment cannot be used to limit how a private employer treats its employees,
and private-sector employees must seek legal protection against an invasive employer under various statues: True
36. describes procedures for the electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence between
foreign powers and agents of foreign powers. it also created a special court which meets in secret to hear
applications for orders approving electronic surveillance anywhere in the United States: The Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act
37.True or False: Beginning model year 2011 vehicles, the National High- way Safety Administration defined a
minimum set of 15 data elements that must be captured for manufacturers who voluntarily installed Electronic
Data Recorders on the vehicles: True
38.Many companies obtain information about web surfers through the use of
, which are text files that can be downloaded to the hard drives of users so that the website is able to
identify visitors on subsequent visits: cookies
39.True or False: Publicly organizations to have an obligation to report all data breaches to the securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC): False
40.True or False: The supreme Court has stated that American citizens are protected by the Fourth
Amendment with no exception: False
41.The approves the use of any intelligence collection techniques that are in accordance with
procedures established by the head of the intelligence community and approved by the attorney general:
Executive Order 12333
42.A recent study revealed that between percent of workers' time online has
nothing to do with work: 60 and 80
43.The is designed to strengthen the data protection for individ- uals within the EU and
includes stiff penalties for privacy violations: General Data Protection Regulation
44.True or False: Although a number of independent laws and acts have been implemented over time, no single,
overarching data privacy policy has been developed in the United States. However, there is an established
advisory agency that recommends acceptable privacy practices to U.S. businesses.: - False
45. is a system employed to collect internet data including search histories; photos sent and
received; the contents of email, file transfers, and voice and video chats, and other internet communication data.:
PRISM
46.True or False: The number of U.S. government intelligence-gathering units identified in Executive Order
12333 exceeds 18: True
