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Ethics in information technology
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Code of Ethics
Ans: The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and
for members of a profession.
Common Good Approach
Ans: Respect and compassion for all others is the basis for
ethical actions.
Corporate Ethics Officer
Ans: 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
Ans: A set of beliefs about right and wrong behavior within a
society.
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Fairness Approach
Ans: Focuses on how fairly actions and policies distribute
benefits and burdens among people affected by the decision.
Integrity
Ans: accordance with a personal code of principles
Law
Ans: system of rules that tells us what we can and cannot do
Moral code
Ans: a set of rules that establishes the boundaries of generally
accepted behavior
Morality
Ans: the social conventions about right and wrong that are so
widely shared they become the basis for an established
consensus.
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Social Audit
Ans: An organization that reviews how well it is meeting its
ethical and social responsibility goals and commun icates its
new goals for the upcoming year.
Software Piracy
Ans: Violating a software license agreement by copying an
application onto more computers than the license agreement
permits.
Stakeholder
Ans: someone who stands to gain or lose, depending on how a
situation is resolved.
Utilitarian Approach to Decision Making
Ans: The ethical choice produces the greatest excess of
benefits over harm
Vices
Ans: bad qualities, habits, or patterns of behavior that incline
us to actions that are harmful to ourselves and others
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Ethics in information technology
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Code of Ethics
Ans: The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and
for members of a profession.
Common Good Approach
Ans: Respect and compassion for all others is the basis for
ethical actions.
Corporate Ethics Officer
Ans: 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
Ans: A set of beliefs about right and wrong behavior within a
society.
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Fairness Approach
Ans: Focuses on how fairly actions and policies distribute
benefits and burdens among people affected by the decision.
Integrity
Ans: accordance with a personal code of principles
Law
Ans: system of rules that tells us what we can and cannot do
Moral code
Ans: a set of rules that establishes the boundaries of generally
accepted behavior
Morality
Ans: the social conventions about right and wrong that are so
widely shared they become the basis for an established
consensus.
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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Social Audit
Ans: An organization that reviews how well it is meeting its
ethical and social responsibility goals and commun icates its
new goals for the upcoming year.
Software Piracy
Ans: Violating a software license agreement by copying an
application onto more computers than the license agreement
permits.
Stakeholder
Ans: someone who stands to gain or lose, depending on how a
situation is resolved.
Utilitarian Approach to Decision Making
Ans: The ethical choice produces the greatest excess of
benefits over harm
Vices
Ans: bad qualities, habits, or patterns of behavior that incline
us to actions that are harmful to ourselves and others
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