Chapter 8

Question 1

What are the 5 moral dimensions of the information age?

Answer 1

1) Information rights
2) Property rights
3) System quality (!)
4) Quality of life (!)
5) Accountability and control (!)

Question 2

What are 3 principal sources of poor system performance?

Answer 2

1) Poor input data quality
2) Software bugs, errors
3) Hardware or facility failures

Question 3

What are the negative social consequences of systems?

Answer 3

1) Balancing power
2) Rapidity of change
3) Maintaining boundaries
4) Dependence on computer systems

Question 4

What’s the difference between Computer Crime and Computer Abuse?

Answer 4

– Computer Crime: illegal acts done through the use of a computer or against a computer system.

– Computer Abuse: Legal but unethical acts.
Ex: Spam.

Question 5

How do systems negatively affect employment?

Answer 5

Certain jobs like Factory and labor workers are being replaced by machines.

Question 6

What are 3 health risks associated with using information systems?

Answer 6

1– Eyestrain
2– Fatigue
3– Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI)