Ethics

Question 1

As we explore the impact of digital identities and digital lives, we must reexamine our standards of moral conduct, or _________.

Answer 1

ethics

Question 2

__________ are guidelines for the morally acceptable use of computers in our society

Answer 2

Computer ethics

Question 3

A recent common phenomenon _______ is the use of the internet to send or post content intended to hurt or embarrass another person.

Answer 3

cyberbullying

Question 4

A ________ is a legal concept that gives content creators the right to control use and distribution of their work.

Answer 4

copyright

Question 5

_________ is the unauthorized copying and/or distribution of software.

Answer 5

software piracy

Question 6

To prevent copyright violations, corporations often use ___________. Encompasses various technologies that control access to electronic media and files.

Answer 6

digital rights management (DRM)

• controls number of devices that can access a given file
• limit the kinds of devices that can access a file

Question 7

The _________ makes it illegal to deactivate or otherwise disable any antipiracy technologies, including DRM technologies.

Answer 7

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Question 8

________ is the illegal and unethical representation of some other persons work and ideas as your own without giving credit to the original source.

Answer 8

Plagiarism

• types of people are called plagiarists