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ITM chap 4 Flashcards

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Ethics

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The principles of right and wrong that individuals, acting as free moral agents, use to make choices to guide their behaviours

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3 levels of disturbance caused by IT

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  • Political - Social -Ethical
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5 Moral Dimentions of the Information Age

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  • Information rights ad obligations - Property rights and obligations - Accountability and control - System Quality - Quality of life
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Information Rights

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The rights that individuals and organizations have with respect to information that pertains to themselves

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Profiling

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The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals

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NORA

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Nonbovious Relationship Awareness, can take information about people from many disparate sources and correlate relationships to find hidden correlations

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Responsibility

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To accept potential cose, duties, and obligations for decisions made

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Accountability

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mechanisms are in place to determine who took responsible action, and who is responsible

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Liability

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Extends the concept of responsibility further to the area of laws. It is a feature of political systems in which a body of laws is in place that permits individuals to recover the damages done to them by other actors, systems, or organizations

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Due Process

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Laws are known and understood and there is an ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly

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5 Steps Ethical Analysis

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  • Identify and clearly describe the facts - Define the conflict or dilemma, and identify the higher-order values involved - Identify the stakeholders - Identify the options that you can reasonably take - Identify the potential consequences of your options
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6 Ethical principles

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  • The Golden Rule - Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative - Descartes’ rule of change - Utilitarian Principle - Risk Aversion Principle - Ethical “no free lunch” Rule
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The Golden Rule

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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

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Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative

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If an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone

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Descartes’ rule of change

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If an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all

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Utilitarian Principle

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Take the action that achieves the higher or greater value

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Risk Aversion Principle

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Take the action that produces the least harm or the least potential cost

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Ethical “no free lunch” Rule

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Assume that virtually all tangible and intangible objects are owned by someone else unless there is a specific declaration otherwise

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Privacy

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The claim of individuals to be left alone, free from surveillance or interference from other individuals or organizations, including the state

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PIPEDA

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Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

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Informed Consent

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Consent given with knowledge of all the facts needed to make a rational decision

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Safe Harbour

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A private, selfregulating policy and enforcement mechanism that meets the objectives of government regulators and legislation but does not involve government regulation or enforcement

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Cookies

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Small text fi les deposited on a computer hard drive when a user visits Web sites. Cookies identify the visitor’s Web browser software and track visits to the site.

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Web Beacons or Bugs

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Tiny objects invisibly embedded in e-mail messages and Web pages that are designed to monitor the behaviour of the user visiting a site or sending e-mail

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Spyware

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Technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge

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Banner Ad

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A graphic display on a Web page used for advertising. The banner is linked to the advertiser’s Web site so that a person clicking on it will be transported to the advertiser’s Web site

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Opt out model of informed consent

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Permits collection of personal information until the consumer forbids

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Opt In

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Model of informed consent permitting prohibiting an organization from collecting any personal information unless the individual specifically takes action to approve information collection and use.

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P3P

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Platform of Privacy Preference. Enables automatic comunication of privacy between an e-commerce site and its visitors

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Intelectual Property

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Intengible property created by individuals or corporations

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Trade Secret

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Any intellectual work product—a formula, device, pattern, or compilation of data—used for a business purpose. Trade secret law are a matter of provincial jurisdiction

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Copyright

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A statutory grant that protects creators of intellectual property from having their work copied by others for any purpose for a period of at least 50 years

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Patent

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Grants the owner an exclusive monopoly on the ideas behind an invention for between 17 and 20 years

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MP3

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Compression standard that can compress audio files for transfer over the Internet with virtually no loss in quality

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Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

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It implemented a World Intellectual Property Organization Treaty that makes it illegal to circumvent technology-based protections of copyrighted materials

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Computer Crime

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The commission of illegal acts through the use of a computer or against a computer system

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Computer Abuse

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The commission of acts involving a computer that may not be illegal but are considered unethical

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Spam

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Junk e-mail sent by an organization or individual to a mass audience of Internet users who have expressed no interest in the product or service being marketed

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Digital Divide

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Large disparities in access to computers and the Internet among different social groups and different locations

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Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI)

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It is the most common ocupational disease today, it occurs when muscle groups are forced through repetitive actions often with high-impact loads (such as tennis) or tens of thousands of repetitions under low-impact loads

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)

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The most common kind of computer related RSI

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Computer Vision Syndrom (CVS)

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Refers to any eyestrain condition related to display screen use in desktop computers, laptops, e-readers, smart-phones, and handheld video games

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Technostress

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Stress indused by computer use, symptomes include hostility toward humans, impatience, and fatigue

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