: Quiz One Flashcards
Which of the following best describes the basis for the FIP principles?
The mutuality of interest between the record holder and the individual
page 168
The Federal Trade Commission FIP principle of Notice/Awareness states that:
Web sites must disclose their information practices before collecting data.
page 169
Ethics describes the principles of right and wrong that can be used by individuals to make choices to guide their behaviour.
True.
page 158
The ethical guideline that asks you to put yourself in the place of others, and think of yourself as the object of the decision, is called the Utilitarian Principle.
False.
page 167
____ restricts the information that the U.S. federal government can collect about an individual and regulates what it can do with the information.
The Privacy Act of 1974
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____ is a feature of social institutions that means mechanisms are in place to determine responsibility for an action.
Accountability
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A man steals from a grocery store in order to feed his starving family. Which of the following best expresses the Utilitarian Principle in evaluating this situation?
His action is acceptable, because the increase in social value of the survival of the family exceeds the decrease in social value from the harm suffered by the grocer.
page 167
Liability is a feature of political systems and allows individuals to recover damages done to them by others.
True
page 165
____ is a societal practice of having laws that are known and understood, along with the ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly.
Due process
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A peer at work takes small amounts of office supplies for her own use at home, saying that this is a tiny loss to the company. You tell her that if everyone were to take office supplies, then the loss would no longer be minimal. Your rationale expresses which historical ethical principle?
Kant’s Categorical Imperative
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The ethical “no free lunch” rule states that:
Everything is owned by someone else, and that the creator wants compensation for this work.
page 167
Which of the following describes Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative?
If an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone to take.
page 167
____ is a new data analysis technology that finds hidden connections between data in disparate sources.
NORA
page 162
Taking the action that produces the least harm best describes the:
Risk Aversion Principle.
page 167
In 2010, the FTC added all of the following recommendations to its privacy guidelines except:
Firms should limit the length of time that any personal data is stored to six months or less.
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