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Unit 11 : Digital Ethics Flashcards

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What is ethics? ( 3 )

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  1. A set of beliefs about right and wrong behavior within a society
  2. Moral beliefs about right and wrong
  3. Standards or codes of behavior expected of an individualby a group to which the individual belongs
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What is computer ethics?

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  1. Moral guidelines that govern the use of computer and information systems
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What define an individual’s moral values? ( 2 )

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  1. Virtue
    • Habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable
  2. Vice
    • Habit of unacceptable behavior
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What is moral? ( 2 )

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  1. Personal beliefs about right and wrong
  2. Moral acts conform to what an individual believes to be the right thing to do
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What is law? ( 2 )

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  1. System of rules, enforced by a set of institutions, that tells us what we can and cannot do
  2. Legal acts are acts that conform to the law
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What are the concerns about the ethical use of IT ? List out some examples ( 6 )

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  1. E-mail and Internet access monitoring at work
  2. Software piracy, downloading in violation of copyright laws
  3. Unsolicited e-mail, spoofing, spamming, phishing
  4. Hacker and cracker theft
  5. Plagiarism by students
  6. Malware, cookies and spyware to illegally track a user
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What will happen when someone break the code of ethics?

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  1. Termination
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What does organizations have for its employees?

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  1. Code of Ethics
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What does the code of ethics documents? ( 3 )

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  1. Mission and values of the organization
  2. How professionals are supposed to approach problems
  3. The ethical principles based on the organization’s core value
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What are the ethical principles that are setted by Association for Computing Machinery? ( 6 )

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  1. Avoid harm to others
  2. Be fair and take action not to discriminate
  3. Honor property rights
  4. Give proper credit for intellectual property
  5. Respect the privacy of others
  6. Honor confidentiality
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What does profession requires?

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  1. Requires specialized knowledge and intensive academic preparation
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What is the characteristics of professionals? ( 3 )

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  1. Possess advanced training and experience
  2. Exercise discretion and judgement in their work
  3. Keep abreast of developments in their field
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What does a person do when they have integrity?

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  1. Acting in accordance with personal code of principles
  2. Extending respect, consideration, moral values to all
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List out the examples for unethical behavior ( 2 )

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  1. Complex work environments make it difficult to apply principles and codes of ethics consistently
  2. Pressure to maintain revenue and profits
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What are the effects for a company when they are having some unethical behavior? ( 2 )

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  1. Risk of financial loss
  2. Criminal or Civil lawsuits
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What does organizations must take to prevent unethical behavior?

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  1. Solution through Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR )
  2. Takes responsibility for the impact of its actions on the environment, community and employee welfare
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What does ethics training does?

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  1. Educate employees how to apply code of ethics in real life to encourage ethical behavior
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What are the goals for ethics training ? ( 3 )

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  1. Encourage employees to report any misconducts
  2. Show employees effective ways to reporting incidents
  3. Reassure employees that such feedback will be acted on and that they will not be subjected to retaliation
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How to deal with computer crime? ( 3 )

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  1. Pursue prosecution of criminals at all costs
  2. Maintain low profile to avoid negative publicity
  3. Inform affected customers
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What are the decisions should be taken when preventing computer crime? ( 2 )

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  1. How much resources needed to safeguard against computer crime
  2. What actions should be taken when
    • A software is found susceptible to hacking
    • Recommended computer security safeguards increase operating costs
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Which organizations aims to stop the unauthorized copying of software?

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  1. Business Software Alliance ( BSA )
22
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What is trade secret?

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  1. Information that is of economic value and has effort or cost to develop with some degree of uniqueness or novelty
23
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What is whistle-blowing?

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  1. Effort by an employee to attract attention to a negligent, illegal, unethical, or abusive act by a company that threatens the public interest
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What is conflict of interest?

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  1. Conflict between employee’s self-interest and the interests of the client
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What is fraud?

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  1. Obtaining goods, servies, or property through deception or trickery
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What is misrepresentation?

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  1. Misstatement or incomplete statement of a material fact
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What is breach of contract?

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  1. When one party fails to meet the terms of a contact
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What is bribes?

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  1. Are made in secret, as they are neither legally nor morally acceptable
  2. Are often made indirectly through a third party
  3. Encourage an obligation for the receipient to act favorably toward the donor
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What is gifts? ( 3 )

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  1. Are made openlu and publicly, as a gesture of friendship or goodwill
  2. Are made directly from donor to receiptant
  3. Come with no expection of a future favor for the donor

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