Unit 11 : Digital Ethics

Question 1

What is ethics? ( 3 )

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is computer ethics?

Answer 2

1. Moral guidelines that govern the use of computer and information systems

Question 3

What define an individual’s moral values? ( 2 )

Answer 3

1. Virtue
   
   • Habit that inclines people to do what is acceptable
2. Vice
   
   • Habit of unacceptable behavior

Question 4

What is moral? ( 2 )

Answer 4

1. Personal beliefs about right and wrong
2. Moral acts conform to what an individual believes to be the right thing to do

Question 5

What is law? ( 2 )

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What are the concerns about the ethical use of IT ? List out some examples ( 6 )

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What will happen when someone break the code of ethics?

Answer 7

1. Termination

Question 8

What does organizations have for its employees?

Answer 8

1. Code of Ethics

Question 9

What does the code of ethics documents? ( 3 )

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What are the ethical principles that are setted by Association for Computing Machinery? ( 6 )

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What does profession requires?

Answer 11

1. Requires specialized knowledge and intensive academic preparation

Question 12

What is the characteristics of professionals? ( 3 )

Answer 12

1. Possess advanced training and experience
2. Exercise discretion and judgement in their work
3. Keep abreast of developments in their field

Question 13

What does a person do when they have integrity?

Answer 13

1. Acting in accordance with personal code of principles
2. Extending respect, consideration, moral values to all

Question 14

List out the examples for unethical behavior ( 2 )

Answer 14

1. Complex work environments make it difficult to apply principles and codes of ethics consistently
2. Pressure to maintain revenue and profits

Question 15

What are the effects for a company when they are having some unethical behavior? ( 2 )

Answer 15

1. Risk of financial loss
2. Criminal or Civil lawsuits

Question 16

What does organizations must take to prevent unethical behavior?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

What does ethics training does?

Answer 17

1. Educate employees how to apply code of ethics in real life to encourage ethical behavior

Question 18

What are the goals for ethics training ? ( 3 )

Answer 18

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

Question 19

How to deal with computer crime? ( 3 )

Answer 19

1. Pursue prosecution of criminals at all costs
2. Maintain low profile to avoid negative publicity
3. Inform affected customers

Question 20

What are the decisions should be taken when preventing computer crime? ( 2 )

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Which organizations aims to stop the unauthorized copying of software?

Answer 21

1. Business Software Alliance ( BSA )

Question 22

What is trade secret?

Answer 22

1. Information that is of economic value and has effort or cost to develop with some degree of uniqueness or novelty

Question 23

What is whistle-blowing?

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What is conflict of interest?

Answer 24

1. Conflict between employee’s self-interest and the interests of the client

Question 25

What is fraud?

Answer 25

1. Obtaining goods, servies, or property through deception or trickery

Question 26

What is misrepresentation?

Answer 26

1. Misstatement or incomplete statement of a material fact

Question 27

What is breach of contract?

Answer 27

1. When one party fails to meet the terms of a contact

Question 28

What is bribes?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

What is gifts? ( 3 )

Answer 29

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