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Two programmers disagree about which philosophical theory is best suited for
their autonomous vehicles. One programmer suggests their vehicle should always
choose the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Which philosophical theory encapsulates this stance? - correct answers
Utilitarianism
What is the difference between ethics and morals? - correct answers Ethics reflect
a societal code of behavior, whereas morals reflect personal principles.
An IT company holds itself accountable for how its actions affect its shareholders,
consumers, employees, community, the environment, and suppliers.
What is this company demonstrating? - correct answers Corporate social
responsibility
A homeowners' association (HOA) installs license plate readers after an increase in
reported crime in the neighborhood. Two domestic workers petition the HOA,
requesting that their data be deleted to protect their privacy. The HOA considers
this but denies their request, citing the greater need for security protection for
residents.
Which ethical theory does this represent? - correct answers Consequentialism
,A developer creates video games based on real war scenarios and designs
characters that mimic real people from world events. The video game has content
perceived as excessively violent and rewards players who inflict the most harm on
other players' virtual characters. The developer knows that these are simulated
acts that depict real war scenarios to create an immersive experience for players
but is concerned about the impact on their moral character.
Which ethical theory does this situation represent? - correct answers Virtue
A project team at an animal welfare agency is using predictive analytics to help
take animals out of abusive environments. The algorithm the team designed has a
false positive rate that is higher than zero, which means that some animals could
be removed erroneously if the algorithm's recommendations are followed. The
project owner understands that pets may wrongfully be removed from loving
healthy homes but decides to use the algorithm anyway because it will happen
only a small percentage of the time.
Which ethical theory does this represent? - correct answers Consequentialism
A software sales company is currently struggling with low sales. The company is
aware that one of its competitor's senior sales managers is dissatisfied with the
competitor due to having been overlooked for a promotion to the position of a
vice president (VP). The company approaches the sales manager and offers them
a position as VP for sales on the condition of bringing the manager's existing
customer list and contacts to the new role. The sales manager is bound by a
noncompete clause.
Which type of decision-making process did the company follow? - correct answers
Unethical and illegal
,A municipality decides to use the data it has on household water usage to build an
algorithm that can identify welfare fraud. This would result in a list of potential
fraudsters that could be used to make welfare decisions. Although the
municipality is the rightful owner and processor of the data, citizens have raised
privacy issues with the application. The citizens object that they have no way of
knowing whether they are on the list and have no possibility of redress if they are.
Which decision-making process did the municipality follow? - correct answers
Legal but unethical
The marketing department of a financial services institution asks data scientists to
build a consumer profile based on transaction data. Although company lawyers
approve the request to explicitly signal customers with potential gambling
addiction problems, the data scientists refuse to build the profiles.
What describes this request? - correct answers Unethical and legal
Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an organization's
intangible creative activities? - correct answers Property
An IT company that specializes in software development has an organizational
structure that consists of a chief executive officer, chief ethics officer, chief finance
officer, and chief operating officer.
Which of these executives provides the company with vision and leadership in
business conduct? - correct answers Chief ethics officer
What is a reason for organizations to pursue corporate social responsibility (CSR)
goals? - correct answers Gain goodwill
, A police department employee has access to data related to an ongoing
investigation. A local politician whom the employee supports has come under
investigation. The employee accesses the data relating to the investigation and
provides the file to the politician anonymously.
How should this behavior be classified? - correct answers Corruption
An IT manager implements security measures at the organization, network,
application, and employee levels.
Which approach to security is the manager using? - correct answers Layered
A new startup tech company plans to provide secure wireless access within its
office for employees and other trusted visitors. The company has concerns about
competitors eavesdropping or compromising the connections and obtaining
unauthorized access to the company's intellectual property. The company is
considering using Wireless Protected Access 2 (WPA2) to secure data in transit.
Which protocol does this wireless protection implement? - correct answers
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent monitors a telephone conversation
between a 12-year-old child and the child's stepfather. The monitoring is part of a
criminal investigation. A warrant was not obtained prior to commencement of the
monitoring.
Which law or regulation did the agent violate? - correct answers Wiretap Act
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