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D333 - ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY - PRE ASSESSMENT WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% 2024/2025
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D333 - ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY - PREASSESSMENT WITH COMPLETE
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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?
Utilitarianism
What is the difference between ethics and morals?
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?
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?
Consequentialism
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?
, 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?
Virtue
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?
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?
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?
Unethical and legal
Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an organization's intangible creative
activities?
Property
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