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MIS- Test 2: Ch. 4
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Business
Undergraduate 4
11/10/2010

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Term
The principles of right and wrong that individuals acting as free moral agents use to make choices to guide their behaviors
Definition
Ethics
Term
T/F:
Ethical, social, and political issues are not closely linked
Definition
False- they are closely linked
Term
The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals
Definition
Profiling
Term
This is the key element of ethical action- it means that you accept the potential costs, duties, and obligations for the decisions you make
Definition
Responsibility
Term
This is the feature of systems and social institutions- it means that mechanisms are in place to determine who took responsible action, who is responsible.
Definition
Accountability
Term
This is a feature of political systems in which a body of laws is in place that permits individuals to recover damages done to them by other actors, systems, or organiz
Definition
Liability
Term
This is a process in which laws are known and understood and there is an ability to appeal to higher authorities to ensure that the laws are applied correctly
Definition
Due Process
Term
This refers to the personal standards that make up an individual's character
Definition
Morality
Term
The claim of individuals to be left alone, free from surveillance interference from other individuals or organizations, including the state
Definition
Privacy
Term
In the U.S., the claim to privacy is protected primarily by the _____________ Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and association, and the _____________ Amendment protections against unreasonable search
Definition
First, and Fourth
Term
Most American and European privacy law is based on a regime called: and it was first to set forth in a report written in 1973 by a federal govt advisory committee
Definition
Fair Information Practices (FIP)
Term
In Europe, is the privacy protection much more stringent (stronger) than in the U.S.?
Definition
Yes
Term
This is consent given with knowledge of all the facts needed to make a rational decision
Definition
Informed consent
Term
This is a private, self-regulating policy and enforcement mechanism that meets the objectives of govt regulators and legislation but does not involve govt regulation
Definition
Safe harbor
Term
Tiny files deposited on a computer hard drive when a user visits a certain website
Definition
Cookies
Term
These are tiny graphic files embedded in e-mail messages and web pages that are designed to monitor who is reading the e-mail messages
Definition
Web bugs
Term
Surreptitiously installed on user’s computer to collect information on the individual’s browsing habits without informed consent.
Definition
Spyware
Term
Spyware is a type of _________
Definition
Malware- malicious software
Term
This permits the collection of personal information until the consumer specifically requests that the data not be collected
Definition
Opt-out
Term
This provides a standard for communicating a Web site's privacy policy to Internet users and for comparing that policy to the user's preferences
Definition
The Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P)
Term
This is considered to be intangible property of any kind created by individuals or corporations
Definition
Intellectual property
Term
Intellectual property is subject to a variety of protections under different legal traditions: 3 of them
Definition
Trade secrets, copyright, and patent law
Term
This is intellectual work or product belonging to business not in the public domain
Definition
Trade secret
Term
This is a statutory gran protecting intellectual property from being copied for the life of the author, plus 70 years after his/her death
Definition
Copyright
Term
Grants the creator of invention an exclusive monopoly on ideas behind invention for 20 years
Definition
Patents
Term
This was created in 1998 and it provides some copyright protection
Definition
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Term
What is the most common source of business system failure?
Definition
Data quality
Term
This is the commission of illegal acts through the use of a computer or against a computer system
Definition
Computer crime
Term
This is the commission of acts involving a computer that may not be illegal but that are considered unethical
Definition
Computer abuse
Term
This is junk e-mail sent by an organization or individual to a mass audience of Internet users
Definition
spam
Term
This is the most common occupational disease today and it occurs when muscle groups are forced through repetitive actions often with high-impact loads
Definition
Repetitive stress injury (RSI)
Term
This is the most common kind of computer-related RSI
Definition
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Term
Stress induced by computer use
Definition
Technostress
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