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MIS
MIS- Quiz 2: Ch. 4
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Business
Undergraduate 4
10/03/2010

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Term
The opening case was about what kind of dilemma?
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Ethical
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In the past ________ years we have witnessed one of the most ethically challenging periods for U.S. and global business
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Ten
Term
The law has changed from: business firms paying for legal defense of their employees enmeshed in civil charges and criminal investigations, now firms are...
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encouraged to to cooperate with prosecutors to reduce charges against the entire firm for obstructing investigations
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Principles of right and wrong that individuals use to make choices to guide their behaviors
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Ethics
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T/F
Ethical, political, ans social issues are closely linked.
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True
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What are the five moral dimensions of the information age:
Definition
1. Info rights and obligations
2. Property rights and obligations
3. Accountability and control
4. System quality
5. Quality of life
Term
Use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed info on individuals
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Profiling
Term
A new data analysis technology that has given both the government and the private sector more profiling capabilities
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Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness (NORA)
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What is the key element of ethical action?
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Responsibility- you accept the potential costs, duties, and obligations for the decisions you make
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Mechanisms are in place to determine who tool responsible action, who is responsible?
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Accountability
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A feature of political systems in which a body of laws is in place that permits individuals to recover the damages done to them by other actors, systems, or organizations
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Liability
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Different from ethics and it refers to the personal standards that make up an individual's character
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Morality
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Laws are well known and understood, with an ability to appeal to higher authorities
Definition
Due Process
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