Chapter 4 Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Information Systems

1) Advances in data storage have made routine violation of individual privacy more difficult.

2) Software piracy is bad for business.

3) In today’s new economic environment, managers who violate the law and are convicted will most likely spend time in prison.

4) Ethical issues in information systems have been given new urgency by the rise of the Internet and electronic commerce.

5) Ethical, social, and legal or political issues are not linked.

6) The major ethical, social, and political issues raised by information systems include property rights and obligations.

7) The major ethical, social, and political issues raised by information systems include accountability and control.

8) The major ethical, social, and political issues raised by information systems include informed consent.

9) One of the four key technological trends responsible for ethical stresses is that computing power doubles every 18 months.

10) One of the four key technological trends responsible for ethical stresses is networking advances and the Internet.

11) One of the four key technological trends responsible for ethical stresses are the use of iPhones.

12) The use of computers to combine data from multiple sources and create electronic dossiers of detailed information on individuals is called spoofing.