Review Questions

$4-1$ What ethical, social, and political issues are raised by information systems?

$$ Explain what nonobvious relationship awareness is$.$

$$ Describe the net impact of the doubling of computer power every eighteen months.

$$ List some of the ethical issues in information systems that have been given new urgency by the rise of the Internet and electronic commerce.

$4-2$ What specific principles for conduct can be used to guide ethical decisions?

$$ List and describe the five steps in an ethical analysis.

$$ Identify and describe six ethical principles.

$4-3$ Why do contemporary information systems technology and the Internet pose challenges to the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property?

$$ Define privacy and Fair Information Practices.

$$ Explain how the Internet challenges the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property.

$$ Explain how informed consent, legislation, industry self$-$regulation, and technology tools help protect the individual privacy of Internet users.

$$ List and define the three regimes that protect intellectual property rights.

$4-4$ How have information systems affected laws for establishing accountability and liability and the quality of everyday life?

$$ Identify the most common reason for business system failure.

$$ Describe why all organizations have become dependent and vulnerable as a result of using information systems.

$$ Describe computer crime using an example.

$$ Explain what is meant by the term digital divide.