NYS CLI ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔What are ways to avoid sexual harassment liability? - ✔✔1) always be aware how
your actions look to observers
2) avoid intimate situations or contact with students
3) counsel students in private but with door open
4) avoid suggestive comments, they may be misinterpreted
✔✔What are factors that can lead to student injury? - ✔✔1) using equipment not
maintained to manufacturer's requirements
2) instructor error
3) improper or inadequate supervision
4) inadequate, malfunctioning or faulty equipment
✔✔Indemnification - ✔✔protect and insure against loss, damage, theft, etc
✔✔The Family Education Rights Act of 1974 - ✔✔aka Buckley Amendment or FERPA
provides students the right to access their educational records upon request and
challenge the records
✔✔What is illegal under the Buckley Amendment? - ✔✔disclosure of "personally
identifiable" information form records without permission
✔✔What must all educational programs follow? - ✔✔all applicable national and state
OSHA rules and regulations
✔✔Public Domain - ✔✔anything exempt from copyright laws due to the age of the
document or because the info is considered to be known by most individuals
✔✔Fair Use - ✔✔involves determining how much material is being distributed, how
many times its being used, if the authors are properly cited, and how much the use of
the document impacts the owners ability to realize a profit from your use of it
, ✔✔Which theories shape classroom discussions? - ✔✔divine law, virtue ethics, egoism,
ethical relativism, utilitarianism
✔✔What is divine law based on? What does considered good? Right behavior? What
are its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Devine law is based in many religions primarily
Judeo-Christian and Islamic
-God's will and word is considered good
-Obeying God's will is right behavior
-Strengths: moral certainty and guidance
-Weaknesses: self righteousness and intolerance
✔✔What is virtue ethics based on? What does considered good? Right behavior? What
are its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Virtue ethics is based in Greek philosophy
(Plato and Aristotle)
-Seeking happiness and good life is considered good
-Acting virtuously is right behavior
-Strengths: virtue is its own reward
-Weaknesses: consequences; the common good and principle are ignored
✔✔What is egoism based on? What does considered good? Right behavior? What are
its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Egoism is based in classical and contemporary
philosophy
-"What I think is best for me" considered good
-Promoting what is right for me is considered right behavior
-Strengths: leads to moral certainty and autonomy
-Weaknesses: self centeredness, selfishness, unrealistic thinking
✔✔What is ethical relativism based on? What does considered good? Right behavior?
What are its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Ethical relativism is based in classical
and contemporary philosophy
-Only whatever the group/culture decides is good is considered to be good
-Acting in accordance with the group's values and principles is right
-Strengths: tolerance of others, flexible thinking, and practicality
-Weaknesses: rules out criticism of obvious evil and all is considered relative
✔✔What is utilitarianism based on? What does considered good? Right behavior? What
are its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Utilitarianism is based in British/American
philosophy
-Happiness/pleasure and diminishing misery/pain considered good
-Promoting greatest good for greatest number is right behavior
-Strengths: practical, considers consequences of action
-Weaknesses: a good end may justify a bad means; justifies mistreatment of a minority
group of people as the means to an end if they do not agree with the majority
✔✔What are ways to avoid sexual harassment liability? - ✔✔1) always be aware how
your actions look to observers
2) avoid intimate situations or contact with students
3) counsel students in private but with door open
4) avoid suggestive comments, they may be misinterpreted
✔✔What are factors that can lead to student injury? - ✔✔1) using equipment not
maintained to manufacturer's requirements
2) instructor error
3) improper or inadequate supervision
4) inadequate, malfunctioning or faulty equipment
✔✔Indemnification - ✔✔protect and insure against loss, damage, theft, etc
✔✔The Family Education Rights Act of 1974 - ✔✔aka Buckley Amendment or FERPA
provides students the right to access their educational records upon request and
challenge the records
✔✔What is illegal under the Buckley Amendment? - ✔✔disclosure of "personally
identifiable" information form records without permission
✔✔What must all educational programs follow? - ✔✔all applicable national and state
OSHA rules and regulations
✔✔Public Domain - ✔✔anything exempt from copyright laws due to the age of the
document or because the info is considered to be known by most individuals
✔✔Fair Use - ✔✔involves determining how much material is being distributed, how
many times its being used, if the authors are properly cited, and how much the use of
the document impacts the owners ability to realize a profit from your use of it
, ✔✔Which theories shape classroom discussions? - ✔✔divine law, virtue ethics, egoism,
ethical relativism, utilitarianism
✔✔What is divine law based on? What does considered good? Right behavior? What
are its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Devine law is based in many religions primarily
Judeo-Christian and Islamic
-God's will and word is considered good
-Obeying God's will is right behavior
-Strengths: moral certainty and guidance
-Weaknesses: self righteousness and intolerance
✔✔What is virtue ethics based on? What does considered good? Right behavior? What
are its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Virtue ethics is based in Greek philosophy
(Plato and Aristotle)
-Seeking happiness and good life is considered good
-Acting virtuously is right behavior
-Strengths: virtue is its own reward
-Weaknesses: consequences; the common good and principle are ignored
✔✔What is egoism based on? What does considered good? Right behavior? What are
its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Egoism is based in classical and contemporary
philosophy
-"What I think is best for me" considered good
-Promoting what is right for me is considered right behavior
-Strengths: leads to moral certainty and autonomy
-Weaknesses: self centeredness, selfishness, unrealistic thinking
✔✔What is ethical relativism based on? What does considered good? Right behavior?
What are its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Ethical relativism is based in classical
and contemporary philosophy
-Only whatever the group/culture decides is good is considered to be good
-Acting in accordance with the group's values and principles is right
-Strengths: tolerance of others, flexible thinking, and practicality
-Weaknesses: rules out criticism of obvious evil and all is considered relative
✔✔What is utilitarianism based on? What does considered good? Right behavior? What
are its strengths and weaknesses? - ✔✔Utilitarianism is based in British/American
philosophy
-Happiness/pleasure and diminishing misery/pain considered good
-Promoting greatest good for greatest number is right behavior
-Strengths: practical, considers consequences of action
-Weaknesses: a good end may justify a bad means; justifies mistreatment of a minority
group of people as the means to an end if they do not agree with the majority
