WGU D333 ETHICS IN TECHNOLOGY OBJECTIVE
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1. A homeowners' association (HOA) installs license plate readers after an
increase in reported crime in the neighborhood. Two domestic workers
petition the HOA, requesting that their data be deleted to protect their
privacy. The HOA considers this but denies their request, citing the greater
need for security protection for residents.
Which ethical theory does this represent?
-ANSWER Consequentialism - Best overall consequence, benefit the majority.
2. Two programmers disagree about which philosophical theory is best
suited for their autonomous vehicles. One programmer suggests their
vehicle should always choose the greatest good for the greatest number
of people.
Which philosophical theory encapsulates this stance?
-ANSWER Utilitarianism - similar to consequentialism meaning the most good
to Benefit the majority.
3. What is the difference between ethics and morals?
-ANSWER Ethics reflect a societal code of behavior, whereas morals reflect
personal principles.
, 4. An IT company holds itself accountable for how its actions affect its
shareholders, consumers, employees, community, the environment, and
suppliers.
What is this company demonstrating?
-ANSWER Corporate social responsibility
5. A developer creates video games based on real war scenarios and designs
characters that mimic real people from world events. The video game has
content perceived as excessively violent and rewards players who inflict
the most harm on other players' virtual characters. The developer knows
that these are simulated acts that depict real war scenarios to create an
immersive experience for players but is concerned about the impact on
their moral character.
Which ethical theory does this situation represent?
-ANSWER Virtue - Habit of acceptable behavior.
6. A project team at an animal welfare agency is using predictive analytics to
help take animals out of abusive environments. The algorithm the team
designed has a false positive rate that is higher than zero, which means
that some animals could be removed erroneously if the algorithm's
recommendations are followed. The project owner understands that pets
may wrongfully be removed from loving healthy homes but decides to use
the algorithm anyway because it will happen only a small percentage of
the time.
Which ethical theory does this represent?
-ANSWER Consequentialism - Best overall consequence, benefit the majority.
, 7. A software sales company is currently struggling with low sales. The
company is aware that one of its competitor's senior sales managers is
dissatisfied with the competitor due to having been overlooked for a
promotion to the position of a vice president (VP). The company
approaches the sales manager and offers them a position as VP for sales
on the condition of bringing the manager's existing customer list and
contacts to the new role. The sales manager is bound by a noncompete
clause.
Which type of decision-making process did the company follow?
-ANSWER Unethical and illegal
8. A municipality decides to use the data it has on household water usage to
build an algorithm that can identify welfare fraud. This would result in a list of
potential fraudsters that could be used to make welfare decisions. Although the
municipality is the rightful owner and processor of the data, citizens have raised
privacy issues with the application. The citizens object that they have no way of
knowing whether they are on the list and have no possibility of redress if they
are.
Which decision-making process did the municipality follow?
-ANSWER Legal but unethical
9. The marketing department of a financial services institution asks data
scientists to build a consumer profile based on transaction data. Although
company lawyers approve the request to explicitly signal customers with
potential gambling addiction problems, the data scientists refuse to build
the profiles.
What describes this request?
-ANSWER Unethical and legal
, 10.Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an
organization's intangible creative activities?
-ANSWER Property
11.An IT company that specializes in software development has an
organizational structure that consists of a chief executive officer, chief
ethics officer, chief finance officer, and chief operating officer.
Which of these executives provides the company with vision and leadership in
business conduct?
-ANSWER Chief ethics officer
12.What is a reason for organizations to pursue corporate social
responsibility (CSR) goals?
-ANSWER Gain goodwill
13. A police department employee has access to data related to an ongoing
investigation. A local politician whom the employee supports has come under
investigation. The employee accesses the data relating to the investigation and
provides the file to the politician anonymously.
How should this behavior be classified?
-ANSWER Corruption
14.An IT manager implements security measures at the organization,
network, application, and employee levels.
ASSESSMENT Comprehensive Resource To Help
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Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct
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1. A homeowners' association (HOA) installs license plate readers after an
increase in reported crime in the neighborhood. Two domestic workers
petition the HOA, requesting that their data be deleted to protect their
privacy. The HOA considers this but denies their request, citing the greater
need for security protection for residents.
Which ethical theory does this represent?
-ANSWER Consequentialism - Best overall consequence, benefit the majority.
2. Two programmers disagree about which philosophical theory is best
suited for their autonomous vehicles. One programmer suggests their
vehicle should always choose the greatest good for the greatest number
of people.
Which philosophical theory encapsulates this stance?
-ANSWER Utilitarianism - similar to consequentialism meaning the most good
to Benefit the majority.
3. What is the difference between ethics and morals?
-ANSWER Ethics reflect a societal code of behavior, whereas morals reflect
personal principles.
, 4. An IT company holds itself accountable for how its actions affect its
shareholders, consumers, employees, community, the environment, and
suppliers.
What is this company demonstrating?
-ANSWER Corporate social responsibility
5. A developer creates video games based on real war scenarios and designs
characters that mimic real people from world events. The video game has
content perceived as excessively violent and rewards players who inflict
the most harm on other players' virtual characters. The developer knows
that these are simulated acts that depict real war scenarios to create an
immersive experience for players but is concerned about the impact on
their moral character.
Which ethical theory does this situation represent?
-ANSWER Virtue - Habit of acceptable behavior.
6. A project team at an animal welfare agency is using predictive analytics to
help take animals out of abusive environments. The algorithm the team
designed has a false positive rate that is higher than zero, which means
that some animals could be removed erroneously if the algorithm's
recommendations are followed. The project owner understands that pets
may wrongfully be removed from loving healthy homes but decides to use
the algorithm anyway because it will happen only a small percentage of
the time.
Which ethical theory does this represent?
-ANSWER Consequentialism - Best overall consequence, benefit the majority.
, 7. A software sales company is currently struggling with low sales. The
company is aware that one of its competitor's senior sales managers is
dissatisfied with the competitor due to having been overlooked for a
promotion to the position of a vice president (VP). The company
approaches the sales manager and offers them a position as VP for sales
on the condition of bringing the manager's existing customer list and
contacts to the new role. The sales manager is bound by a noncompete
clause.
Which type of decision-making process did the company follow?
-ANSWER Unethical and illegal
8. A municipality decides to use the data it has on household water usage to
build an algorithm that can identify welfare fraud. This would result in a list of
potential fraudsters that could be used to make welfare decisions. Although the
municipality is the rightful owner and processor of the data, citizens have raised
privacy issues with the application. The citizens object that they have no way of
knowing whether they are on the list and have no possibility of redress if they
are.
Which decision-making process did the municipality follow?
-ANSWER Legal but unethical
9. The marketing department of a financial services institution asks data
scientists to build a consumer profile based on transaction data. Although
company lawyers approve the request to explicitly signal customers with
potential gambling addiction problems, the data scientists refuse to build
the profiles.
What describes this request?
-ANSWER Unethical and legal
, 10.Which ethical concept is related to the right to use a person's or an
organization's intangible creative activities?
-ANSWER Property
11.An IT company that specializes in software development has an
organizational structure that consists of a chief executive officer, chief
ethics officer, chief finance officer, and chief operating officer.
Which of these executives provides the company with vision and leadership in
business conduct?
-ANSWER Chief ethics officer
12.What is a reason for organizations to pursue corporate social
responsibility (CSR) goals?
-ANSWER Gain goodwill
13. A police department employee has access to data related to an ongoing
investigation. A local politician whom the employee supports has come under
investigation. The employee accesses the data relating to the investigation and
provides the file to the politician anonymously.
How should this behavior be classified?
-ANSWER Corruption
14.An IT manager implements security measures at the organization,
network, application, and employee levels.
