Test Bank Ethics in Information Technology, 3rd Edition Chapter 1-10

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Ethics in Information Technology, 3rd Edition Chapter 1-10


Chapter 1: An Overview of Ethics


Student:
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1. Pretexting involves the use of false pretenses to gain access to the personal records of
individuals.
True False




2. The stock price of Hewlett-Packard dropped dramatically as a result of a scandal involving the
leaking of information about HP’s long term strategy to the news media.
True False




3. Morality refers to social conventions about right and wrong that are so widely shared that they
become the basis for an established consensus.
True False




4. There is near universal opposition to the practice of illegally making copies of software or
enabling others to access software to which they are not entitled.
True False

,5. An individual who exhibits few vices and many virtues is said to be a person of high integrity.
True False




6. Ethics defines one’s personal beliefs about right and wrong.
True False




7. The United States has one of the lowest software piracy rates in the world, along with
Luxembourg and New Zealand.
True False




8. The risks associated with inappropriate behavior have decreased, both in their likelihood and
in their potential negative impact.
True False




9. A stakeholder is someone who stands to gain or lose, depending on how a situation is
resolved.
True False




10. Companies that are viewed as harmful to their community may find that negative publicity
reduces sales, impedes relationships with some business partners, and attracts unwanted
government attention.
True False

,11. Multinational and global organizations must not present a consistent face to their
shareholders, customers, and suppliers but instead must operate with a different value system in
each country they do business in.
True False




12. Employees may suppress their tendency to act in a manner that seems ethical to them and
instead act in a manner that will protect them against anticipated punishment.
True False




13. The United States Supreme Court has established that an employer cannot be held
responsible for the acts of its employees if the employees act in a manner contrary to corporate
policy and their employer’s directions.
True False




14. The Department of Justice has established sentencing guidelines that suggest stiffer penalties
for convicted executives if their companies have ethics programs.
True False




15. A rapid increase in the appointment of corporate ethics officers typically follows the
revelation of a major business scandal.
True False

, 16. An organization’s mission statement highlights its key ethical issues and identifies the
overarching values and principles that are important to the organization and its decision making
True False




17. Apple was the highest rated U.S.-based, publicly held IT company by Business Ethics
magazine based on its performance between 2000 and 2007.
True False




18. The goal of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to renew investor’s trust in corporate executives and
their firm’s financial reports following numerous financial scandals in the early 2000’s.
True False




19. Lawrence Kohlberg found that many factors stimulate a person’s moral development, but one
of the most crucial is monetary reward for good behavior.
True False




20. Well over half of all organizations include ethical conduct as part of an employee’s
performance appraisal.
True False




21. An individual’s manager has very little impact on his/her ethical behavior.
True False