BA/BCA                                                                     Name ______________________

Ch. 3 - Ethics, The Law, & Computers                  Date _________

 

I.     Ethics & The Law

 

       A.   ____________

              1.    Def. - A set of ___________ defining what is __________, ___________ and ____________.

              2.    Ex - cheating on a test.

 

       B.   ___________

              1.    Def. - ___________ of conduct recognized by society as __________________ and _________________ by authorities.

              2.    Ex - stealing.

 

       C.   Making Ethical Decisions in the Business World

              1.    Can be _____________ to make the proper decision.

              2.    ____________ ____ ___________

                     a.    Written by a business to inform employees how they are ______________ to _______.

                     b.    _________ - Any system of rules or regulation that provides _________________ to follow.

                           1)    ____ _______ giving to potential customers.

                           2)    Proper ____________ to be followed if you see other employees involved in wrongdoing on the job.

              3.    _________________ Expectations

                     a.    Decides ______ businesses, the government, and individuals should _________ while carrying out their functions.

                     b.    Societal expectations of businesses are ______________ and now go beyond products and services provided.

1)    Keeping environment free from pollution.

2)    Only trade with foreign countries that respect human rights.

                           3)    No child labor & fair working conditions.

                     c.    As needs and wants of a society change, so does the ___________ of ethical issues.

                     d.    Many times businesses must ______________ conflicting ethical issues. (pg. 52 - Ex.)

 

       D.   _______________ ____________ _____________

              1.    Def. - ___________ values learned from __________ and other outside ____________that help shape each individual.

              2.    Influences

                     a.    _________________

                     b.    _________________

                     c.    _________________

                     d.    _________________

              3.    No 2 people have the _______ Personal Moral Code.

              4.    Your Personal Moral Code _____________Business

                     a.    How you _______ at ___________ activities.

                     b.    Decide whether to spread ________, cheat on a test, take credit for someone else's work.

              5.    Your Personal Moral Code _____________Business

                     a.    Employees ________their Personal Moral Code to the job.

                     b.    It is ____________ for the Business Code of Ethics and your Personal Moral Code to __________.  If not ____________ may ________with differences.

 

II.    Ethical Issues & Computers

 

       A.   Growth of Computer Use & Ethical Issues

              1.    ______________ Computers

                     a.    Large, ___________ & complicated to use.

b.    Placed in ___________ locations.

                     c.    No inexperienced operators causing problems because only __________individuals had ________.

                     d.    Limited access to the ________ computer world.

              2.    Computers _______________

                     a.    __________has greatly ____________.

                     b.    More ___________ in businesses & in homes.

                     c.    _____________ were developed.

                           1)    Def. - Hardware device _____________ two computers to __________________ across ______________ lines.

                           2)    Many new _____________ are created.

 

       B.   Privacy

              1.    Computers make it very _________ for businesses and government to __________ large amounts of information about ___________________.

              2.    Each time you give out ___________ information it may be ____________ on a computer.

a.    May ask for a great deal of _____________ info.

b.    How confidential is it?

c.    pg. 54 Credit Card Application

              3.    ________________ people can easily obtain information on ______________.

 

Item 3 - 2   pg. 55  Something to Think About

 

       C.   Copyrighted & Uncopyrighted Software

              1.    Computer ______________ (Programs)

                     a.    Def. - Sets of _____________ that tell the computer what to _____.

                     b.    Designed by a wide variety of people for many ______________ purposes.

              2.    ________________Software (Programs)

                     a.    Large corporations ______ people to write programs (range from payroll to games).

                     b.    ______________ by the public.

                     c.    _________________ - Company retains the exclusive ___________ to that program and no one can copy or duplicate it ______________ their permission.

              3.    ________ ___________ ____________ (Shareware)

                     a.    Written by individuals or very small companies that ______ afford major _____________efforts.

                     b.    You as the buyer are encouraged to "____ ____" the program __________ of charge for a ________________ period.

1)    Send a fee to ________ it.

2)    _________ a fee to receive the ________of the program and/or instructions.

                     c.    Usually ______________.

              4.    ____________ _____________ Software (Freeware)

                     a.    Programs developed by individuals willing to give their _______ to others _______ of charge.

                     b.    Truly free of charge, no _________________.

                     c.    _________ & ________________ are limited.

              5.    Unauthorized Copying of Software

                     a.    You can usually get _______________ to copy software but will pay a __________, most people don't want to pay a fee and ____________ the copyright notice.

              b.    _______________ for software developers to _______________ the copying of software.

              c.    Unethical Issue

                           1)    Causing the software co. to _______ profits.

                           2)    People may not want to go in to this type of business because of loss of profits, slow the growth of technological development.

 

Item 3 - 3 pg. 58 - Something to Think About

 

D.   Use of ____________Computer for ____________ Work

              1.    The computer and software were ญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญญ_____________ by the company for _____________ work.

              2.    Computer ___________ could be spread by bringing in ___________ _______ and using on the business _________________.

a.    Computer _____________ - Unauthorized group of _______________ inserted into a computer ____________ designed to _______________ operations and ___________ to other programs.

                     b.    Namesake:  Rapidly make copies of themselves just like a cold virus.

                     c.    Ranges of Viruses

                           1)    Seemingly __________ (Have a Good Day) "Multiplies so _______ that it uses up all ______________ on your computer and _________ it down."

                           2)    __________ Virus - Program ____________ purposely to ___________or ________ data.

                     d.    You can be very ___________ in the spread of viruses.

                     e.    Major ___________ can be done to the networked computers.

                     f.     Virus Scan Software

                           1)    __________ & ___________

                           2)    Examples:  Norton & McAfey

 

III.  Legal Issues and the Computer

 

       A.   Computer Crime

              1.    Computer Crime is one of the ___________ growing crimes in the US today.

              2.    Trying to _________ it down:

                     a.    Legislators are enacting _________ at both federal and state levels.

                     b.    ____________ develop and use security systems.

              3.    Computer Crime Examples (pg. 61)

              4.    Our increasing _______________ on computers is said to be a potential for disaster.

a.    What could happen?

b.    American ____________ system depends on computers for their Electronic Funds Transfer (close to $1 trillion each day).

              5.    Only a small fraction of computer crimes are being ____________  because firms don't want the _____________ publicity.

 

Item 3 - 4 pg. 62 - Something to Think About

 

       B.   ____________

              1.    At least ____ % of theft of information is caused by people with _______________ access to the computer's ___________.

              2.    ____________ ________ can be very serious.

              3.    __________________ have been developed to protect computer systems.

a.    _____________ are assigned.

b.    ___________ _______ Scanners

c.    _____________ Recognition Systems

d.    _______________ Recognition Systems

 

       C.   Laws

              1.    Laws are enacted when it is clear that the courts need some ______________ to assess ______________ for wrongdoing.

              2.    Computer-Related Laws

                     a.    _________________ Crime __________ Act

                           1)    ________

                           2)    Declares that any _____________ computer access to obtain ____________ information or credit histories of ________________ is considered a_____________________.

                           3)    It also declares that any _____________ access to _________________ classified documents would be considered a _______.

                     b.    Computer __________ & ________ Act

                           1)    ________

                           2)    Stiffer __________ for computer crimes.

                           3)    Makes it ___________ for an individual from one state to __________ the computer system of individuals in another state.