Ethics & Privacy in Information Systems

Question	Answer
What is 'Deontology'?	Actions should be chosen based on your duties and rights, i.e. what you ought to do.
What is 'Consequentialism'?	What matters is the OUTCOME of your action.
What is 'Virtue Ethics'?	You should aim to lead a good life by practicing actions considered virtuous.
What is the 'Fairness Approach'?	An ethical action treats all humans equally or fairly based on some defensible standard.
What is the 'Common Good Approach'?	An ethical action is one that best serves the community and is important to the welfare of everyone.
If you make an ethical decision whilst working at a firm, who takes responsibility for the decision?	You and the firm, mainly the firm.
What Act gives NZ's privacy from data collection?	Privacy Act (1993)
What are three examples of unwarranted collection?	1. Logging staff/customer activity without consent 2. Taking someones picture without consent 3. Using information gathered for the purpose it was not intended for
What does FRT stand for?	Facial Recognition Technology.
Issues with FRT? (3)	1. Bias as less accurate for minority groups 2. Privacy 3. Lack of laws as it's new technology

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	Created by Sophia Lynch almost 4 years ago