Foundations of Information Systems: Chapter 3 - Ethics and Privacy

These flashcards cover key concepts related to ethics and privacy in information systems, focusing on definitions and frameworks that shape ethical decision-making.

Ethics

The principles of right and wrong that individuals use to make choices that guide their behavior.

Utilitarian Approach

Ethical action that provides the most good or does the least harm.

Rights Approach

Ethical action that best protects and respects the moral rights of the affected parties.

Fairness Approach

Ethical actions that treat all human beings equally, or, if unequally, then fairly, based on some defensible standard.

Common Good Approach

Ethical actions that are based on respect and compassion for all others.

Deontology Approach

Ethical action based on whether the action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based on outcomes.

Code of Ethics

A collection of principles intended to guide decision making by members of an organization.

Liability

A legal concept that gives individuals the right to recover damages done to them by other individuals, organizations, or systems.

Privacy

The right to be left alone and to be free of unreasonable personal intrusions.

Information Privacy

The right to determine when, and to what extent, information about you can be gathered or communicated to others.

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

The world’s strongest data protection laws enacted by the European Union.

Sensitive Personal Data

Information that can reveal sensitive traits such as genetic data, racial information, and sexual orientation.