While Information Systems Can Be Used to Gain a Strategic

question 3

Multiple Choice

While information systems can be used to gain a strategic advantage, they have inherent risks. Hershey Foods, for example, crippled its Halloween sales when its complex IS system failed to support its supply and inventory needs during peak production season. This is an example of which specific IS risk?

• A) Awaking a sleeping giant
• B) Implementing IS poorly
• C) Demonstrating bad timing
• D) Running afoul of the law
• E) Mobile-based alternative removes advantages

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Definitions:

Assisted Suicide

The act of helping another person to bring about their own death, at their request, to relieve them from suffering from an incurable and painful disease or condition.

Ethical

Pertaining to morality or the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character.

Recommendation

A suggestion or advice given based on analysis or experience, aimed at guiding decisions or actions.

Medical Durable Power of Attorney

A legal document allowing an individual to appoint someone else to make healthcare decisions on their behalf if they become unable to do so.