A Researcher Working for Google Collects Data on Fair Treatment

question 5

Multiple Choice

A researcher working for Google collects data on fair treatment in the workplace. She attempts to attach one of the raw data forms to an e-mail message to herself, so that she can finish the data analysis at home that evening, but accidentally sends it to another employee who had provided data for the study. The two study participants, coincidentally, have an identical opinion about fair treatment in the workplace. This best describes an example of a violation of which human right?

• A)Confidentiality
• B)Fair treatment
• C)Protection from harm
• D)None of these-no ethical violation occurred because the two participants share a point of view.

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Definitions:

Moral Thought

The process of reasoning about the ethical correctness or morality of actions and principles.

Kohlberg's Theory

Refers to the psychological theory proposed by Lawrence Kohlberg about the development of moral reasoning in individuals, consisting of three levels and six stages.

Moral Behavior

Conduct that is right or good in the context of governing moral principles.

Criticized

Subjected to analysis and judgments pointing out faults or areas for improvement.