Critical Thinking Questions Case 5-2 in Your Introductory Course on Computers

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Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking Questions Case 5-2 In your introductory course on computers, your professor has decided to dedicate a lecture to computer ethics. There is a lot of ambiguity in this topic, and she has presented a range of circumstances for you and your classmates to review. Which of the following is not a frequently discussed area of computer ethics?

• A) green computing
• B) information accuracy
• C) information authorship
• D) codes of conduct

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Definitions:

Collective Well-Being

The health, happiness, and prosperity of a group considered collectively, rather than the individual well-being of its members.

Culture

A complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by humans as members of society.

Environmental Limitations

Natural or human-made conditions that restrict or shape the growth, survival, and distribution of organisms and the development of ecosystems.

Leveling Mechanisms

Social practices that ensure equality within a society by diminishing differences in wealth, power, and status.