Case 5-2 ​In Your Introductory Course on Computers, Your Professor Has Decided

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Multiple Choice

Case 5-2
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In your introductory course on computers, your professor has decided to dedicate a lecture to technology 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 question of technology ethics?

• A) Users are required to provide a software product's 25-character identification number before installing software.
• B) A student copies text from the web and uses it in a research paper for his English class.
• C) A student who has been expelled from school installs a computer virus on a computer in the student lab.
• D) Someone copies The DaVinci Code to the web and encourages others to read it.

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Definitions:

Research And Development

The investigative activities a business or government engages in to improve existing products and procedures or to lead to the development of new products and procedures.

Economies Of Scale

Cost advantages that a business achieves due to expansion in the scale of production, leading to a reduction in the cost per unit.

Natural Monopolies

Market conditions where a single supplier is the most efficient (due to high infrastructure costs or other barriers) in providing a particular good or service.

Public Utilities

Companies that provide essential services to the public such as water, electricity, and telecommunications, often subject to government regulation due to their nature of operation.