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:

Meditation

A practice where an individual uses a technique, such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity, to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.

Centeredness

A state of being calm, composed, and focused, maintaining emotional balance and awareness of oneself.

Empathic Process

A psychological process involving the capacity to recognize and, to an extent, feel the emotion that another person is experiencing.

Perspective Taking

The cognitive process of considering the world from viewpoints other than one's own, enhancing empathy and understanding in social situations.