A Critical Ethical Issue for HR Managers Related to Technology

question 129

Multiple Choice

A critical ethical issue for HR managers related to technology use in work environments is the:

• A) increase in authoritarian management.
• B) right to privacy.
• C) misuse of technology by self-managed work teams.
• D) overly close supervision of technology users.

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Definitions:

Sociological Imagination

C. W. Mills’s term for the ability to perceive how dynamic social forces influence individual lives.

Language

A shared symbol system of rules and meanings that governs the production and interpretation of speech.

Cultural Change

The transformation of a society or culture through innovation, invention, discovery, or contact with other cultures.

Situational Ethics

An ethical theory proposing that moral decisions should be based on the context of a situation, rather than on fixed laws or norms.