PHL Chapter FOUR QUIZ PDF

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Which of the following are weaknesses of Professional Codes? Please choose all the correct answers: Directives in codes are sometimes consistent with one another. Codes help us distinguish between micro-ethics issues and macro-ethics issues. Codes are always helpful when two or more directives conflict. Codes can be self-serving for the profession.

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Which of the following are weaknesses of Professional Codes? Please choose all the correct answers: Directives included in many codes tend to be too general and too vague. Codes enhance the profession in the eyes of the public. Codes are ineffective (have no "teeth") in disciplinary matters. Codes inform the public about the nature and roles of the profession.

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Which of the following are true about the IEEE-CS/ACM Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice?

Please choose all the correct answers: Gotterbarn points out that SECEPP has a "hierarchy of principles." This hierarchy enables e determine which ones are overriding when two or more conflict. Gotterbarn believes that SECEPP is distinctive in that it has been adopted by two international comput At the general level, SECEPP emphasizes the profession's obligation to the public at large, including c Gotterbarn believes believes that SECEPP addresses the problem of completeness by providing "gener 1.5 / 2 points

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Purpose of Professional Codes Please choose all the correct answers: Professional codes of ethics are often designed to motivate members of an association to behave in certa A primary function of codes is to insulate the members. A primary function of codes is to guard the members. A primary function of codes is to educate the members. View Feedback

2 / 2 points The ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is more complex. It contains twenty-four imperatives, formulated as statements of personal responsibility. The ACM Code lists general moral imperatives. Which of the following are some of these general moral imperatives? Please choose all the correct answers: 1.1 contribute to society and human well being

1.2 avoid harm to others 1.3 be honest and trustworthy 1.4 be fair and take action not to discriminate

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Professional Codes of Ethics Please choose all the correct answers: Only a few professions have established professional societies, which, in turn, have adopted codes of c The medical profession established the AMA (American Medical Association), while the legal profess associations have formal codes of ethics/conduct for their members. The computing/IT profession only has two professional societies One example of a computing/IT professional society is the Institute for Electrical and Electro 2/2 point s

Quest ion 7 Which of the following about Microethical and Macroethical issues?

Please choose all the correct answers: Microethical issues apply to personal relationships between individual professionals and other individu Macroethical issues, however, are more complex, since they involve the formulation of policies at the Most microethical issues involve the application of ordinary moral notions (such as honesty and civilit nonprofessional contexts Macroethical issues, on the contrary, apply to social problems that confront members of a pr

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Quest ion 8 Please choose all the correct answers about whistle-blowing: Bok defines a whistle blower as an individual who makes "revelations meant to call attention to negligence, abuses, or dangers that threaten the public interest."

Richard De George offered specific conditions for when an engineer is morally permitted to blow the whistle, and morally obligated to do so. De George believes that engineers and other workers are morally permitted to go public with information about the safety of a product if these conditions are satisfied. 1. The product will do “serious and considerable harm” to the public. 2. The engineer(s) have reported the “serious threat” to their immediate supervisor. 3. The engineer(s) have “exhausted the internal procedures and possibilities” within the company, including going to the board of directors, having received no support from their immediate supervisor. To have a strict moral obligation to blow the whistle, De George believes that these conditions must be satisfied: 4. The engineer(s) have “accessible, documented evidence that would convince a reasonable, impartial, observer that one’s view of the situation is correct.” 5. The engineer(s) have “good reasons to believe that by going public the necessary changes will be brought about." View Feedback

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Which of the following are strengths of Professional Codes? Please choose all the correct answers: Codes guide the members of a profession in ethical choices. Codes can be self-serving for the profession. Codes "sensitize" members of a profession to ethical issues and alert them to ethical aspects they othe

A professional code's directives are never complete or exhaustive.

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Which of the following are Special Responsibilities for Search Engine Companies according to Hinman? Please choose all the correct answers: Search Engines play a "crucial role in the access to information" and that without them, the Web would Search Engines provide "access to information that is crucial for responsible citizenship" (and "citizens access to accurate information"). Search Engines are owned by public corporations and so are not interested in making a profit Search Engines are now "central to education" (and students now search on search engines m View Feedback

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