Chapter 5 Vignette- Sexting
Questions to consider:
1.
Does sexting represent a form of expression
that is protected by the First Amendment?
No,
sexting does not represent a form of expression by the First Amendment, it stated
that; Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.
2.
What can be done to protect people from the
dangers of sexting while still safeguarding our first amendment rights?
The parents is responsible for their children,
they must talk and give advices that taking nude photos is a very disrespectful
for themselves.
Case # 3 The Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF)
1.
Visit the EFF Web site at www.eff.org and develop a list of its “hot”
issues. Research one EFF issue that interests you, and write a brief paper
summarizing EFF’s position. Discuss whether you support this position and why.
2.
What reasons might a firm give for joining and
supporting EFF?
EFF is a non profit, international advocacy
and legal organization based in the United States and their mission is to
include educating the press, policy makers, and the general public about civil
liberties.
3.
The vice president of public affairs for your
midsized telecommunications equipment company has suggested that the firm
donate $10,000 in equipment and services to EFF and become a corporate sponsor.
The CFO has asked if you, the CIO, support this action. What would you say?
I will support this action because it helps
EFF to be more progressive. I want also to achieve their goals and this goal is
to protect fundamental civil liberties relating to the use of technology,
including free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights.
Chapter 6 Vignette- RIAA Fights Music Piracy
Questions to consider:
1.
Is the RIAA’s strong stand on copyright
infringement helping or hurting the music recording industry?
Yes,
it is. The RIAA justifies its strong antipiracy efforts as a means of both is
protecting the ability of the recording industry to invest in new artist and
new music and giving legitimate online music sharing services a chance to be
successful. In addition, it claims that each year the recording industry loses
about $5 billion and retailers lose about $1 billion worldwide from music
piracy.
2.
Could an ISP’s implementation and enforcement
of the RIAA’s multitier strategy have a negative impact on the ISP?
It gives a
positive impact to the ISP because if they help each other it’s not possible to
punish and locate whose make piracy music.
Case # 3 Lotus v. Borland'
1.
Go to your school’s computer lab or a PC
software store and experiment with current versions of any two of the Quattro,
Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet programs. Write a brief paragraph summarizing
the similarities and differences in the “look and feel” of these two programs.
Although Microsoft Excel is
an amazing spreadsheet application, it is far from being the only available
spreadsheet on the market available today. Another very popular electronic
spreadsheet application in today's market is Lotus 1-2-3, which is known to be
the first original spreadsheet application, believed to be the best selling
spreadsheet application in the world. An obvious difference between Excel and
the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application is the way you enter a formula. In
Excel, an equal sign (=) is typed before entering a formula. However, in Lotus
1-2-3, the formula is typed first and then the enter key is pressed. Also, cell
ranges are separated by using a colon (C2:C4) in Excel, while two periods
(C2..C4) are used in Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application. Although there are
many differences between Excel and the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet application,
there are many functions that have the same equivalent such as the "ROUND
or SUM" functions. However, you must prefix these functions with an at
sign (@) in Lotus 1-2-3 (Patterson, 2008).
2.
The courts took several years to reverse their
initial decision and rule in favour of Borland. What impact did this delay have
on the software industry? How might things have been different if Borland had
received an initial favourable ruling?
The case was appealed to the U.S.
Supreme Court, and in January 1996, five years after the suit began, the court
affirmed the appeals court ruling for Borland. The case was significant for the
software industry , which had been
riddled with infringement lawsuits due to ambiguities in copyright law. The ruling
made it clear that software copyrights could be successfully challenged, which
further discouraged the use of copyright to protect innovations. As a result, developers had to go through the
more difficult and expensive patent process to protect their software products.
These additional costs would be either absorbed by developers or passed on to
users.
3.
Assume that you are the manager of Borland’s
software development. With the benefit of hindsight, what different decisions
would you have made about Quattro?
I would
not sell Quattro spreadsheet software to Novell Inc. I would save and use Quattro
to make another spreadsheet and i would not copy any of spreadsheet, I will
make another spreadsheet of my own ability and knowledge.
Chapter 7 Vignette- Being Dream liner faces a Few bumps in the
Road
Questions to consider:
1. Is this example of software problems holding
up the introduction of a major new product and impacting a firm’s customers and
suppliers unusual, or is it a common occurrence?
The example of software problems is a
common occurrence because we can’t assure that our work is made perfectly and
the delayed of the products for the customers. But as long as the company did
everything to do their job, they can avoid encounter problems.
2. What can organizations do to reduce
the negative consequences of software development problems in the production of
their products and the operation of their business processes and
facilities?
In order to reduce the negative
consequences they must have good performance and check properly the production of
their product.
Case # 3 Patriot Missile Failure
1.
With the benefit of hindsight, what steps
could have been taken during development of the Patriot software to avoid the
problems that led to the loss of life? Do you think these steps would have
improved the Patriot’s effectiveness enough to make it obvious that the missile
was a strong deterrent against the Scud? Why or why not?
They
must apply more steps to avoid the problems that led to the loss of life. Life of
a person is more important than anything else.
2.
What ethical decisions do you think the U.S
military made in choosing to deploy the Patriot missile to Israel and Saudi
Arabia and in reporting the effectiveness of the Patriot system?
The
Army did not have the luxury of collecting definitive performance data in Saudi
Arabia and Israel. After all, they were operating in a war zone, not a test
range. As a result, there was insufficient and sometimes conflicting data on
effectiveness of the Patriot missile. At one extreme was an early report that
claimed that the Patriot destroyed 29 percent of the Scuds engaged in Saudi
Arabia and Israel. At the other extreme, observers only report seeing a Scud
destroyed or disabled after a Patriot detonated nearby in about 9 percent of
engagements. Of course, some kills could have been affected out of the observer’s
range of vision.
3.
What key lessons from this example of
safety-critical software development could be applied to the development of
business information system software?
They think
properly and experiment safely. They test severally the software to that it
will be successful and no one will loss lives.
Chapter 8 Vignette-Western Cape Striving to Eliminate the Digital
Divide
Questions to consider:
1.
How important is access to ICT in children’s
education?
It is
important in primary education because it enables kids to search for the information
they need and to organize what they have found. As children progress through
the school system, they become increasingly responsible for their own learning.
Many believe that ICT needs to be better integrated into curriculums so all
schools produce computer literate, independent learners.
2.
What are the barriers that stand in the way of
universal access to ICT for everyone who wants it?
The
barriers that stand in the way of universal access to ICT are the poverty of
the country especially in a rural area. Their need is more important than what
they want. Although they have schools but they don’t have capability to access
to ICT its enough for them.
Case # 3 Social Networking Disaster for Domino’s
1.
Some observers believe that if an organization
does not respond to an attack on its brand within the first 24 hours, then the
damage has been done- lack of management response is judged as an admission of
guilt. Others feel that some time is required to gather facts and figure out
what happened before responding. With the advantage of 20/20 hindsight, how
might Domino’s have reacted more effectively?
Domino’s
must solve the problem earlier so that the damage is not totally big.
2.
Do you find it unsual that Domino’s response
as primarily through the online media rather than the usual printed press
release? Does this seem an affective and appropriate way to respond under these
circumstances? . Why or why not? Does Domino’s use of the online media set a
precedent for others to follow in the future.
It
is unusual nowadays because mostly of the people or company now if they
encounter a problem they use online media. This is effective and appropriate
way because it can be seen all over the world.
3.
Identify three lessons that other companies
could learn from Domino’s experience.
First, know better your employees. Second, employees
must well trained and have a ethical behaviour and third, solve the problem as
soon as possible.
Chapter 9- Twitter
Emerges as News Source for Iran protesters
Questions to consider:
1.
Many people question the value of Twitter’s goal of helping people stay
connected in real time. Do the events in Iran illustrate the potential value to
society of social networking tools such as Twitter? Are there other ways that
Twitter and other social networks could be used by people and organizations to
add real value?
The event in Iran
does not illustrate the potential value to society, the goal of the social
networks is to serve people not make the problem huge.
2. How trustworthy is the information
one gleans from social networks such as Twitter?
It’s trustworthy enough. It depends on
how you used the social networks. If you used it in bad, then the result is
also bad, that’s it.
Case # 3- Technological Advances Create
Digital Divide in Health Care
1. Can you provide examples that either
refute or confirm the idea that a gap exists between the kinds of healthcare
services available to the wealthy and the poor in the United States?
2. Should healthcare organizations
make major investments in telemedicine to provide improved services that only
the wealthy can afford?
Healthcare organization must make major
investments in telemedicine not only for
the wealthy people but also for the poor.
3. What are the drawbacks of telemedicine? What
situations might not lend themselves to telemedicine solutions?
Chapter 10 Vigenette-Problems with the suppliers
Questions to consider:
1. How can an organization ensure that
all the members of its supply chain will behave ethically?
The bosses must act first ethical
behaviour, so that employees will follow what they doing. They must implement
rules and regulation for the organization in order to guide them of what they
must to do and don’ts.
2. What responsibility does an
organization have to ensure that its suppliers and business partners behave
ethically?
Show respect, be honest, consistency,
this are responsibilities does an organization have so that they ensure that
their suppliers and business partners will behave ethically.
Case # 3 Manufactures Compete on Green Computing
1. How have green computing efforts
lowered the total cost of computer ownership?
Desktop computer power supplies (PSUs) are in
general 70–75% efficient dissipating the remaining energy as heat. An industry
initiative called 80 PLUS
certifies PSUs that are at least 80% efficient; typically these models are
drop-in replacements for older, less efficient PSUs of the same form factor.
As of July 20, 2007, all new Energy Star 4.0-certified desktop PSUs must
be at least 80% efficient.
2. Which approach can yield greater
benefits—building greener computers or implementing programs that change users
behaviour so that they operate theirs computers in a more responsible manner?
Explain your response.
Building greener computer is the approach
yield greater benefits.
3. Do research at the EPEAT Web Site
and determine which computer manufacturer currently has the best green
computing ratings.
As I research at the EPEAT Web site I discover
that the best green computer is the Apple.
