Hosted by Dr William J Frey Ethical Theory
Hosted by Dr. William J. Frey
Ethical Theory Problem Solving Biomatrix Toysmart 100 100 200 200 300 300 400 400 500 500
What is Utilitarianism? Bring about the greatest good for the greatest number. Row 1, Col 1
What are the four stages to problem solving? Problem Specification Solution Generation Solution Testing Solution Implementation 1, 2
What does Biomatrix manufacture? Synvisc, which is injected into the knee through a process called visco-supplimentation 1, 3
Who is David Lord, former CEO of Toysmart? This former football player worked for Holt Educational products and sought support from a venture capitalist to fund an online toy catalogue. 1, 4
What is Rights Theory? In it basic human rights are respected. 2, 1
What are Socio-Technical Systems? These consist of interrelated components, embody values, and change over time. 2, 2
Who are the self-styled BXM Police? They claimed to be blowing the whistle on Biomatrix wrongdoing. 2, 3
What is the Toysmart customer data base? Contains 260, 000 customer profiles worth up to $500 dollars each. 2, 4
What is Justice or Distributive Justice? Here, benefits and burdens are fairly distributed. 3, 1
What is a Factual Disagreement? Different participants have different, incompatible information sets pertinent to the situation. 3, 2
Who is Yahoo? This online service provider was responsible for removing anti-Biomatrix messages in a timely manner. 3, 3
What privacy promise did Toysmart make to its customers when collecting information from them? When you register with toysmart. com, you can rest assured that your information will never be shared with a third party. 3, 4
What is Virtue Theory? Here, our actions must align with good character. 4, 1
What is reversibility? This test requires that you project into the standpoint of another and view the action through his or her eyes. 4, 2
What is short selling? An investor borrows stock, sells it, then buys it back when its price has dropped, and returns it to the original owner. 4, 3
Who is TRUSTe? This organization allows a company to display its seal on its webpage as a guarantee of privacy and security 4, 4
What is Rights Theory? This ethical theory is encapsulated by the reversibility test 5, 1
What is a trajectory? The direction of change displayed by a Socio-Technical System over time. 5, 2
What is whistle-blowing? The BXM Police claimed to be doing this when they posted messages criticizing Biomatrix. 5, 3
What is “opt out”? In this strategy, it is assumed that customer information will be transferred unless the customer directly refuses. 5, 4
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