Chapter 4 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. Analyze the relationships among ethical‚ social‚ and political issues that are raised by information systems. 2. Identify the main moral dimensions of an information society and specific principles for conduct that can be used to guide ethical decisions. 3. Evaluate the impact of contemporary information systems and the Internet on the protection of individual
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territory‚ independent of people outside their area‚ and participate in a common culture. 3. Ethnocentrism a. Refer to the tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others. b. William graham sumner 4. Subculture a. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of customs‚ rules‚ and traditions that differs from the pattern of the larger society. 5. Social interaction a. Refer to the ways in which people respond to one another‚ where face
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Chapter 4 The Empire in Transition Loosening Ties -After the Glorious Revolution‚ the British Parliament established a growing supremacy over the king. -These parliamentary leaders were less inclined than the seventeenth-century monarchs had been to try to tighten imperial organization. -The administration of colonial affairs remained decentralized and inefficient; there was considerable overlapping and confusion of authority among the different departments. -Very few London officials had
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Chapter four is introduced with a touching story about Rosalie Polotsky‚ a woman who was separated from her cousins in 1937. In 2007‚ Rosalie’s nephew typed “Polotsky” into Google and the family was able to reunite. The authors follow the story up with a comparison between the Web “in the beginning‚” and how the internet is now. Back then‚ the authors write‚ “the Web was a library.” Now‚ because of the inexpensive cost to create a website and the lack of structure‚ content is constantly changing
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Job analysis includes some steps- * Step 1: Decide how you‘ll use the information. * Step 2: Review relevant background information – organization chart/jobdescription* Step 3: Select representative positions.* Step 4: Actually analyze the job.* Step 5: Verify the job analysis information.* Step 6: Develop a job description and job specification.There are some methods for collecting job analysis information. Those are-The Interview‚ Questionnaires‚ Observation‚ and Participant Diary.There is no
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CHAPTER 3 TUTORIAL SOLUTIONS 21. Assuming costs vary with sales and a 20 percent increase in sales‚ the pro forma income statement will look like this: MOOSE TOURS INC. Pro Forma Income Statement Sales $ 1‚114‚800 Costs 867‚600 Other expenses 22‚800 EBIT $ 224‚400 Interest 14‚000 Taxable income $ 210‚400 Taxes(35%) 73‚640 Net income $ 136‚760 The payout ratio is constant‚ so the dividends
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Applications of the economic way of thinking: domestic government and management policies CHAPTER 4 Perspective 4: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Economists’ Supply and Demand Curves MBA students will rarely make it through their programs without encountering “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” in several of their courses‚ most notably their marketing courses. A. H. Maslow‚ a psychologist‚ argued that basic human needs can be specified with reasonable clarity and can be ranked according to their importance
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2010 Information Systems for Managers Financial & Accounting Information Systems Banking & Financial Services This report gives an insight into the Finance & Accounting Information Systems used in the sector of Banking & Financial Services. With respect to the same‚ the report also gives an idea into the systems in general‚ as also with respect to the State Bank of India. Finally‚ it ends with giving the conclusion regarding the use of these information systems. Ishan Parekh MBA (tech.) -
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Photo of a fire taken with a 1/4000th of a second exposure A flame is a mixture of reacting gases and solids emitting visible‚ infrared‚ and sometimes ultraviolet light‚ the frequency spectrum of which depends on the chemical composition of the burning material and intermediate reaction products. In many cases‚ such as the burning of organic matter‚ for example wood‚ or the incomplete combustion of gas‚ incandescent solid particles called soot produce the familiar red-orange glow of ’fire’. This light
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1081209020 Li Hongke 1081209050 Lu Linlin 1081209031 Lu Yao 1081209043 March 2009 Abstract Excessive cash and undervalued stock price forced Ford to conceive an unprecedented cash payout system - Value Enhancement Plan in 2000. For a dual-stock-structure company‚ this recapitalization did favor much Ford family which held the dominant voting power by giving it larger flexibility‚ enhanced control with less capital as well as tax benefit and confidence improvement. While
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