Law And Ethics

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Laws

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rules that mandate or prohibit certain societal behavior

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Ethics

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define socially acceptable behavior

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Cultural Mores

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fixed moral attitudes or customs of a particular group; ethics based on these

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TRUE

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TRUE/FALSE:

Laws carry sanctions of a governing authority; ethics do not.

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Liability

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legal obligation of an entity extending beyong criminal or contract law; includes legal obligation to make restitution

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Restitution

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to compensate for wrongs committed by an organization or its employees

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Due Care

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insuring that employees know what constitutes acceptable behavior and know the consequences of illegal or unethical actions

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Due diligence

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making a valid effort to protect others; continually maintaining level of effort

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Jurisdiction

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court's right to hear a case if the wrong was committed in its territory or involved its citizenry

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Policies

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body of expectations that describe acceptable and unacceptable employee behaviors in the workplace

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Policy vs Law

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ignorance of a policy is an acceptable defense

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Criteria for policy enforcement

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dissemination

review

comprehension

compliance

uniform enforcement

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Civil Law

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governs nation or state; manages relationship or conflicts between organizational entities and people

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Criminal Law

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addresses violations harmful to society; actively enforced by the state

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Private Law

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regulates relarionships between individuals and organizations

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Public Law

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regulates structure or administration of government agencies and relationships with citizens, employees, and other governments

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Privacy

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state of being free from unsanctioned intrusion

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Privacy of Customer information

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Federal Privacy Act of 1974

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Identitiy theft

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occuring when someone uses your personally identifying information, like your name, ss number, or credit card number, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes

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Export and Expionage laws

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Economic Espionage Act of 1996

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US Copyright Law

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intellectual property recognized as protected asset in the US copyright law extends to electronic formats

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Freedom of information act of 1966

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allows access to federal agnecy records or information not determined to be matter of national security

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Deterence

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best method for preventing an illegal or unethical activity

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Ignorance, accident, intent

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3 general causes of unethical and illegal behavior

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Tort Law

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seek recourse against others

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CFA Act 1996

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computer related federal laws