Chapter 5: Freedom of Expression
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1. Does sexting represent a form of expression that
is protected by the First Amendment?
Yes , 'Sexting' and other teen autopornography are becoming a widespread phenomenon, with perhaps 20% of teenagers admitting to producing nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves and an ever greater proportion, perhaps as many as 50%, having illegally received such pictures from friends and classmates. It is, moreover, beginning to result in criminal prosecutions, andthe statutory penalties are severe. Given the reality of changing social practices, mores and technology utilization, today’s pornography laws are a trap for unwary teens and operate, in effect, to criminalize a large fraction of America’s young people. As such, these laws and prosecutions represent a stark example of the contradictions that can occur when governmental policies and initiatives built on past truths and values collide with new and unanticipated social phenomena.
2. What can be done to protect people from the
dangers of sexting while still safeguarding our First Amendment rights?
Legal regulation is often the routine, knee-jerk response to
emerging societal concerns. However, imposing harsh, punitive
restrictions on human behavior is not always the answer to these
social problems and often makes matters worse. And so it is with
the phenomena of teenage “sexting.” Technology has once again
outpaced the law, resulting in juveniles being publicly branded as sex offenders for relatively commonplace high school behavior. The
use of stringent child pornography laws to punish children for
activity that was never contemplated by lawmakers is ill-advised
and has the potential to turn a generation of the growing
population against ordered society.
Sexting, a combination of the words “sex” and “texting,” is
the term coined to describe the activity of sending nude, semi-nude,
or sexually explicit depictions in electronic messages, most
commonly through cellular phones.
This disturbing trend has generated some of the most
notorious cases involving juveniles in recent years.
While this behavior is perfectly
legal and accepted among consenting adults, teenagers who
similarly experiment with this communicative outlet are often
dragged into the judicial system by police officers, prosecutors, and
judges. They reflexively categorize the activity as a child
pornography offense and proceed to utilize the strict laws designed
to protect children as devastating weapons against them. Often,
juveniles prosecuted for this behavior end up being included on the
public sex offender registry alongside the worst child molesters and
pedophiles
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF)
Discussion Questions:
1. Visit the
EEF Web site at www.eff.org and develop a list of its current “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.
EFF: Prosecutors want location data via a Twitter shortcut
2. What reasons
might a firm give for joining and supporting EFF?
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation helps promote a pro-growth agenda in Washington. High growth generally benefits businesses.
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 think if I were the CIO, i will accept the donation because it can do a lot of things.
Chapter 6: Intellectual Property
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1. Is the RIAA’s strong stand on copyright
infringement helping or hurting the music recording industry?
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. Its members are the music labels that comprise the most vibrant record industry in the world. RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legitimate recorded music produced and sold in the United States.
In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect the intellectual property and First Amendment rights of artists and music labels; conduct consumer, industry and technical research; and monitor and review state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA® also certifies Gold®, Platinum®, Multi-Platinum™ and Diamond sales awards as well as Los Premios De Oro y Platino™, an award celebrating Latin music sales.
2. Could an ISP’s implementation and enforcement of
the RIAA’s multitier strategy have a negative impact on the ISP?
I think ISP’s implementation and enforcement of
the RIAA’s multitier strategy
could have a negative impact to ISP if they were abusing this too much.
Discussion Questions:
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.
For me the different in Excel from Borland is that, all the problems, procedures and formula needed to compute for large quantity of amount can be very easy, because it provides complete instruction for every formula and it is in its quality. I like Excel most especially that I can be able to run an Visual Basic application in Macro. But the only reason why the Borland Excel was being successful, because they just infringing the structure, commands, codes and all those stuffs according to survey, that's the reason they can gather some ideas on how to build same application more quality than the other.
2. The courts took several years to reverse their
initial decision and rule in favor of Borland. What impact did this delay
have on the software industry? How might things have been different if
Borland had received an initial favorable ruling?
In this accident will result into unfavorable court, for allowing Borland product for several years to the public without knowing its infringement.
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?
If ever I will be the manager of the Quattro and i already know that it is illegal, I will directly resign my employment even if I have my big income every month. because from time to time that the company that you were working on will be facing an invistagetion in court you are assuredly obliged to face the court as a managerin your company and aside to face the court you will be put in prison..
Chapter 7: Sofeware Development
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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?
I think not all software problems holding up the major new product because it is not perfectly done and others have defects on software.
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?
For
me the things to consider to reduce negative consequences is to insure the the person who has a good quality and high performance level of the
production to have a good output of business.
Patriot
Missile Failure
Discussion Questions:
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 Seud? Why or why not?
Features, ADD-ONs and pricing are the steps to consider i think that this steps might improved the Patriot software
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?
I think the decision made by the U.S military in choosing to deploy the patriot missile to Israel and
Saudi Arabia is to detect the enemies.
3. What key lessons from this example of
safety-critical software development could be applied to the development of
business information system software?
Safety first before everything you want to do because through this you can produce a good output.
Chapter 8: The Impact of Information Technology On Productivity and Quality of Life
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1. How important is access to ICT in children’s
education?
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 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
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2. What are the barriers that stand in the way of
universal access to ICT for everyone who wants it?
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 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 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 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
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Discussion Questions:
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?
Inequality in economic resources is a natural
but not altogether attractive feature of a free society. [ As health care
becomes an ever larger share of the economy, we will have no choice but to
struggle with the questions of how far we should allow such inequality to
extend and what restrictions on our liberty we should endure in the name of
fairness. “At its root, the lack of health care for all in America is
fundamentally a moral issue. The United States is the only industrialized
nation that does not have some form of universal health care (defined as a
basic guarantee of health care to all of its citizens). While other countries
have declared health care to be a basic right, the United States treats health
care as a privilege, only available to those who can afford it... Americans
purport to believe in equal opportunity. Yet, in the current situation, those
who do not have health care are at risk for financial ruin and poorer health,
both of which disadvantage them in society and thereby do not give them equal
opportunity.
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2. Should healthcare organizations make major
investments in telemedicine to provide improved services that only the wealthy
can afford?
Yes health care organization provide to improve services because we all
pay our bills to health care.
3. What are the drawbacks of telemedicine? What
situations might not lend themselves to telemedicine solutions?
Drawbacks of telemedicines are that they can be
expensive and may or may not be completely covered by every insurer. Demand of
telemedicine is pretty high as well. Situations where telemedicine might not be
useful might be to the elderly.
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