Grade 12 Quiz 4: IT Laws and Ethics

Rules adopted and enforced by governments to codify expected behavior in modern society

• Laws

• Ethics

• Policies

• Sanctions

Relatively fixed moral attitudes or customs of a societal group (based on cultural mores)

• Laws

• Ethics

• Policies

• Sanctions

The key difference between law and ethics is that law don't carry the sanction of a governing authority and ethics do.

• True

• False

Pertains to relationships between and among individuals and organizations

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Tort Law

• Private Law

Addresses violations harmful to society and actively enforced and prosecuted by the state.

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Tort Law

• Private Law

A subset of civil law that allows individuals to seek redress in the event of personal, physical, or financial injury

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Tort Law

• Private Law

Regulates the relationships among individuals and among individuals and organizations

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Public Law

• Private Law

Regulates the structure and administration of government agencies and their relationships with citizens, employees, and other governments

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Public Law

• Private Law

Which among the following is not a category of unethical behavior?

• Ignorance

• Accident

• Intent

• Trust

Ignorance of policy is an acceptable defense

• True

• False