Chapter 11 – study questions 1-10, Exercise 1
Study questions:
- What does the term globalization mean?
- How does Friedman define the three eras of globalization?
- Which technologies have had the biggest effect on globalization?
- What are some of the advantages brought about by globalization?
- What are the challenges of globalization?
- What perspective does Ghemawat provide regarding globalization in his book World 3.0?
- What does the term digital divide mean?
- What are Jakob Nielsen’s three stages of the digital divide?
- What was one of the key points of The Rise of the Network Society?
- Which country has the highest average Internet speed? How does your country compare?
Exercise:
- Compare the concept of Friedman’s “Globalization 3.0? with Nielsen empowerment stage of the digital divide.
Chapter 12– study questions 1-11, Exercise 1
Study questions:
- What does the term information systems ethics mean?
- What is a code of ethics? What is one advantage and one disadvantage of a code of ethics?
- What does the term intellectual property mean? Give an example.
- What protections are provided by a copyright? How do you obtain one?
- What is fair use?
- What protections are provided by a patent? How do you obtain one?
- What does a trademark protect? How do you obtain one?
- What does the term personally identifiable information mean?
- What protections are provided by HIPAA, COPPA, and FERPA?
- How would you explain the concept of NORA?
- What is GDPR and what was the motivation behind this regulation?
Exercise:
- Provide one example of how information technology has created an ethical dilemma that would not have existed before the advent of I.T.
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