Chapter 11.3, Problem 1EGDQ

a.

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Kant’s Categorical imperative:

• Categorical imperative is used to provide a way for the people to evaluate moral actions and to make moral judgments. It is not a command to perform a specific task; it is simply an ethics of duty.
• Kant’s categorical imperative states that the people must be ethical if they are willing to publish their behavior to the world...

b.

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Utilitarianism:

Utilitarianism is an ethics according to which action is correct or wrong should be judged by it consequence. The main concept of utilitarian ethics is to establish the greatest happiness for the greater number of people...

c.

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Monitoring software is unethical in IS department:

According to categorical imperative, monitoring software is “unethical” also in IS department.

• Sometimes monitoring software can be programmed to obt...

d.

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User reaction after knowing the installation of monitor software:

The user will unhappy and anger if they found that the IS department was monitoring their personal information...