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Ethics TestsProblem Solving Feasibility Test Toysmart

Row 1, Col 1 This test requires that you project into the standpoint of another and view the action through his or her eyes. What is Reversibility?

1,2 Problem Specification Solution Generation Solution Testing Solution Implementation What are the four stages to problem solving?

1,3 This test identifies situation constraints that may prevent a solution from being realized. What is the Feasibility Test?

1,4 This former football player worked for Holt Educational products and sought support from a venture capitalist to fund an online toy catalogue. Who is David Lord, former CEO of Toysmart?

2,1 In this test, you consider how acceptable it would be for others to associate you publicly with the values embedded in the action under consideration. What is the Publicity or Values Test?

2,2 When faced with a conflict between values, it is wise to begin by aiming for this type of solution. What is a Value Integrative Solution?

2,3 These constraints cover money, time, and the availability of materials needed to implement a given solution. What are “Resource Constraints”?

2,4 Contains 260,000 customer profiles worth up to $500 dollars each. What is the Toysmart customer data base?

3,1 In this test you balance the probable harms of an action against its probable benefits. Your goal is to design a solution that maximizes benefits and minimizes harms. What is the harm/benefits test?

3,2 Different participants have different and incompatible interests, rights, and goods, at risk in the situation. What is a Factual Disagreement?

3,3 These constraints arise when a solution is not technically feasible or when the existing technology is not available or too expensive to use. What are technical or manufacturing constraints?

3,4 “When you register with toysmart.com, you can rest assured that your information will never be shared with a third party.” What privacy promise did Toysmart make to its customers when collecting information from them?

4,1 When projecting yourself into the standpoint of another you set aside your values and principles and get lost in that person’s perspective. What is a pitfall of the reversibility test called “reversing with Hitler”?

4,2 When facing a conflict and you cannot integrate the conflicting values, this is the next best kind of solution. What is a value compromise?

4,3 These constraints highlight situations where supervisors, coworkers, or other stakeholders are likely to oppose your solution proposal. What are interest constraints?

4,4 This organization allows a company to display its seal on its webpage when it commits to certain privacy and security policies and procedures. Who/what is TRUSTe?

5,1 This test is reduced to a special case of the harm/benefit test when one mistakenly only considers the adverse consequences of performing and publicizing the act under review. What is a pitfall in the Publicity Test?

5,2 When you cannot integrate conflicting values or even partially realize them, then this type of solution becomes necessary as a last resort. What is a Value Trade-Off?

5,3 One begins with the ideal solution then modifies it as little as possible so that it becomes realizable or feasible. What is the “Intermediate Impossible?

5,4 In this strategy, it is assumed that customer information will be transferred unless the customer directly refuses. What is “opt out”?