Ethics in Information Technology: Jeopardy Review
Review the whole Ethics in IT course in classic Jeopardy style. Five categories spanning ethical frameworks, privacy, IP, software liability, and whistleblowing. Pick a category, read the clue, formulate your response in the form of a question. Clear the board.
~30 min
Game
All Levels
How to Play
- Select any cell on the board to reveal a Jeopardy-style clue
- The clue is phrased as an "answer", and you must think of the matching "question"
- Click Reveal Response to see the correct question (or press Space / Enter)
- Self-judge: mark correct to earn the value, or wrong to lose it
- One cell is a Daily Double: wager from $5 to max(score, $500) before seeing the clue
- Higher values equal harder clues, so start low if warming up
- Clear all 25 cells to see your final score and category breakdown
In Jeopardy, the board shows "answers" and contestants respond with "questions." For example, if the clue says "This framework judges actions by their consequences for the greatest number", the correct response would be "What is Utilitarianism?" (always phrased as a question).
Streak:
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Ethical Frameworks: Utilitarianism, Kant, virtue ethics, social contract, rights-based. Privacy and Surveillance: Data protection, GDPR, monitoring, consent, HIPAA/COPPA. IP and Code Ownership: NDAs, open source licensing, patents, fair use, attribution. Software Liability: Therac-25, VW emissions, autonomous systems, professional responsibility. Whistleblowing: Snowden-class scenarios, internal vs external disclosure, codes of conduct.
Game Complete
Category Breakdown
Board cleared. Ready to log your score?