This quiz is based on chapter 6 in the text. Answer each question in a paragraph that contains at least five sentences: Include the question and number your answers accordingly.
From A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase and Timothy M. Henry:
Chapter 6 - Work
1. Should society help workers dislocated when technology, like the Internet, eliminates their jobs in a process called 'Creative Destruction'?
2. Are we working more and earning less?
3. Would you want a telecommuting job? Why or why not?
4. Does the gig economy appeal to you? Why or why not?
5. How is an employee differentiated from a contractor under US law?
6. Why have some municipalities put restrictions on innovations in the sharing economy and in on-demand services?
7. What has been the effect on the US economy of outsourcing (or offshoring) technical and professional jobs?
8. How much monitoring of employee activities at work is appropriate?
9. Should an employer be able to discipline or terminate an employee for on-line behavior in his/her own time?
10. What is the relationship between BYOD (bring your own device) and shadow IT.
11. What is cyber loafing?