Oracle Ethics Pt1.i Ethical or Ethical Impractical

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Week 3, Tutorial 5 – Part I:
Ethical or Ethically Impractical?

Select the correct ethical classifications for each scenario.

#1

A teacher studies a new HCI design method in their own class and rewards students with 1 bonus point if they use it.

#2

A VR installation for children (6–9 years old) uses the Valve Index headset for math lessons.

#3

A student team tests a robot for lonely elderly. They secretly select responses manually when speech recognition fails.

#4

Users are given emotionally heavy cues (war, slaughter, tragic news) to study emotional response.

#5

Phishing-related study with deceptive goal explanation and forced student participation.

#6

KUKA robot used as a teammate in table tennis at athlete-level speeds.

#7

Students measure EEG responses to harmless 3D shapes.

#8 (2 answers)

Targeted persuasion ads funded by animal-rights party to change real-world election outcomes.

#9

Children interviewed about traumatic bullying experiences.

#10 (2 answers)

Lighting in a factory alternates between extremely bright and dim without informing workers.

#11 (2 answers)

VR supermarket nudging funded by soda company, with deceptive political framing.