Why is the balanced scorecard method said to be balanced?

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E

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FALSE

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Key technology trends include the following: (1 ) Computer power doubling every 18 months: ethical impact - because more organizations depend on computer systems for critical operations, these systems are vulnerable to computer crime and computer abuse; (2 ) Data storage costs are rapidly declining: ethical impactit is easy to maintain detailed databases on individualswho has access to and control of these databases? (3 ) Data analysis advances: ethical impactvast databases full of individual information may be used to develop detailed profiles of individual behavior; (4 ) Networking advances and the Internet: ethical impactit is easy to copy data from one location to another. Who owns data? How can ownership be protected? and (5 ) Mobile device growth impact: ethical impactIndividual cell phones may be tracked without user consent or knowledge. The always-on device becomes a tether.

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D

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A push-based supply chain refers to a supply chain driven by production master schedules based on forecasts or best guesses of demand for products. A pull-based model refers to a supply chain driven by actual customer orders or purchases so that members of the supply chain produce and deliver only what customers have ordered. Pull-based models are better.

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The five moral dimensions are:
(1 ) Information rights and obligations. What rights do individuals and organizations have with respect to information pertaining to them?
(2 ) Property rights. How can intellectual property rights be protected when it is so easy to copy digital materials?
(3 ) Accountability and control. Who will be held accountable and liable for the harm done to individual and collective information and property rights?
(4 ) System quality. What standards of data and system quality should we demand to protect individual rights and the safety of society?
(5 ) Quality of life. What values should be preserved? What institutions must we protect? What cultural values can be harmed?
Individual answers for determining the most difficult for society to deal with will vary. One answer might be: Quality of life issues will be most difficult for society to deal with in societies that are comprised of many different cultural and ethnic groups, such as the United States. It is difficult to regulate concerns that are based on subjective values.

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A

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