Chapter 17 Legal, Ethical, and Social Impacts of EC
Chapter 17 Legal, Ethical, and Social Impacts of EC
Learning objectives 1. Describe the differences between legal and ethical issues in ec 2. Understand the difficulties of protecting privacy in ec 3. Discuss issues of intellectual property rights in EC 4. Describe unsolicited ad problems and remedies 5. Understand the conflict between free speech and censorship on the Internet Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 2 Learning Objectives 1. Describe the differences between legal and ethical issues in EC. 2. Understand the difficulties of protecting privacy in EC. 3. Discuss issues of intellectual property rights in EC. 4. Describe unsolicited ad problems and remedies. 5. Understand the conflict between free speech and censorship on the Internet
Learning objectives 6. Describe major legal issues in EC 7. Describe the types of fraud on the Internet and how to protect against them 8. Describe representative societal issues in ec 9. Describe the role and impact of virtual communities on ec 10. Describe the future of ec Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 3 Learning Objectives 6. Describe major legal issues in EC. 7. Describe the types of fraud on the Internet and how to protect against them. 8. Describe representative societal issues in EC. 9. Describe the role and impact of virtual communities on EC. 10. Describe the future of EC
Legal issues versus ethical lssues ethics The branch of philosophy that deals with what is considered to be right and wrong Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 4 Legal Issues Versus Ethical Issues ethics The branch of philosophy that deals with what is considered to be right and wrong
Legal issues versus ethical lssues The Major Ethical and Legal Issues Discussed in this Chapter Privacy Intellectual property rights and online piracy Unsolicited electronic ads and spamming Free speech versus censorship Consumer and merchant protection against fraud Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006 5
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 5 Legal Issues Versus Ethical Issues • The Major Ethical and Legal Issues Discussed in this Chapter – Privacy – Intellectual property rights and online piracy – Unsolicited electronic ads and spamming – Free speech versus censorship – Consumer and merchant protection against fraud