Chapter Questions
List seven ethical issues related to EC.
How is EC related to traditional commerce?
Define the digital divide.
What is intellectual property law? How is it helpful to creators and inventors?
What is net neutrality and how will it affect the Internet?
Describe consumer protection measures.
List some of the issues that EC will face in the coming years that will affect your daily life.
Define privacy and free speech. Do your definitions depend on technology?
List the major principles of ethics.
Describe the role of mobility in the future of EC.
Describe the One Laptop per Child project.
Why is net neutrality such a hotly debated issue? Find the legal status of this issue.
Describe assurance services.
Define e-discovery. How is it related to the law? To e-commerce?
List some of the ways that the Internet can collect information about individuals.
Define DRM. Describe one potential impact on privacy and one drawback.
What are cookies and spyware, and what do they have to do with online privacy?
How will social networks facilitate EC?
Define business ethics.
Describe how EC can improve safety and security.
Describe how taxes relate to e-commerce.
What must a seller do to protect itself against fraud? How?
What is meant by "fair use?" How does the "jailbreaking" of iPhones fall under "fair use?"
Define cyberbullying. What damages can it cause?
Define trademark infringement and discuss why trademarks need to be protected from dilution.
Describe types of electronic signatures. Who is protected? Why?
Which future trends will help EC?
Describe information pollution and privacy.
Give an example of an EC activity that is unethical but not illegal.
What is Internet censorship?
Describe the impact of EC on health services.
Which trends slow down the growth of EC?
List four common ethical principles related to the gathering of personal information.
What is green computing?
How can employees abuse the Internet? How do small companies handle this?
Describe authentication.
Describe fan and hate sites. How do they benefit society? Should they be more regulated?
Describe privacy issues in social networks. What are the dangers?
Describe the issues of monitoring employees.
List three examples in which green computing can help protect the environment or conserve resources.
Define cyberbashing. Should attempts to expose unscrupulous corporate activities be banned?
What is a green supply chain? Give one example.
Define P3P and describe its objectives and procedures.
List the major issues that should be included in a code of ethics.
How do the new data centers help us "go green?"
How does telecommuting or virtual work conserve the environment?