Exam 7: The Environment of Electronic Commerce: Legal, Ethical, and Tax Issues

Click-wrap acceptance is when a Web site user agrees to that site's EULA or its terms and conditions by clicking a button on the Web site.

A(n)____ is a commitment with certain terms made to another party.

The legal systems of most countries include a concept called constructive notice.

____ is the idea that those subject to laws should have some role in formulating them.

A ____ clause is a statement that the contract will be enforced according to the laws of a particular state.

Mark Van Name and Bill Catchings, writing in PC Week in 1998, outlined four principles for handling customer data.List these principles.

____________________ laws, directed at large online retailers, are state laws that require online retailers to collect and remit sales taxes on sales they make in their states, even though the online retailers do not have nexus with the state.

Non-U.S.corporations and individuals cannot be sued in U.S.courts if they conduct business or commit tortious acts in the United States.

If a company undertakes sufficient activities in a particular country, it establishes ____ with that country and becomes liable for filing tax returns in that country.

Governments that want to enforce laws regarding business conduct on the Internet must establish ____________________ over that conduct.

A(n)____ can be formed by two or more parties that act as if a contract exists, even if no contract has been written and signed.

Every kind of agreement or exchange between parties, no matter how simple, is a type of ____________________.

The ____________________ patent, which protects a specific set of procedures for conducting a particular business activity, is quite controversial.

Any business that uses the Web becomes an international business instantly.

A(n)____________________ is an exclusive right granted by the government to an individual to make, use, and sell an invention.

What is the difference between a contract and a tort?

In the United States, federal courts have ____ over issues governed by federal law.

____________________ can arise when an employee of a company accepts a contract and the company later asserts that the employee did not have the authority to do so.

____________________ taxes are levied on the products or services that the company sells or uses.

A ____ is an intentional or negligent action taken by a legal entity that causes harm to another legal entity.