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

_____ refers to a legal cause of action in which a court deems some types of statements to be so negative that injury is assumed.

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.

_____ is a country in which national culture permits the government to exert high levels of unchecked authority.

Using technology to harass, humiliate threaten or embarrass another person is called.

A click-wrap acceptance occurs when a Web site user agrees to that site's end-user license agreements or its terms and conditions by clicking a button on the Web site.

A(n) _____ tax is a tax levied by a state on property used in that state that was not purchased in that state.

A _____ is a statement declaring that the seller will not honor some or all implied warranties.

A(n) _____ is used to identify services provided.

People receive constructive notice that they have become subject to new laws and cultural norms when they cross an international border, even if they are not specifically warned of the changed laws and norms by a sign or a border guard's statement.

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

Differences in cultures throughout the world have resulted in different expectations about privacy in electronic commerce.

The name or part of that name that a business uses to identify itself is called a(n) _____.

The _____ is the U.S.government agency charged with administering the country's tax laws.

A digital _____ is a digital code or stream embedded undetectably in a digital image or audio file.

_____ occurs when someone other than a domain name's owner changes the ownership of the domain name.

The first obstacle that law enforcement agencies face when combating online crime is the issue of jurisdiction.

A(n) _____ is the expression of willingness to take an offer, including all of its stated terms.

The issue of _____ 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.

In the context of online crime, in a(n) _____, the perpetrator offers to share the proceeds of some large payoff with the victim if the victim will make a "good faith" deposit or provide some partial funding first.

A(n) _____ refers to any symbol executed or adopted for the purpose of authenticating a writing.