Exam 16: Regulatory,ethical,and Compliance Issues in EC

Due process is:

Which intellectual property law is correctly matched with its protection?

Political spam,regardless of its content,is legal in the United States because it is a form of speech protected by the Constitution.

Which of the following is true about the scope of business ethics?

List and briefly explain three EC safeguards to minimize exposure to the risk of criminal or civil charges.

A duty is:

Acts or activities that are unethical are also illegal.

________ allow Web sites to collect detailed information about a user's preferences,interests,and surfing patterns.

________ is a nonprofit group whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the policies of disclosure and informed consent.

________ refers to arrangements that allow a vendor of digital content to control the material and restrict its usage.

Explain the similarities and differences between laws and ethics.

Significant changes in the nature of business or crimes lead to new laws because laws must remain responsive to new threats or abuses.

A company can be sued for libel if its EC site contains a defamatory or untrue statement that causes damage to a person or another company.

Due process is a legal claim that others not interfere with a protected interest,such as privacy,intellectual property,or free speech.

Having control over the collection,storage,and dissemination of personal information is included in the category of:

A music company can file a ________ against YouTube and MySpace for any interference with the ability to profit from its IP or for profiting from the recording industry's property without authorization and compensation.

Property rights relevant to e-commerce include all of the following except:

Questions or disputes about the legality of spam can be resolved easily by referring to relevant laws.

Sending spam that disguises a sales pitch to look like a personal e-mail so that it will bypass e-mail spam filters violates the:

Because of intellectual property law,the recording industry can file lawsuits for copyright infringement against YouTube or MySpace if it profits from the recording industry's property without authorization and compensation.