California State University, East Bay

Homework of ITM 4278

Chapter 8 Ethical, Social, and Political Issues in E-commerce

1)Liability is a feature of political systems in which a body of law is in place that permits individuals to recover damages done to them by other actors, systems, or organizations.

 

2. The principle of responsibility means that individuals, organizations, and societies should be held accountable to others for the consequences of their actions.

 

3. In the United States, Google is required to remove results from its search engine if requested.

 

 

4. The AdChoices program is an industry-sponsored initiative to encourage Web sites to be more transparent about how they use personal information and to make it more likely that appropriate ads are shown to users.

 

5. Which of the following e-commerce technology dimensions creates greater opportunities for cyberbullying?

 

6. Which ethical principle emphasizes putting oneself into the place of others and thinking of oneself as the object of the decision?

 

7. Which ethical principle asks you to consider the impact of your decision if the principles underlying your decision became an organizing principle of the entire society?

 

8. Which of the following basic ethical concepts plays an important role in defining privacy?

 

9. Which of the following is not aimed at strengthening the ability of law enforcement agencies to monitor Internet users without their knowledge?

 

10. Which of the following is not one of the issues complicating the taxation of e-commerce sales?

 

11. Which of the following statements about industry self-regulation regarding privacy is not true?

 

12. The sharing of a user's stored cookie information between Web sites and without the user's knowledge is:

 

13. Which of the following requires financial institutions to inform consumers of their privacy policies and permits consumers some control over their records?

 

14. A social consequence of the richness of Internet information is:

 

15. Which of the following is a core Fair Information Practices (FIP) principle?

 

16. What is the FTC recommendation regarding choice as it relates to personally identifiable information (PII)?

 

17. What is the major reason that the Internet has such potential for destroying traditional conceptions and implementations of intellectual property law?

 

18. Which of the following situations would not qualify for the fair use exception to U.S. copyright law?

 

19. All of the following statements about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) are true except:

 

20. All of the following statements about patents are true except:

 

21. Which case was instrumental in paving the way for Internet business methods patents?

 

22. The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has called for all of the following except:

 

23. According to data from Pew Research Center, which of the following is the action which the highest percentage of Internet users has taken to preserve their privacy online?