WEEK 12 - Chapter 9

 


E-business and E-commerce has taking off at the speed of lightning.  E-commerce refers to the buying and selling of products online.  There are different types – depending what and where the  end product is (B2C, B2B, C2C, B2E )

Commerce mechanisms include catalogues, electronic auctions, e-store fronts, e-marketplaces etc.  we are no quite happy to browse and look, because we can by electronically as well -

while E-business is the activities across the board that takes place including procurement, monetary transactions, websites, applications etc.

There are a number of ethical and legal issues in e-business.  Privacy and job losses are two major ethical issues – buyer’s information is stored and is available through tracking.  How does it add to job losses.  Legal issues specific to E-commerce are internet fraud, uniqueness of Domain names and Cybersquatting that goes along with domain names.  Also taxes and other fees – spending money on overseas websites – where is liability for Taxes??


REFERENCES

Gray, H. I. (2014). Managment Information Systems (1st Australian ed.). Australia: John Wiley & Sons.

 


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