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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