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Lecture No 20
Lecture No 20
Lecture No 20
ETHICS ISSUES IV
Learning outcomes
After studying this chapter students will be able to explain;
• Consumer fraud
• Inside trading
• Intellectual property rights
• Privacy issues
• Challenges of determining an ethical issue in business
Consumer Fraud
The first exception was for software that blocks users from
finding obscene or controversial material on the web, and the
second was for people who want to bypass malfunctioning
security features of software or other copyrighted goods they
have purchased.
This decision reflects the fact that copyright owners are typically
being favored in digital copyright issues.
However, digital copyrights continue to be a controversial issue in
the United States and across the world, and existing laws are often
difficult to enforce.
The ability to gather and use data about employee behavior creates
an ethical issue related to trust and responsibility.
There are two dimensions to consumer privacy: consumer awareness
of information collection and a growing lack of consumer control
over how companies use the personal information they collect.
For example, many are not aware that Google, Inc., reserves the
right to track every time you click on a link from one of its searches.
O. C. Ferrell
University of New Mexico
John Fraedrich
Southern Illinois University—Carbondale
Linda Ferrell
University of New Mexico
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• Best of Luck for the Learning Process