Chapter 7C h a p t e r 7:
The Environment of Electronic Commerce: International, Legal, Ethical, & Tax Issues
Chapter Case
International Nature of Electronic Commerce
Language Issues
- Global Reach
- Alis Technologies
- Berlitz
- Europages
- Idiom Technologies
- LexFusion
- Rubric, Ltd.
- Transparent Language
- Worldpoint Interactive
- Lernout & Hauspie
Culture Issues
- Wine.com
- Bol.com
- Softbank
- 7-Eleven
- Yahoo! Japan
- Nike Football
- Human Rights Watch
- Freedom House
- Sohu.com
Infrastructure Issues
The Legal Environment of Electronic Commerce
Borders and Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction on the Internet
- UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy
- John Marshall Law School's Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law: Jurisdiction
Contracting and Contract Enforcement in Electronic Commerce
- Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
- United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Web Site Content Issues
Ethics Issues
- Directive on the Protection of Personal Data (European Union)
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
Taxation and Electronic Commerce
Exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Additional Resources
- Bureau of National Affairs
(Intellectual Property Professional Information Center) - Center for Media Education
- Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
- E-Commerce Tax News
- Electronic Commerce and the European Union
- Electronic Frontier Foundation Intellectual Property Online Archive
- Forum for Responsible and Ethical Email
- Law News Network
- U.S. Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
- World Intellectual Property Organization
