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Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
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Understand the foundations of legal and ethical issues in EC.
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Describe intellectual property law and understand its adjudication.
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Explain privacy and free speech issues and their challenges.
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Describe types of fake content on the Web and what can be done about it.
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Describe EC-related societal issues and loss of jobs in particular.
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Describe Green EC and IT.
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Describe the future of e-commerce.
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Turban, E., Outland, J., King, D., Lee, J.K., Liang, TP., Turban, D.C. (2018). E-Commerce: Regulatory, Ethical, and Social Environments. In: Electronic Commerce 2018. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58715-8_15
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