E-Commerce Business Ethics Case Studies

The links below will get you started on your research.

E-Commerce Security & Web Issues

• Federal Trade Commission - Consumer Information Security
  Audience: General
• News Article: Petco settles with FTC over cyber security gaffe
  Audience: General
• Shifting Responsibility for Security Vulnerabilities
  Audience: General
• Sample web site privacy/security/legal policy statements
  Audience: General
• A Consumer's Guide to E-Payments
  Audience: General
• Going Shopping! Go Global! A Guide for E-consumers
  Audience: General

Ethics Resources

• Web Ethics: Managing the Digital Enterprise
  Audience: Business
• Ethics in Computing
  Audience: General
• Business Ethics Primer
  Audience: General/Business
• Institute for Business, Technology and Ethix
  Audience: Business

Security Issues
(from a business point of view)

• Building Software Security from the Ground Up
  Audience: Business
• News Article: Software Firms: US May Need to Push Industry on Security
  Audience: Business
• Security Check: Reducing Risks to your Computer Systems
  Audience: Business
• What Every E-Business Should Know About SSL Security and Consumer Trust
  Audience: Business
• Information Compromise and the Risk of Identity Theft: Guidance for Your Business
  Audience: Business
• FTC Working to Protect Consumers and Businesses From Information Security Breaches
  Audience: Business
• Taking Businesses Online
  Audience: Business
• Security Basics for Small and Medium E-commerce Sites
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• Security: The Risk Equation
• Article: Considering a Data Break Disclosure Law
  Audience: Business
• Data Breach Disclosure Laws and Identity Theft
  Audience: Business

Security Issues
(from a more technical point of view)

• Top Ten Web Application Security Issues
  Audience: Technical
• Top 20 Most Critical Internet Security Issues
  Audience: Technical
• Web Site Security Basics Tutorial
  Audience: Technical
• E-Commerce- Security
  Audience: Technical/Business

Web Credibility

• Stanfords Study on Web Credibility
  Audience: General
• Consumer's Perception of Web Credibility
  Audience: General

Privacy (Audience: General)

• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Center for Digital Democracy
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Privacy and Civil Liberties Pages
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Privacy Foundation
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

CyberLaw

• CyberLaw Cases
  Audience: General, Legal Professional
• Gigalaw: Legal News for Internet Professionals
  Audience: General
• Internet Law and Policy Forum
  Audience: General
• Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions
  Audience: General