good ppt on ethical,social and poltical issues in E-commerce

1. ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
ISSUES IN E-COMMERCE
BY
TEJASWINI
IMBA-1
17A91MO02O

2. WHAT IS ETHICS?
 Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch
of philosophy that involves systematizing,
defending, and recommending concepts of
right and wrong conduct.
 'the science of the ideal human character' or
'the science of moral duty‘
 "a set of concepts and principles that guide
us in determining what behavior helps or
harms sentient creatures"

3. SOCIAL MEDIA
 Social media serves a vital purpose in online marketing
by helping companies establish stronger web presence,
generate leads and increase traffic. A well-structured
social media strategy is important for improving the
development and growth of an ecommerce business.
Social media continues to gain popularity owing to its
commercial success around the world.
 A significant percentage of advertising campaigns take
place through social media websites. Including social
media in an effort to advance ecommerce can be highly
beneficial. It provides an effective way to attract the
interest of the large audiences that use social media.

4. POLITICAL MEDIA
 There are many external environmental
factors that can affect your business. It is
common for managers to assess each of these
factors closely. The aim is always to take better
decisions for the firm’s progress. Some common
factors are political, economic, social and
technological (known as PEST analysis).
Companies also study environmental, legal,
ethical and demographical factors.

5. CONT…
 The political environment can impact business
organizations in many ways. It could add a risk factor
and lead to a major loss. You should understand that
the political factors have the power to change results. It
can also affect government policies at local to federal
level. Companies should be ready to deal with the local
and international outcomes of politics.
 Changes in the government policy make up the political
factors. The change can be economic, legal or social. It
could also be a mix of these factors

6. ETHICAL ISSUES
Web Spoofing:
Fake web sites created to gather the
confidential information of people.
www.micros0ft.com
Cyber-Squatting:
Purchase and uses the existing domain name
belong to the well-known organization for the
purpose of infringing its trademarks.

7. Privacy Invasion :
Personal details belong to consumers expose.
• Malicious programs delivered quietly via
web pages could reveal confidential
information.
• Cookie cutters, Spam Butcher. Email
Spamming Send or broadcast unwanted
advertisement or correspondence over the
Internet.

8. Online Piracy
Unauthorized copyright of electronic
intellectual property such a e-books, music or
videos.
• Transfer of music and videos without the
authorization of rights holders.
Web tracking
Do you need to know who's visiting your
website, and what they do when they get
there? • SahAgent collects and combines
Internet browsing history of users and sends it

9. Copyright :
The copyright laws protect Intellectual property in
its various forms, and cannot be used freely.
• The distribution rights are with the copyright
holder.
The Threats Posed to E-Commerce Servers:
• The server can be viewed as the central
repository for your “E-Commerce Place of
Business” [which consists of the actual website
which displays your products and services, the
customer database, and the payment
mechanism].

10. SOCIAL ISSUES
Security & privacy:
Customer will scared get cheated by the seller.
• Affect of IT department
• Loose confident of customer
Shipping issues :
• It effects both sides
• very high cost
• complexity of process

11. POLITICAL ISSUES
Increase or decrease in tax could be an
example of a political element. Your government
might increase taxes for some companies and lower
it for others. The decision will have a direct effect
on your businesses. So, you must always stay up-to-
date with such political factors. Government
interventions like shifts in interest rate can have an
effect on the demand patterns of company.

12. IMPACT ON ECONOMY
 The political situation of a country affects its
economic setting. The economic environment
affects the business performance.
 For example, there are major differences in
Democratic and Republican policies in the US.
This influences factors like taxes and government
spending, which ultimately affect the economy. A
greater level of government spending often
stimulates the economy.

13. CHANGES IN REGULATION
 Governments could alter their rules and regulations.
This could in turn have an effect on a business.
 After the accounting scandals of the early 21st
century, the US SEC became more attentive on
corporate compliance. The government introduced
the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance regulations of 2002.
This was a reaction to the social environment. The
social environment urged a change to make public
companies more liable.

14. POLITICAL STABILITY
 Lack of political stability in a country effects
business operations. This is especially true for the
companies which operate internationally.
 For example, an aggressive takeover could
overthrow a government. This could lead to riots,
looting and general disorder in the environment.
These disrupt business operations. Sri Lanka was
in a similar state during a civil war. Egypt and
Syria faced disturbances too.

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