e-Commerce Security, Legal Issues, and Ethics (Revision 1)

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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online

Credits: 3

Area of Study: Applied Studies
(Business and Administrative Studies)

Prerequisite: ECOM 320

Centre: Faculty of Business

ECOM 425 has a Challenge for Credit option.

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Overview

ECOM 425: e-Commerce Security, Legal Issues, and Ethics is a three-credit, senior-level course that focuses on principles of e-commerce security, law, and ethics from a business perspective. It is aimed at providing you with a broad understanding of the major legal, security, and ethical issues and risks related to e-commerce. Module 1 focuses on security issues and threats pertaining to e-commerce operations. Module 2 addresses the major legal issues related to e-commerce, in particular the challenges in protecting privacy and issues related to intellectual property, consumer protection, international regulations, and cyber torts. The last part of the course focuses on major ethical issues in the information age.

Outline

ECOM 425 consists of the following 12 lessons of study:

  • Lesson 1: Overview of e-commerce security
  • Lesson 2: Protecting e-commerce infrastructure
  • Lesson 3: Protecting e-commerce data
  • Lesson 4: Compliance and audit
  • Lesson 5: Intellectual property
  • Lesson 6: Privacy
  • Lesson 7: Consumer protection
  • Lesson 8: Cyber torts
  • Lesson 9: International law in a global economy
  • Lesson 10: Ethics theory
  • Lesson 11: Networked communications
  • Lesson 12: Professional ethics

Evaluation

Credit activities in ECOM 425 consist of four written assignments, lesson discussion forums (you must participate in 9 of the 12 online lesson forums—3 from each module—to receive full marks), and a Final Examination. Your final grade is determined by a weighted average of the grades you receive on these activities.

To receive credit for ECOM 425, you must submit all four written assignments, attain an alpha grade of D (50%) or better on the Final Examination, and earn an overall course grade of at least a “D” (50 percent). The following chart summarizes the evaluation activities:

Assign. 1 Assign. 2 Assign. 3 Assign. 4 Discussion Forums Final Exam Total
10% 10% 10% 20% 10% 40% 100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Note: All examinations for this course are taken online, and must be taken at an invigilated location. It is your responsibility to ensure a computer with an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher is available for your use at the invigilation centre.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Quinn, M.J. (2011). Ethics for the information age (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc. ISBN - 13-978-0-13-213387-6

Custom textbook that contains excerpts from Cross, F. B., & Miller, R. L. (2012). The legal environment of business. Text and cases: Ethical, regulatory, global, and e-commerce issues (8th ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

Other Materials

All other course materials are available online from the course Website.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the ECOM 425 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least 50 per cent on the examination.

Online Exam (3 hours)

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 1, February 25, 2012.