E-Commerce Business Ethics Case Studies

First review the Case Study Scenario and other Case 1 materials. Then, think about the questions below. Your group should not attempt to answer each question. Your instructor has assigned each group one or more questions.

Discuss these issues with your group. Decide on your answers. Find a Web resource that supports your answer(s). Choose a group member to submit your group response (along with the URL of the Web resource).

1. If you were the CEO of E-Kin would you seize the opportunity presented by a new web site or hold back until you felt more comfortable with the security of the site? Why?
   
   
2. How secure does a company need to be before they open their web site to the public?
   
   
3. Is there a financial threshold at which it makes sense to take some risk on web site security in this case? How would you determine the threshold? Explain your answer.
   
   
4. Whose responsibility is it to ensure that proper web site security exists, the consumer or the business? Why?
   
   
5. Is Ken E. Sellit acting in an unethical manner in this situation? Why or why not?
   
   
6. Should government regulate web site security? If not, who should?
   
   
7. What is the relationship between security and ethics in e-commerce?