can only be described as illegal activity committed on the Internet. I thought it would be good for me to make myself aware of all the research behind this topic so that I will not be a victim again. Cybercrime is a very serious offense and a lot of people do not even realize they have been a victim of it. Cybercrime is no laughing matter. Criminal activities in cyberspace are on the rise. (National Research Council, (NRC), 1991) Computers today are being misused for illegal activities like e-mail
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Cultural consumer and copyright: A case study of anime fan subbing Carlo Valencia BSED 1st year Abstract This paper intends to discuss copyright infringement from consumers’ perspective through looking into anime ‘fan subbing’. Anime fan subbing refers to the participatory consumption in which avid fans copy anime (Japanese animation), translate Japanese to another language, subtitle and release subtitled version on the Internet to share it with other fans, without asking for
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Netflix Case Analysis Netflix is an American provider and the world's leading internet subscription service of on-demand streaming media in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, United Kingdom and Ireland and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. Netflix members can instantly watch unlimited films and TV episodes streamed over the internet to more than 700 devices for about $7.99 a month. With regards to increasing the influence of the Netflix brand, expansion into
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HMV Group is one of the world’s leading retailers of music and DVD and the leading retailer of books in the UK and Ireland in terms of total sales. Including the acquisition of Ottakar's, the Group operates from over 730 stores in 8 countries. All of the Group’s operations, both in the UK and internationally, are wholly owned. Music is the Group’s largest product category, accounting for 37% of Group sales for the year to April 2006, closely followed by DVD, which was 32% of Group sales.
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The development of a code-of-ethics: IT challenges Geraldetta Lovelace Northcentral University The development of a code-of-ethics: IT challenges The problem to be investigated is the development of a relevant and effective code of ethics to address the ethical use of and the ethical issues related to the use of Information Technology (IT). The use of IT, like every innovation that has the potential to change lives for good, also has the potential for harm, however IT “seems to create more
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1. The Board of Directors of the firm Day News (a firm which manufactures newspaper) has recently sent its four senior managers on a training course to help find solutions for their problems. They complain that workers are not motivated and that they cannot achieve short-term consensus for any change they propose. At the training course, they were told the following: • mission statements help different people in a firm share a vision • management should introduce change in spite of experiencing
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jon24565_ch05.qxd 11/2/05 1:22 PM Page 138 C H A P T E R 5 Business Ethics and the Legal Environment of Business Learning Objectives After studying this chapter you should be able to: 1. Understand the relationship between ethics and the law and appreciate why it is important to behave ethically. 2. Differentiate between the claims of the different stakeholder groups affected by a company’s actions. 3. Identify the four main sources of business ethics, and describe
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Sony Music Entertainment and the Evolution of the Music Industry Table of Contents Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………............................2 Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Appendix 1………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 5 Appendix 2………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 11 Appendix 3…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13 Appendix 4………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 15 Appendix 5…………………………………………………………………………………………
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Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User Business Ethics: A Stakeholders and Issues Management Approach, Fifth Edition Joseph W. Weiss VP/Editor-in-Chief: Melissa Acuña Acquisitions Editor: Michele Rhoades Developmental Editor: Daniel Noguera Editorial Assistant: Ruth Belanger Sr. MarComm Manager: Jim Overly Marketing Manager: Clinton Kernen © 2009, 2006 South-Western, a part of Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced
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jon24565_ch05.qxd 11/2/05 1:22 PM Page 138 C H A P T E R 5 Business Ethics and the Legal Environment of Business Learning Objectives After studying this chapter you should be able to: 1. Understand the relationship between ethics and the law and appreciate why it is important to behave ethically. 2. Differentiate between the claims of the different stakeholder groups affected by a company’s actions. 3. Identify the four main sources of business ethics, and describe
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