Ethical and Unethical issue of E- commerce sector

Unethical and Ethical Practices of E-Commerce

"The e-commerce industry is a force that no investor can afford to ignore"

The operation of e-commerce is the purchase or sale of products through Internet or Online services.

It is the largest sector of the electronics industry, it is in turn driven by the technological advances of the semi conductor industry.E-commerce helps create new job opportunities due to information related services, software app and digital products. It also causes job losses.

Ethical issues in E-commerce sector  

                                                                                    

Nowadays, we can see that almost all trading and business activities including banking can be done online.This trend give a lot of advantages both to consumer and business organisation.However, bad side about e-commerce also cannot be ignored.Now, I will explain some ethical issue which always surround the world of e-commerce.

1. Web Spoofing

Web spoofing is an electronic frustration in connection with the Internet. This happens when the aggressor produces a fake website which is almost exactly the same as the original website to induce people to offer their credit cards or other personal data.

   

 2. Cyber - Squatting 

An action which a person or company registers, purchases and uses an established domain name for purposes of infringement of their trade marks belongs to the well-known organisation. This type of person or company, known as cyber-squatters, typically infringed on the trademark to exorcise the payment from its owner.

     

 3. Privacy Invasion

The privacy violation occurs if the consumer's personal information is exposed to unauthorized parties. E-commerce business people like their personal details, shopping habits and visiting a Web site.

Anybody other than a person who is intended to transmit personal information from a customer can 

intercept. Malicious programs delivered secretly via web pages could expose credit card numbers and often stored passwords in special files known as cookies.

   

4. Online Piracy 

Intellectual property rights such as e-books, music or videos may be classified in the case of online piracy as infringing copyright. Unethical behavior happens when websites use electronic intellectual property technologies in an illegal manner to distribute electronic information over the internet.

5. Email Spamming 

E-mail spamming, also known as Unsolicited commercial email (U C E) involves using E-mail to send or broadcast unwanted advertisement or correspondence over the internet. The individual who spam their e-mail usually called spammer. A lot of spammers are transmitting their emails in order, including credit card or bank number, to try and get people's financial details to defraud them.

Unethical issues in Business

Unethical issues are against the moral values of a person which are considered as bad and inappropriate for the business.

1. Theft at the work place 

Stealing is always an ethical issue whether it is always an ethical issue whether it is done for a good cause or for a bad cause. It comes in a variety of forms and often the employees take the belonging of office with them to home like personal computers, notepads,and other stationary items allotted to them for official purpose and not for personal purpose. 

2. Gift from vendors

Businesses that engage in exchanges of goods and services often accept gifts from their vendors for exchange in order to increase purchases are not ethical and are also considered illegal in contractual agreements.Businesses that engage in exchanges of goods and services often accept gifts from their vendors for exchange in order to increase purchases are not ethical and are also considered illegal in contractual agreements.

3. Environmental impacts and risks 

Activities deemed to be environmentally damaging are also seen by society as unethical, such as the release of hazardous toxins, which deplete the environment and pollute it.

4. Proper wages to the employees  

As employees deliver work on time in the same manner the organization should also deliver the wages on time if a company is not able to pay its employees on time  then definitely company will not survive.

5. Working without license 

For doing a business if an organization is required a license then they must apply for the same ,operating or working without the license is not only unethical but also illegal in the eyes of law and definitely strict action are taken.