Human resources and e-commerce : the online legal environment

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Personal Author:

Miller, Roger LeRoy

Publication Information:

Cincinnati, Ohio : West/Thomson Learning, 2002

ISBN:

9780324122763

Subject Term:

Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- United States

Electronic commerce -- Employees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States

Computer networks -- Law and legislation -- United States

Added Author:

Jentz, Gaylord A.

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Students examine the basic legal environment topics relating to human resources in this dynamic, new module. Content is drawn from the exciting new text, Law for E-Commerce, which helps students recognize the legal issues related to maintaining and conducting business on the World Wide Web.

Author Notes

Gaylord A. Jentz was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, on August 7, 1931, and died suddenly in Austin, Texas, on November 23, 2009. He grew up in Waupun, Wisconsin, and earned his B.A., M.B.A., and J.D. degrees at the University of Wisconsin.

Professor Jentz was as an author of leading textbooks. He authored or co-authored approximately 60 editions of the most popular business law textbooks in the country. He began his teaching career at the University of Oklahoma in 1958 and he moved to the University of Texas (UT) in 1965, where he taught until he retired in 1998. His significant contributions to the UT business school earned him admission to its Hall of Fame, an honor bestowed upon few faculty members. He also received the Civitatis Award for service from UT. (Bowker Author Biography)

Unit 1 The Online Legal Environment	p. 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to Law	p. 2
Section 1 What Is Law?	p. 2
Section 2 The Common Law Tradition	p. 3
Section 3 Sources of American Law	p. 10
Section 4 Classifications of Law	p. 15
Section 5 E-Commerce and the Law	p. 16
Terms and Concepts	p. 16
Questions and Case Problems	p. 16
Web Exercises	p. 17
Chapter 1 Appendix	p. 18
Section 1 Finding and Analyzing the Law	p. 18
Section 2 Finding Statutory and Administrative Law	p. 18
Section 3 Finding Case Law	p. 19
Section 4 How to Read and Understand Case Law	p. 25
Chapter 2 Resolution of Disputes	p. 30
Section 1 The Judiciary's Role in American Government	p. 31
Section 2 Basic Judicial Requirements	p. 32
Section 3 The State and Federal Court Systems	p. 39
Section 4 Technology and the Courts	p. 44
Section 5 Alternative Dispute Resolution	p. 50
Terms and Concepts	p. 56
Questions and Case Problems	p. 57
Web Exercises	p. 58
Chapter 3 E-Commerce and Dispute Resolution	p. 59
Section 1 E-Commerce Disputes	p. 60
Section 2 Online Resolution of Domain Name Disputes	p. 61
Section 3 Online Resolution of Other Disputes	p. 68
Section 4 The Future of E-Commerce Dispute Resolution	p. 71
Terms and Concepts	p. 73
Questions and Case Problems	p. 73
Web Exercises	p. 74
Chapter 4 Cyber Torts and Crimes	p. 75
Section 1 Intentional Torts	p. 77
Section 2 Negligence	p. 86
Section 3 Strict Liability in Tort	p. 90
Section 4 Cyber Torts	p. 90
Section 5 Crimes	p. 94
Section 6 Cyber Crimes	p. 99
Terms and Concepts	p. 105
Questions and Case Problems	p. 105
Web Exercises	p. 106
Chapter 5 Intellectual Property--Patents and Copyrights	p. 107
Section 1 Patents	p. 110
Section 2 Copyrights	p. 113
Section 3 International Protection for Intellectual Property	p. 125
Terms and Concepts	p. 127
Questions and Case Problems	p. 127
Web Exercises	p. 128
Chapter 6 Intellectual Property--Trademarks, Cyber Marks, and Trade Secrets	p. 129
Section 1 Trademarks and Related Property	p. 129
Section 2 Cyber Marks	p. 134
Section 3 Trade Secrets	p. 140
Terms and Concepts	p. 143
Questions and Case Problems	p. 143
Web Exercises	p. 144
Unit 2 Human Resources and E-Commerce	p. 145
Chapter 7 Employment Relationships and Web Technology	p. 146
Section 1 Agency Relationships	p. 148
Section 2 E-Agents	p. 155
Section 3 Recruiting Employees	p. 157
Section 4 The Employment Contract	p. 161
Section 5 Employment Termination	p. 166
Section 6 Employment Policies and Information Security	p. 170
Terms and Concepts	p. 172
Questions and Case Problems	p. 172
Web Exercises	p. 173
Chapter 8 Monitoring Employees' Activities	p. 174
Section 1 Liability for Online Harassment	p. 175
Section 2 E-Mail and the Litigation Process	p. 179
Section 3 Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace	p. 182
Section 4 Electronic Monitoring versus Employee Rights	p. 183
Section 5 Offsite Employee Communications	p. 187
Section 6 Developing an Internet-Use Policy	p. 190
Section 7 Other Types of Monitoring	p. 192
Terms and Concepts	p. 195
Questions and Case Problems	p. 195
Web Exercises	p. 196
Appendices
Appendix A Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (Excerpts)	p. 1
Appendix B ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (Excerpts)	p. 3
Appendix C Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 (Excerpts)	p. 5
Appendix D Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 (Excerpts)	p. 9
Appendix E Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Excerpts)	p. 13
Appendix F Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Excerpts)	p. 13
Appendix G Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000 (Excerpts)	p. 15
Appendix H Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 (Excerpts)	p. 17
Glossary	p. 1
Table of Cases	p. 1
Index	p. 1

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