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CHAPTER 3: Ethics in Business
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CHAPTER 5: Intellectual Property Rights
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CHAPTER 6: Internet Law, Social Media, and Privacy
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CHAPTER 8: Agreement and Consideration in Contracts
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CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
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CHAPTER 14: Banking
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CHAPTER 16: Agency Relationships in Business
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CHAPTER 17: Employment Law
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CHAPTER 18: The Entrepreneur’s Options
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CHAPTER 22: Consumer Law
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CHAPTER 23: Personal Property, Bailments, and Insurance
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CHAPTER 24: Real Property and Environmental Law
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CHAPTER 25: International and Space Law
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CriticallThinkinglQuestionslinlFeatures .......................................................................................................... 1
AdaptinglthelLawltolthelOnlinelEnvironment ............................................................................................ 1
CriticallThinkinglQuestionslinlCases ............................................................................................................... 2
Casel1.1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Casel1.2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Casel1.3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChapterlReview ............................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticelandlReview................................................................................................................................... 4
PracticelandlReview:lDebatelThis .............................................................................................................. 5
IssuelSpotters ............................................................................................................................................ 5
BusinesslScenarioslandlCaselProblems ...................................................................................................... 5
CriticallThinkinglandlWritinglAssignments............................................................................................... 10
CriticallThinkinglQuestionslinlAppendixlExhibitl1A–3 .................................................................................. 11
Exhibitl1A–3............................................................................................................................................. 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptinglthelLawltolthelOnlinelEnvironment
1. OnelobserverlhaslsaidlthatlthelAmericanllegallsystemlshouldlevaluatelsociallmedialcompanieslbasedlonlh
owl―theylaffectluslaslcitizens,lnotlonlyl[onlhow]ltheylaffectluslaslconsumers.‖lWhatlislyourlopinionloflthislst
atement?
Solution
Thelpersonlwholmadelthislstatementlclearlylseeslal―citizen‖laslhavingldifferentlmotivationslandlconcernsltha
nlal―consumer.‖lPresumably,lalcitizenlisl mostlylconcernedlwithlthelgoodloflsocietylaslalwhole,landlthereforel
wouldlbelopenltolthelidealoflgovernmentlregulationlthatlrestrictedlthelnegativelinfluenceloflsociallmedia,lre
gardlessloflthelFirstlAmendment.lAlconsumer,lbylcontrast,lwouldlbelprimarilylconcernedlwithlhavinglalmar
ketplacelthatlofferslthelwidestlpossiblelvarietiesloflfreedoml(oflchoice,loflspeech,letc.)landlwouldlforlthatlr
easonlbelopposedltolgovernmentlregulationloflsociallmedia.lTherelis,lhowever,lanlargumentltolbelmadelth
atlthelcitizenslthatlmakeluplalsocietylbenefitlwhenlthelmarketplaceloflideas—whetherltheylarelsubjectively
―positive‖lorl―negative‖—islallowedltolflourishlinlthelabsenceloflgovernmentlregulation.
2. TimlCook,lApple‘slchiefloperatinglofficer,lhaslsuggestedlthatlthelUnitedlStateslCongresslshouldlpasslallawlli
mitinglthelabilityloflApplelandlotherltechlcountriesltolkeeplconsumerldatalprivate.lWhylwouldlalbusinessl
executivelmakelsuchlalrequest?