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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 9: Capacity, Legality, and Enforceability
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CHAPTER 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies
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CHAPTER 12: Performance and Breach in Sales and Lease Contracts
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CHAPTER 13: Negotiable Instruments
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CHAPTER 14: Banking
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CHAPTER 15: Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy
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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 21: Antitrust Law and Promoting Competition
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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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CriticaltThinkingtQuestionstintFeatures..................................................................................................................... 1
AdaptingtthetLawttotthetOnlinetEnvironment .................................................................................................... 1
CriticaltThinkingtQuestionstintCases .......................................................................................................................... 2
Caset1.1 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Caset1.2 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Caset1.3 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3
ChaptertReview................................................................................................................................................................. 4
PracticetandtReview .................................................................................................................................................... 4
PracticetandtReview:tDebatetThis ........................................................................................................................... 5
IssuetSpotters ............................................................................................................................................................... 5
BusinesstScenariostandtCasetProblems ................................................................................................................ 5
CriticaltThinkingtandtWritingtAssignments ...................................................................................................... 10
CriticaltThinkingtQuestionstintAppendixtExhibitt1A–3 ...................................................................................... 11
Exhibitt1A–3................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Critical Thinking Questions in Features
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AdaptingtthetLawttotthetOnlinetEnvironment
1. OnetobserverthastsaidtthattthetAmericantlegaltsystemtshouldtevaluatetsocialtmediatcompaniestbas
edtonthowt―theytaffecttustastcitizens,tnottonlyt[onthow]ttheytaffecttustastconsumers.‖tWhattistyourtop
iniontoftthiststatement?
Solution
Thetpersontwhotmadetthiststatementtclearlytseestat―citizen‖tasthavingtdifferenttmotivationstandtconc
ernstthantat―consumer.‖tPresumably,tatcitizentist mostlytconcernedtwithtthetgoodtoftsocietytastatwhole
,tandtthereforetwouldtbetopenttotthetideatoftgovernmenttregulationtthattrestrictedtthetnegativetinflue
ncetoftsocialtmedia,tregardlesstoftthetFirsttAmendment.tAtconsumer,tbytcontrast,twouldtbetprimarilyt
concernedtwiththavingtatmarketplacetthattofferstthetwidesttpossibletvarietiestoftfreedomt(oftchoice,t
oftspeech,tetc.)tandtwouldtfortthattreasontbetopposedttotgovernmenttregulationtoftsocialtmedia.tThe
retis,thowever,tantargumentttotbetmadetthattthetcitizenstthattmaketuptatsocietytbenefittwhentthetmar
ketplacetoftideas—whetherttheytaretsubjectively
―positive‖tort―negative‖—ist allowedttotflourishtintthetabsencetoftgovernmenttregulation.