ABSTRACT

Previous chapters in this book outline telecommunication policy, regula-tion, Internet access costs, ethical and moral concerns experienced by Internet users from around the world. In particular, I focus on how regula-tion and economic issues may affect Internet use and access. Also, how codes of conduct might possibly affect people’s consideration of possible effects on others based on their behaviors was outlined. Nevertheless, com-paring codes of conduct indicates that they differ in their focus and are far from providing a unified picture within a profession across nations. In this chapter, I discuss e-commerce issues as they pertain to previous chapters and outline the lack of knowledge and understanding we still have as far as this new medium is concerned.