Perceptions of Accounting Practitioners and Educators On E-Business Curriculum and Web Security Issues
College Student Journal - Vol. 41 Nbr. 1, March 2007
Ragothaman, Srinivasan
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This research examines, through survey administration, the perceptions of accounting practitioners and educators with respect to the multi-faceted security issues of e-commerce payment systems as well as e-business curriculum issues. Specific security issues explored include misuse/theft of personal and credit card information, spam e-mails, billing issues, hacking, and virus attacks. T-tests performed on the mean differences in responses indicated that practitioners were more concerned than educators about virus attacks, personal information being sold, and personal or credit card information being intercepted or compromised by hackers. Empirical results also show that practitioners have stronger feelings about the importance of communication and interpersonal skills as well as accounting knowledge and integrity/leaderships skills.
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Perceptions of Accounting Practitioners and Educators On E-Business Curriculum and Web Security Issues
INTRODUCTION
The manner in which business is conducted today is constantly evolving, and the plethora of changes shows little sign of slowing. Much of the transformation can be traced to the rapid worldwide growth of electronic commerce. E-commerce is ". . . more than simply buying and selling goods electronically; it involves using network communications technology to engage in a wide range of activities up and down the value-added chain both within and outside the organization" (Applegate, 1998). The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International defines e-business as any process that a business organization (for profit, governmental or nonprofit entity) conducts over a computer-mediated network (AACSB, 2000). It encompasses business-to-business, business-to-consumer, intra-organizational and consumer-to-consumer transactions as well as integrated business processes within an organization. While the majority of the e-commerce transactions are business -to-business sa...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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