Snipers, Stalkers, and Nibblers: Online Auction Business Ethics

Spirited disagreement exists among online auction participants over the ethics of sniping: delaying one's bid until the closing seconds of an online auction. Through analysis of the structural features of online auctions and by deploying Rawls's (1955) distinction between justifying an act...

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Main Author: Marcoux, Alexei M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2003
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-173
Further subjects:B Ethics
B sniper
B Fair play
B Categorical Imperative
B E-commerce
B eBay
B bid
B sniping
B auction
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