When a Business or Employer Provides Access to Their Website

question 68

Multiple Choice

When a business or employer provides access to their website for discussion forums, the following statement is correct.

• A) The employee only is held liable for any offensive comments made.
• B) The employer is not liable, if the employee uses email and does not post the offensive comments on the website.
• C) Businesses or employees can not be held criminally responsible for offending communications made.
• D) The business or employer may be held liable for any defamation or otherwise offensive statements made by its employees.
• E) All email communications are considered private, and therefore exempt from any defamation actions.

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Definitions:

Cyclopropane

A cyclic alkane consisting of three carbon atoms connected in a ring, notable for its strain and use in organic synthesis.

Newman Projection

A method of visualizing the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule, showing how they are connected from the perspective of a bond axis.

Gauche Conformer

A conformation where groups are separated by a dihedral angle of approximately 60 degrees, often leading to steric hindrance.

Butane

A gaseous hydrocarbon of the alkane series, found in natural gas and used as fuel, with a formula of C4H10.