6.4Law, standardization & security governance

In procuring or outsourcing systems and planning new businesses, an IT strategist is asked to make judgments that pre-empt the management risk of legal violation. This section covers, from the standpoint of how to judge in the procurement and outsourcing field: intellectual property (copyright, patents, unfair-competition prevention) for protecting one's own technology and brand without infringing others' rights; the Subcontract Act (Act on Optimizing Small/Medium Subcontract Transactions) that keeps subcontracting fair; the PL Act on liability for product defects; worker dispatch and disguised subcontracting over how to use external personnel; standardization (ISO/JIS, de facto) that governs market interoperability; and information-security governance that governs information security as a management agenda.

6.4.1Intellectual property and fair subcontracting