...IFSM 304 – Ethics in the Information Age Learning Portfolio Assignment Descriptions Here are the detailed Assignment Requirements and Summary (Reflection Paper) that comprise activities for a Learning Portfolio for IFSM 304. These activities, along with class discussion and any other assignments your professor may require will enable you to achieve the course objectives and demonstrate knowledge of key concepts and apply this understanding to real-world digital ethics topics and situations. Understand that your work will comprise a Learning Portfolio for the course and these assignments are linked! You will be faced with work that advances with a progression from a general basic framework for decision making to more specific analysis and critical thinking about more complex ethical issues. Current Events 5% Conference Posting of articles on IT-related Ethical Global issues (multi-national corporation) The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a current event article on global ethical issues from a multi-national corporation perspective. This assignment is designed to increase your knowledge from a corporate viewpoint and enable you to analyze ethical issues from a current GLOBAL situation or event. This will also enhance your research and writing skills and your critical-thinking abilities. Select a current topic (2010 source or later) and find an appropriate article on the topic. Provide the persistent URL (one that anyone can click on to read the...
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...reason that retailers have flocked to this particular method of distribution in addition to traditional methods is because it offers consumers the opportunity to shop in a rapid and inexpensive manner void of dealing with the hassles of annoying sales people, paying high gas prices to get to their destinations, or worrying about merchandise being out of stock in the brick and mortar stores. It also allows retailers to earn additional revenues by reaching a wider range of consumers. Although online shopping has its perks it also comes with a number of issues that some consumers have that make them weary of following the online trend. In this paper I will discuss two major issues in channel distribution within internet firms and, what e-retailers are doing to combat these issues, and why these issues are important for businesses today. PRIVACY Channel distribution with online retailers has had an enormous impact on the relationship between consumers, retailers, distributors and manufacturers. The emergence of Electronic commerce has not only allowed retailers to have an additional method of distribution but it has also given retailers the opportunity to increase sales revenues (Gabrielsson, Kirpalani, & Luostarinen, 2002). Consumers looking to maximize their opportunity cost of time flock to online shopping because it saves them valuable time that would be spent driving from store to store and hours in bumper to bumper traffic in congested cities like Atlanta (Bhatnagar, Misra...
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...| |Syllabus | | |Axia College/College of Humanities | | |XCOM/285 Version 2 | | |Essentials of Managerial Communication | Copyright © 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces students to the foundations of communication in a business setting. Students are exposed to various topics related to interpersonal and group communication within the context of applications in an office or virtual setting. Students will develop skills in forms of written communication, including memos, e-mails, business letters, and reports. Communication ethics and cross-cultural communications are also explored. Upon completing the course, students will have an awareness of their personal communication style and be able to identify areas of further exploration of communication as a business skill. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: ...
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...Communication Paper Jansen York University of Phoenix HCS 490 January 10, 2011 Communication Paper There are many different methods use in the health care world to help improve the communication between the healthcare providers and the patients they provide services to. There are different facility provided forums and health care information hotlines where patients can receive information with out seeing a provider but the most important new development in the health care related communication are the electronic medical record (EMR). Over the course of the paper I will discuss benefits to the patients, how important confidentiality is when using EMR’s, why EMR’s are an effective means of communication between the providers and patients, how this mode of communication differs from other methods, and how the media and social networking could change communication in health care. There are many benefits that the EMR bring to the table to help provider patient relationships. The most important one that comes to my mind is the fact with EMR providers that are having a hard time finding a possible diagnose to an issue is the ability to share patient history with other providers to find an answer. This is one of the greatest benefits to patient health the EMR can bring. One of the draw backs how ever with EMR is the availability of unrelated employees being able to access patient records. This is why it is extremely important to maintain the patient information in a chain...
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...Phoenix Material Privacy and Security Worksheet Consider this week’s readings and class discussion about privacy and security rules and the storage of records. Write 50- to 100-word answers for each of the following questions based on your readings and class discussion. 1. What is the difference between privacy and security? There is often confusion about the difference between privacy, confidentiality and security. In the context of HIPAA, privacy determines who should have access, what constitutes the patient’s rights to confidentiality, and what constitutes inappropriate access to health records. Confidentiality establishes how the records (or the systems that hold those records) should be protected from inappropriate access. Security is the means by which you ensure privacy and confidentiality. 2. Identify standards established through the Privacy Rule to protect individuals’ health information. The Privacy Rule for the first time creates national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other personal health information. • It gives patients more control over their health information. • It sets boundaries on the use and release of health records. • It establishes appropriate safeguards that health care providers and others must achieve to protect the privacy of health information. • It holds violators accountable, with civil and criminal penalties that can be imposed if they violate patients' privacy rights. •...
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...|[pic] |Class Syllabus | | |School of Business | | |COM/285 Version 3 | | |Introduction to Business Communication | | |Group ID MEBM091AS: | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course introduces students to the foundations of communication in a business setting. Students are exposed to various topics related to interpersonal and group communication within the context of applications in an office or virtual office setting. Students will develop skills in the forms of written communication, including memos, e-mails, business letters, and reports. Communication ethics and cross-cultural communications are also explored. Upon completing the course, students will have an awareness of their personal communication style and be able to identify areas for further exploration of communication as a business skill...
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...HIPAA Privacy Rule as it Relates to Research Roshontae Henley Holy Names University HIPAA Privacy Rule as it Relates to Research Since the earliest days of nursing, respect for patient privacy and confidentiality has been the building blocks to a successful nurse-patient relationship. Currently, it has become a careful piece in the researcher-participant relationship. Privacy and confidentiality are the most important issues in research ethics. Due to our computer aged society, protection of research participant's privacy has fused a great challenge. Researchers, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), and administrators have their hands full with all the privacy and confidentiality matters that are essential to research. As nurses, we are familiar with the health insurance portability act (HIPAA) as it relates to healthcare. Considerably, the focus of this paper is to expand our knowledge of how maintaining confidentiality and protecting privacy in the research setting has influenced the HIPAA privacy rule. Privacy is defined as freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, secret surveillance, or unauthorized disclosure of one's personal data or information, as by a government, corporation, or individual (Dictionary.com, 2015, figure 3). Privacy means a person has control over the extent, timing, and circumstances of sharing themselves with others. It relates to a participant's disclosure of information to a researcher. On the other hand, confidentiality is the act...
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...BANKING: AN INTERPRETIVE STUDY IN THE AUSTRALIAN BANKING CONTEXT Sharman Lichtenstein Deakin University, Australia sharman.lichtenstein@deakin.edu.au Kirsty Williamson Monash University and Charles Sturt University, Australia kirsty.williamson@sims.monash.edu.au ABSTRACT This paper reports key findings from an interpretive study of Australian banking consumer experiences with the adoption of internet banking. The paper provides an understanding of how and why specific factors affect the consumer decision whether or not to bank on the internet, in the Australian context. A theoretical framework is provided that conceptualizes and links consumer-oriented issues influencing adoption of internet banking. The paper also provides a set of recommendations for Australian banks. Specifically, the findings suggest that convenience is the main motivator for consumers to bank on the internet, while there is a range of other influential factors that may be modulated by banks. The findings also highlight increasing risk acceptance by consumers in regard to internetbased services and the growing importance of offering deep levels of consumer support for such services. Gender differences are also highlighted. Finally, the paper suggests that banks will be better able to manage consumer experiences with moving to internet banking if they understand that such experiences involve a process of adjustment and learning over time, and not merely the adoption of a new technology. Keywords: Internet Banking...
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...Architecture and the Environment Paper  • Prepare a 1,150- to 1,400-word paper in which you explore human response to physical structure. As a part of your paper be sure to address the following:  o Describe how physical structure affects human behavior. o Analyze architecture as a means of controlling human behavior. o Describe the environmental psychological implications of commercial and residential design, including purpose and considerations. o Analyze the importance of architectural development supporting sustainable development. Architecture and the Environment Paper The Environment and its inhabitants cannot be explained separately both shape each other and is shaped by the environment. There are different kinds of environments that need different kinds of behavioral workings that are sensory input, internal representations that change the structure of the earth for who people live there. “To understand the interactions of the physical world and behavior, then, we must consider the two in an intertwined fashion†(Todd & Wilson, 1993). Effect of Physical Structure on Human Behavior Architectural design always played a significant aspect in one’s comfort and health. It is a different form of art surrounding one every day. Unfortunately, for years, it has not been considered this way and its benefits have not been recognized. However with the increasing research and interest in environmental...
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...Thesis Statement With the recent school shootings happening and evidence of the perpetrators posting comments online thru social media, the government should be focusing on applying laws requiring companies to use artificial intelligence agents to help identify persons of interest and allow local law enforcement, along with the companies, to monitor these agents. Annotated Bibliography Dulek, R., Motes, W., & Hilton, C. (1997), Executive Perceptions of Superior and Subordinate Information Control: Practice versus Ethics. Journal of Business Ethics Vol. 16, pgs.1175-1184 This entry examines the ethical practices of leaders in a business and their employees involving information control within a business. Specifically it examines whether these executives know if control is being performed and if they deem it ethical. The statement “…executives are generally drawn to those command activities they deem to be "proper and right." but shy away from those that are iniquitous.” R. Dulek has authored six books and publishes more than forty journal articles. He is currently...
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...Administrative Ethics Paper By William Keyser HCS/335 4-26-11 Susan Morgan When developing an effective strategy and rewards compensation plan one must produce a policy that executes the plan successfully. The Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws allows the human resources professionals to hire the high qualified staff by selecting the right candidates for interviews, and giving the best job offers without discriminating against any candidates. Affirmative Action prevents discrimination among race, creed, religion, and sex. According to State of South Carolina (2009), “Affirmative action is an effort to develop a systematic approach to eliminate the current and lingering effects of prior discrimination. It is a race and sex conscious effort to achieve equal employment opportunity for all race sex groups in a workforce. Then with the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) it prohibits specific types of job discrimination in certain workplaces, and they are a independent federal...
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...ECE 617 Fall 2015 Homework xizhe Mao 31344482 Use the papers/presentations: Gies, “Safety Considerations for Smart Grid Technology Equipment,” Chopra, “Remarks to IEEE International Conference on SmartGridComm,” and Budka, et.al., “GERI – Bell Labs Smart Grid Research Focus:Economic Modeling, Networking, and Security & Privacy” to answer the following. [5 points] According to Gies, in basic, high level terms, what is the smart grid? According to Gies, what is the best approach to approach the formerly separated industries of the smart grid? a. A smart grid combines the existing electrical infrastructure with digital technologies and advanced applications to provide a much more efficient, reliable and cost effective way to distribute energy. b. The best way to approach this new, merged technology is to break it down into its component technologies, then use existing or new standards to evaluate safety issues involving the component technologies. [5 points] Describe how the evolution of the power grid differs from that of the telecommunication system, from the perspective of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison being alive in the 21st century. It is said that Alexander Graham Bell would not recognize the components of modern telephony, while Thomas Edison would be totally familiar with the modern electrical grid. Thus, with smart grid, there is the potential to modernize and advance the architecture of the power systems technology in the 21st century...
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...Privacy and Culture: Comparative study of privacy issues with respect to mobile technology in India and America Sreeranjani K Pattabiraman Abstract The past decade has witnessed a huge shift in the development of mobile technology which has led to privacy issues, murmurings of which started surfacing only in recent years. A lot of research has been carried out by academicians on mobile technology and its impact on society. There have also been comparative studies on how privacy has changed for people over the years with the boom of social networking sites and smart phones. But, there has not been a substantial study or analysis conducted on how people's privacy has been directly affected by the ever-increasing population boom of mobile-phone users. This comparative study analyzes the concept of privacy with respect to mobile surveillance and draws upon prior work in the field of mobile surveillance, ranging from popular press on government surveillance in India and USA and case studies in these two countries related to people’s view on privacy, to the works of ACLU (American Civil Liberty Union) in USA and Stop CMS (Central Monitoring System) in India. The study is built around the analysis and comparison of the issue of mobile surveillance in both the countries, how people dealt with this, and the role of culture in determining people’s view on privacy. It also proposes suggestions for how future research can be carried out in the field of mobile surveillance. Keywords ...
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...density has grown throughout the years. The population rate of the world has increased. When we count the amount of people who settle in specific areas, that is how we determine population density. Having minimal privacy is something that people do not like to be a part of. Privacy is important because it allows a person to have their identity without other’s always in their business. Pollution and excess population can cause chaos and problems in the world. Everyone around is affected by their environment and noise can be a dominant factor and problem. In high density areas noise production is another problem. When certain areas grow, the people who live in the overly populated places will start to migrate somewhere else to gain some type of privacy. In my paper I will describe the territoriality, privacy, and personal space, how it becomes denser, the effect of nature has on individual’s living in urban environments, the concept of noise and examining the effect it has on individuals. Finally, I will examine at least two strategies that can be used to reduce noise in the workplace or in the living environment. Privacy is essential because that is the foundation of behavior relations. Privacy is our right and it is essential. There are many reasons as to why privacy is important. Many times people have personal situations or information that they do not want to be let out, or to be assessed by others. Territoriality is a key function and it confirms the procreation of species and gives...
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...Abstract This paper will explain why employers monitor their employees in the workplace and what are the recent devices and programs used in the monitoring process. The paper will examine also the effects of the surveillance on the employees’ psychological health and their rights to privacy. Nowadays, the negative effects of surveillance must be discussed and solved. In addition, a solution is given to ease the controversy between the employer’s work protection and the employees’ privacy rights. Last, the paper gives ways to let the employers know how to deal with their staffs at work without restricting them. Introduction The flow of information and the rapid speed of technologies lead to the trend of globalization. Globalization...
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