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Data Breach Announcements: Evaluating the Content and Timing Of Breach Announcements and Their Effect On Firm Value
Get PDFThe rise and continued growth of electronic commerce has broadened the horizons of many businesses, spurred innovation, and fostered the development of new industries. Along with this growth emerges a new breed of criminal who seeks to compromise and monetize personal data at the expense of both the firm and the individual. Cybercrime has significant impacts to firms. One way to measure the significance of cyber events such as data breaches to firm valuation is through the use of event studies, however the findings of previous event studies in this area have been mixed and are in need of additional research. Additionally, the effect of firm specific actions contained in the breach announcement, as well as the timeliness of the breach notification itself, have yet to be studied. Further, breach announcements are among myriad considerations evaluated by investors and may be less impactful to the firm during periods when investor distraction is high. The current research applied four event study models to data breach announcements over the period 2018-2020, resulting in statistically significant negative cumulative average abnormal returns (CAAR) in a variety of short and moderate term event windows centered on the breach announcement date, most notably the (-5,5) window. A series of cross-sectional regression analyses noted that timely breach announcements were viewed favorably by investors, whereas a firm’s announced response to a breach had no significant impact on CAAR. Investors generally reacted less negatively to breach announcements during periods of high investor distraction, however the results in this area were mixed and are in need of additional scholarly research
“Did Emmett Till Die in Vain? Organized Labor Says No!”: The United Packinghouse Workers and Civil Rights Unionism in the Mid-1950s
Get PDFEmmett Till’s mangled face is seared into our collective memory, a tragic epitome of the brutal violence that upheld white supremacy in the Jim Crow South. But Till\u27s murder was more than just a tragedy: it also inspired an outpouring of determined protest, in which labor unions played a prominent role. The United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) campaigned energetically on behalf of Emmett Till, from the stockyards of Chicago to the sugar refineries of Louisiana. Packinghouse workers petitioned, marched, and rallied to demand justice; the UPWA organized the first mass meeting addressed by Till’s mother, Mamie Bradley; and an interracial group of union activists traveled to Mississippi to observe the trial of Till’s killers, flouting segregation inside and outside the courtroom. In addition to revising our image of a signal event in African-American history, this article contributes to wider scholarly debates over the relationship between organized labor and the black freedom struggle. The growing “whiteness” literature has documented European-American workers’ assimilation of racist ideology and the complicity of labor unions in the subordination of African-Americans. But whiteness scholarship has done little to illuminate the contexts and strategies that have fostered durable interracial working-class solidarity. Analysis of antiracist unions like the UPWA can help address this lacuna. A second body of scholarship, more attuned to the diversity of racial practices within the labor movement, has highlighted the destructive impact of anti-Communism on unions with impressive records of challenging white supremacy. The UPWA, which managed to survive the red scare of the late 1940s and early 1950s relatively unscathed, represents an important link between the “civil rights unionism” of the 1930s and 1940s and the civil rights movement of the mid-1950s and 1960s
Portlando\u27s Guide to Sustainability
Get PDFInsufficient federal guidelines prompt American cities to pioneer reform. To transform urban residencies into secure, inclusive, & resilient environments, Portland, Oregon & Orlando, Florida utilize green initiatives
The Impacts of Terrorism on Maternal Health in Afghanistan
Get PDFTerrorism is both directly and indirectly harmful to maternal health. Terrorist attacks targeted at healthcare workers, hospitals and maternity wards are a direct impediment of maternal healthcare. Other terrorist activity and conflict produce overall instability, aggravating insecurity in the country. Attacks that disrupt functions within a community and a country at large indirectly impact maternal health as they target specific social determinants of health, including infrastructure for transportation, education, and healthcare. Terrorism and the influence of Islamic militia groups in Afghanistan continue to threaten the power and stability of the national government, making it difficult for policy enactment to improve maternal health. Other indirect factors include the subordination of women and terrorist occupation in specific territories, creating unsafe conditions for women to travel and seek medical care, especially when doctors are not present. This research analysis will aim to identify how incidences of terrorist attacks, conflict, war, and political instability in Afghanistan impact the utilization of maternal healthcare services and the maternal mortality ratio. The analysis will seek to confirm how the presence of terrorist groups such as the Taliban have had a significant influence on the utilization of maternal healthcare along with the hinderance of its services, contributing to the already-existent health inequities for women in Afghanistan. While it is already known that low quality of care already exists for women and for the entire healthcare system in general, knowledge is limited about the direct and indirect impacts of terrorism on women’s maternal health. Examination of research within the health community and political society will help to create a comprehensive assessment of maternal health equity in Afghanistan
Inked
No full textInked by Elsi Vasdal Ellis is an artists book layered with rich, colors. Inside, the pages have a circle cut out of them to see through to the other page\u27s different color schemes and designs. One of the circular cutouts from a brighter yellow and green page, sits on top of the title page contrasting the darker blues and greens and a bit of brown of the title page. However, the title of the book does not appear on the outside title page and does not appear until the 3rd page where it was stamped on and bleeds through to the other side. The pages colors are slightly dull but range in intensity as some are brighter colors and some colors appear almost burnt. While the pages are flat and untextured, the pages look as if they have. a texture created from using crayons. As one flips through the book, lines and shapes appear on the pages. All are very angular and they break up the pages from being all the same shade of color. Some lines are thinner while some are thicker and make the pages look like they have cracks in them.https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/1169/thumbnail.jp