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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CYBERSECURITY IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Get PDFThe cybersecurity market is a fast-growing market due to cybersecurity\u27s ever-changing nature of attacking and defending. Organizations need to find new ways to counter cybersecurity threats. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has the potential to create disruptive change, both for good and evil. To better manage cybersecurity within organizations, companies must look at how technology can be used with the people who use it daily. By implementing artificial intelligence, cybersecurity teams can make faster decisions, allowing them to move faster than attackers. Business management using artificial intelligence can help organizations make more informed business decisions about their products and services. Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence must work together to increase cybersecurity awareness within organizations. This paper discusses cybersecurity and artificial intelligence implications on business management using cybersecurity journals, websites, company information, and military information sites. It also uses artificial intelligence journals and the author\u27s experience in cybersecurity training. It highlights that when it comes to artificial intelligence (A.I.) and cybersecurity, businesses need to be aware of the potential implications for their management and operations. With the ever-increasing sophistication of A.I. technology, cybercriminals find new ways to exploit vulnerabilities in systems and networks. As such, businesses need to understand the risks associated with A.I. and cybersecurity to take steps to mitigate them
MEASURING SOCIAL PROGRESS IN THE CONTEXT OF VALUING THE RIGHT TO A STANDARD OF LIVING
Get PDFThe current article highlights the growing interest in recent decades in identifying the most appropriate indicators for measuring the social progress of societies. Different researches carried out over time in the context of measuring the performance of companies reflect a wide variety of indicators used to determine the progress made. For various reasons, evaluating the results and comparing them between different societies is a not-so-easy task. Due to the complexity of the concepts of social progress and standard of living, their expression can be done not only by a single indicator, but by a system of indicators. Moreover, each of the indicators developed has certain disadvantages, which reduces the relevance of the results obtained. The establishment of genuine indicators ultimately offers the possibility of identifying more precisely the social progress made by societies and identifying the best performing one
FINANCING THE EDUCATION SECTOR IN CRISIS SITUATIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CONSOLIDATING THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Get PDFThe right to education has been strongly affirmed and incorporated in human rights treaties for a number of years. At the same time, grand declarations and commitments most often have not been realized as they are not equally covered by financial resources. The system of public education in the Republic of Moldova, being chronically underfinanced, eloquently demonstrates this statement. In the period 2007-2021, the ratio of education underfinancing in the Republic of Moldova was greatly emphasized by some crisis episodes, which affected macro-economic and financial stability. The economic effects of the war in Ukraine on the economy of the Republic of Moldova will put some pressure on the National State Budget, eventually affecting the capacity of education financing, both from the National State Budget’s funds and private household ones. From the theoretical-scientific point of view, the research has been carried out in the context of complex and systematic approach to contemporary economic and social concepts. Taking into account the complexity of social, economic and financial phenomena studied, it was necessary to combine quantitative and qualitative research methods. The way in which countries finance response to different trigger episodes of macroeconomic instability, including the actions taken for the purpose of minimising disruptions in the development of their educational sector, is, as a rule, determined by the fiscal area which is available to tackle crisis episodes and by the severity of fiscal impact of these episodes. In the Republic of Moldova, as well as in other countries, where intersectoral budget adjustments were not possible, it proved to be necessary to operate reallocations in the Education budget to provide protection of frontline services. Meanwhile, management of crisis situations turns the spotlight on the necessity to use public resources as efficiently and fairly as possible
TAX AVOIDANCE VS TAX EVASION: IS IT ONLY AN ETHICAL ISSUE?
Get PDFIn order to understand whether this is an ethical issue, it is first necessary to clarify two terms tax evasion and tax avoidance. It would be reasonable to evaluate the differences between tax evasion and tax avoidance. Tax evasion is illegal, it consists of the willful violation or circumvention of relevant tax laws to minimize tax liability. From a legal point of view, such behavior is easily recognizable: the taxpayer has broken the law and it amounts to criminal fraud. By contrast, t a x a v o i d a n c e is not illegal. It is simply taking advantage of the legal opportunities and loopholes in the system to minimize one’s tax liability. It requires fictitious transactions and structures that reduce taxes in a way that is contrary to the policy or spirit of the legislation. Tax ethics refers to tax payer’s moral obligation to pay taxes. But sometimes it is not only an ethical issue. International tax practice mainly uses these two key terms. It should be noted that in countries where the official language is not English, there might be problems in translating these terms. The content and meaning given to them in different jurisdictions may not overlap, cannot be distinguished or may be confused. The paper deals with tax avoidance and tax evasion on the context of tax terminology, tax legislation and research performed in Estonia
FROM DEBTORS TO CREDITORS. THE STORY OF THE CEE-11 COUNTRIES
Get PDFThe aim of the article is to analyze the direction of capital flows into the 11 CEE-UE countries from the year 1995 to 2020. Until 2012 balances of payments of the CEE-11 region were characterized by current account deficits and consistently increasing inflow of net foreign capital. It was the result of excessive private and public consumption and domestic investment in relation to the generated income. Currently, when in most CEE-11 countries the current account balance has been characterized by surpluses for several years, the question arises whether such a situation is only temporary and results, for example, from a decrease in the level of foreign financing and the adjustment of the current account to this state, or it is permanent and results from increased efficiency and competitiveness in international markets. In the latter case, it would mean moving these economies to a period in which they begin to pay off their debts and have a chance to change their status from debtors to creditors. Although the fact that the CEE-11 countries have become foreign creditors in recent years may seem very positive and indicate that they are quickly catching up with developed countries, closer analysis shows that the main entities investing abroad in these countries are central banks. If the foreign exchange reserves are omitted, it turns out that the remaining cumulative components of the financial account still have a negative balance. This increases the indebtedness of the private and public sectors in the region. Although central banks remain the main foreign investor of the CEE-11 region, it should be hoped that this stage will be only transitional (intertemporal) and that they will be supplemented soon by private investors
LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION AS SUCCESS FACTORS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN CRISIS SITUATIONS
Get PDFThe crisis situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, which is still felt today, has an all-encompassing impact and an extraordinary degree of uncertainty. During the epidemic, in addition to health protection, the main goal of corporate crisis management is to maintain business continuity. In my present study, I am looking for the answer to which areas in this regard received more emphasis in the standard management systems. For the analysis, I used senior management interviews and questionnaires, as well as ISO standard analysis. The results show that in the crisis situation, the center of gravity in the management systems shifted towards leadership and communication
DIGITALISATION AND PROCUREMENT CONTROLLING – ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS BASED ON A TIME-SERIES JOB ADVERTISEMENT INVESTIGATION
Get PDFFor some time, it is discussed which effects digitalisation has for the primary business function procurement and the secondary function controlling providing information and support tasks. It can be stated that the integration of digitalisation in these areas is continuously increasing. In the combined discipline of procurement controlling the first steps towards a more intensified digitalisation can be observed. Main drivers are (1) the digitalised products, (2) the available and needed information from and of the suppliers as well as (3) the methods to process these mass data with the help of artificial intelligence. This article targets on evaluating the status quo of digitalisation on professional roles in procurement controlling jobs and the steps that can be expected in the near-future. Therefore, several hypotheses are derived. They are evaluated with the help of job advertisements analyses. The comparative analysis is based on several examinations done in the past (15 studies between 1978 and 2018) for the general controlling function and two recently conducted studies (2019 and 2021) by the author
USE OF SELF-LEARNING ALGORITHMS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
Get PDFResearchers have examined methods of using self-learning algorithms in the process of lifelong education, e.g. through distance or factual eLearning forms, or as a means of educating health care professionals from various perspectives. In other words, using it for the provision of the respective health care, for biomedical research, and for the electronic delivery of e-learning. In addition, the authors discuss how self-learning algorithms can make electronic educational data more effective and how they can ensure the spread of functional health care information systems
CULTUREN - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY OF AN EVOLVING URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITH MEMORY
Get PDFThe main objective of the construction of a methodology for research of the evolving urban environment through the cultural heritage is to reach, by scientific means, applied solutions that reveal opportunities in the process of its transformation into a sustainable, intelligent and innovative. The long-term aspiration is to outline models of integration of cultural heritage in an urban environment as a prerequisite for interactions, which is the basis for open discussions with all interested parties, as well as to be used for borrowing good practices, creating cultural routes, and networks, and extracting added economic value. The conclusions are result of research on the urban environment in 15 nationally representative of national specifics cities. The study of each of the cities is not the focus of the proposed paper, which is why they are not explicitly emphasized. The results, although achieved through the case study method, were used as a basis for the developed methodological framework. The legal framework, European policies and priorities, and good practices have been researched and presented in the article, and basic steps have been determined through which the methodology will lead to specific research and applied results, construction of an information array, synchronic analysis, diachronic analysis, analysis of the development of urban infrastructure and identified deficits
EVALUATION OF THE SAFETY ROLE ON THE CONSTRUCTION PHASES BUILDING PRODUCTION PROCESSES (BPP): A CASE STUDY IN NORTHERN CYPRUS
Get PDFImproving safety in construction projects is a significant goal in many countries around the world. In other words, by considering safety issues throughout the whole construction project phases (Building Production Processes (BPP)), occupational accidents can be reduced or eliminated to achieve a safer workplace. This research intended to show the necessity of safety consideration and safety cost evaluation during the three BPP main phases of construction sites, especially in small-size projects in North Cyprus. For this reason, a case study is performed on a multi-story car park building on the campus of Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU). The construction steps are classified into three main phases: Preconstruction, construction, operation, and maintenance. Investigation was aimed to define a safety scheme to uplift the safety performance of the construction project, calculate the direct and indirect safety costs. The results had showed the importance of a safety plan and worksite analysis in preconstruction phases, safety monitoring of activities in the construction phase and traffic control plan in operation and maintenance phase