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Unifying Frameworks for Library and Information Science: An Analysis of Three Perspectives
No full textThis article argues that there are emerging new roles for academic librarians and that a more focused discussion on the theoretical foundations of Library and Information Science (LIS) will provide guidance for both the discipline and the profession. The analysis herein examines a possible theoretical foundation or framework for LIS from three perspectives: the philosophy of information, social epistemology, and cybersemiotics. The primary advocates of these three perspectives are L. Floridi, J. Shera, and S. Brier respectively. This analysis addresses three questions: how does each perspective view LIS?, can the perspectives clarify the relationship between librarianship and information science, and can one of these perspectives suggest how the profession of academic librarianship should transform itself to meet the demands of the scholar in the 21st century? The analysis will proceed along four dimensions: a) knowledge and information, b) the focus on society and the individual, c) the meaning and structure of information, and d) how a unifying framework of LIS might deal with the practice of librarianship.Paper submitted for the course Communication, Information, and Media Processes (Professors Mokros, Kantor, and Pavlik), December 13, 2007
Business ethics and accounting information in light of the Financial Crisis of 2008
No full textThis dissertation examines, from an ethical perspective, the vulnerability of the U.S. financial system that was exposed in the financial crisis that began in 2008. Three
essays are presented, each of which examines an aspect of the relationship between business ethics and risks to the financial system. Essay 1 presents an ethical analysis of executive incentive compensation plans that rewarded excessive risk taking by basing cash-based incentive compensation upon
accrual-based net earnings. Essay 2 offers a historical account and ethical analysis of how the post-Depression U.S. financial system allowed, or even encouraged, individual financial institutions to become too-big-to-fail and too-interconnected-to-fail. Essay 3 a
broader theoretical paper, develops a framework for applying ethical analysis to the accounting measures and disclosures communicated by a firm. While each essay is a distinct analysis, the dissertation is also an integrated work that illuminates the complex general relationship between business ethics and the capital
markets, as well as the specific role of accounting information in ethics and the long-term viability of the financial system.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Ronald J. Straus
Tipping the Scales Against Insider Trading: Adopting a Presumption of Personal Benefit to Clarify Dirks
No full textIn this article, Professor Colombo anticipates the Supreme Court’s recent 8-0 decision in Salman v. United States (2016).The appropriate standard for assessing tipper-tippee liability for insider trading has been unsettled ever since the Court last spoke on the issue, in Dirks v. SEC (1983). This is due to Dirks’s unclear language, which appeared to articulate an unworkable standard predicated upon “personal benefit.” The lower courts have struggled to define this concept of “personal benefit.”The Ninth Circuit adopted an approach in which the personal benefit was essentially presumed, so long as the tips in question were made to a friend or relative. The Second Circuit, conversely, demanded that some tangible, material quid-pro-quo be demonstrated. Professor Colombo argues that the optimal approach forward is one that largely dispenses with the requirement that personal benefit test. Diving deep into the facts of Dirks, Professor Colombo notes that the tipper in that case (who was exonerated by the Court) was actually a whistleblower. As such, Dirks can be read as holding that, absent evidence of good faith whistleblowing activity, unauthorized tipping is presumptively done for personal benefit and, consequently, unlawful. The Supreme Court decision in Salman largely follows Prof. Colombo’s analysis. The Court held that a personal benefit can readily be inferred when a tipper gives inside information to a trading relative or friend
Tipping the Scales Against Insider Trading: Adopting a Presumption of Personal Benefit to Clarify Dirks
No full textIn this article, Professor Colombo anticipates the Supreme Court’s recent 8-0 decision in Salman v. United States (2016).The appropriate standard for assessing tipper-tippee liability for insider trading has been unsettled ever since the Court last spoke on the issue, in Dirks v. SEC (1983). This is due to Dirks’s unclear language, which appeared to articulate an unworkable standard predicated upon “personal benefit.” The lower courts have struggled to define this concept of “personal benefit.”The Ninth Circuit adopted an approach in which the personal benefit was essentially presumed, so long as the tips in question were made to a friend or relative. The Second Circuit, conversely, demanded that some tangible, material quid-pro-quo be demonstrated. Professor Colombo argues that the optimal approach forward is one that largely dispenses with the requirement that personal benefit test. Diving deep into the facts of Dirks, Professor Colombo notes that the tipper in that case (who was exonerated by the Court) was actually a whistleblower. As such, Dirks can be read as holding that, absent evidence of good faith whistleblowing activity, unauthorized tipping is presumptively done for personal benefit and, consequently, unlawful. The Supreme Court decision in Salman largely follows Prof. Colombo’s analysis. The Court held that a personal benefit can readily be inferred when a tipper gives inside information to a trading relative or friend
Lasting impressions: greater Newark's Jewish legacy, an exhibition in the galleries of The Newark Public Library
No full textAn exhibition in the galleries of the Newark Public Library, April 24, 1995 - July 3, 1995, curated by William J. Dane and Charles F. Cumming
The Effects of Air Pollution on Pulmonary Functions in Adolescents
No full textAuthor Institution: Department of Biology, University of AkronMOSTARDI, RICHARD A. AND RONALD MARTELL. The Effects of Air Pollution on Pulmonary Functions in Adolescents. Ohio J. Sci. 75(2): 65, 1975
The historical Tualatin River Basin
No full textby Penny L. Cass, Scientific and Technical Communication, J. Ronald Miner, Ph.D., Department of Bioresource Engineering, Oregon State University.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-59).Done under a grant from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
An Architect and His Environment: The Career of George Champlin Mason Jr. and His Generative Role in Architectural Preservation and the American Colonial Revival
No full textRonald J. Onorato explores the significant career of architect and preservationist George Champlin Mason Jr., a Newport native who grew up amidst what the author rightly calls a “rare field museum” of colonial architecture. Onorato not only highlights Mason Jr.’s significant architectural contribution to post-Civil War Newport, and later, Philadelphia, but also highlights Mason’s pioneering role in helping to establish the field of historic preservation and in nurturing the Colonial Revival movement among American architects and builders. Dr. Onorato is Chair of the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Rhode Island
Video Tour of Saint Luke\u27s Episcopal Church -- Jacksonville, Alabama
No full textThis video history was created by St. Luke\u27s Episcopal Church, located in Jacksonville, Alabama. The history is hosted by commentator Ronald J. Caldwell, a former professor of history at Jacksonville State University, and author of the book A History of St. Luke\u27s Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Alabama, 1844-1994. Run time is approximately 57 minutes.https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_alhist/1016/thumbnail.jp
Helicopter configuration optimization
No full textThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, February 2001.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 102).by Ronald Sadownick.S.M
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