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Why physicians might want to learn computer programming

Why physicians might want to learn computer programming

How to build an appropriate information ethics code for enterprises in Chinese cultural society

Information ethics codes play a vital role in clarifying the responsibilities of MIS (management information systems) professionals and providing them with a point of reference when dealing with ethical issues. In view of the important 21st Century role played by China, particularly Mainland China, which represents a hugely significant market to all global enterprises, it is hoped that this study will assist the business world in understanding the culture in which Chinese business is conducted, and will facilitate the building of a suitable information ethics code in the future. Academically, this paper aims to explain how Confucian ethics and the guanxi 1 Guanxi: literally means “relationships,” and stands for any type of relationship. In the Chinese business world, however, it is also understood as the network of relationships among various parties that cooperate together and support one another. The Chinese businessmen’s mentality is very much one of “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.” In essence, this boils down to exchanging favors, which are expected to be done regularly and voluntarily. Therefore, it is an important concept to understand if one is to function effectively in Chinese society. 1 culture perspective affect MIS professionals’ ethical dilemmas and reactive processes. Specifically, it examines the reactive processes of MIS professionals in CHSyst (pseudonym) in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China. In practice, this study provides a good reference for enterprises such as the above that wish to find the most appropriate way to create an ethics code suitable for a Chinese company context to prevent Chinese MIS professionals from behaving unethically in their workplace. Such a code will serve to reduce the negative consequences of unethical conduct for the organization.

Ethical Issues in Higher Education and Scientific Research: Erosion of Academic Integrity

Ethics is the cornerstone of dental research or for that matter any research. Authorship in a scientificresearch is an important issue which requires considerable debate. The pressure to publish is well-establishedin the university community. Faculty member’s performance and promotion are judged bythe number of published articles in academic scholarly journals. If survival means publish or perish, anyand every effort to see one’s name in print becomes important. In such a situation, we should not besurprised to see the operation of the cliché, "You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours" (Lazar, 1995).

How does an “opinion leader” influence my practice?

Adoption of new knowledge, skills or attitudes into clinical practice involves numerous factors, including social influence. Change theory suggests that a group of emergency physicians will not alter practice solely via democratic or objective processes, but through the social influence of individuals (opinion leaders [OLs]) within the group. Opinion leaders are respected sources of information who are connected to novel ideas and possess sufficient interpersonal skills to exert influence on others’ decision-making. We discuss methods to identify OLs and the limited evidence that supports their influence on clinical practice. An understanding of the role of OLs may assist emergency physicians with incorporating new ideas into their clinical groups. EDUCATIONAL SCENARIO Driving home from a staff meeting you scratch your head in confusion, wondering why your suggestion to change your group's use of an anticoagulant in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes was never considered. Despite a seemingly clear presentation and very strong evidence from the literature, the discussion never really took off. On further reflection, you realize that group consensus palpably and acutely shifted when a well-regarded colleague was unsupportive: “In my experience, this new drug is inferior to our standard treatment.” Momentum never built and the proposal fizzled. What happened?

Oncolytic Viruses: Now Interviewing for the All-Star Game

With the start of the 2010 soccer World Cup imminent, things are a little tense at home. My son, born and bred in the United States, wears his “USA” jersey every day. In retaliation, I wear a replica of the jersey worn by the English team that gloriously won the World Cup in 1966. Our problem is that the United States will play England in June—and one of us is going to be sulking for some time to follow.

I Scratch Your Back – You Scratch Mine. Do Procedural Justice and Organizational Identification Matter for Employees' Cooperation During Change?

Employee cooperation is fundamental for accomplishing successful organizational change processes. Therefore, it is important to understand how employees' cooperation can be supported in the context of organizational change. Based on the group engagement model, we hypothesized how procedural justice affects organizational identification which in turn should have an affect on employees' cooperation (commitment to change, values-congruence fit, and change-supporting behavior) in the context of organizational change. To test the fit of the proposed model, structural equation models were calculated using both cross-sectional (N = 315) and longitudinal (N = 110) data of academic staff at a German university. Results indicated adequate data fit to our proposed model and revealed that organizational identification mediated the positive effects of procedural justice on affective commitment to change and values-congruence fit. The assumed mediating effect of organizational identification on the positive relationship between procedural justice and change-supporting behavior could only be supported using cross-sectional data.

“I'll Scratch Your Back If You'll Scratch Mine”: The Role of Reciprocity, Power and Autonomy in the Strip Club

l'auteure de cet article etudie les jeux de pouvoir dans un club d'ef-feuilleuses. En etablissant des paralleles avec l'industrie des services, elle explore les strategies que les travailleurs des clubs d'effeuilleuses utilisent afin d'augmenter leur autonomie au travail et d'accroitre les ressources qu'ils mobilisent pour favoriser des actes de resistance. l'economie informelle des faveurs” (Bruckert, 2002) qui se cree au sein des communications entre les travailleurs et de leurs activites de cooperation sert aetablir un environnement de travail plus soutenant et a diminuer les incertitudes inherentes a leur emploi. This paper examines the interplay of power relations in the strip club. Through drawing parallels with the service industry, it explores the strategies strip club workers engage in to enhance their autonomy on the job and the resources they use to facilitate acts of resistance. The “informal economy of favours” (Bruckert, 2002) that develops, through interconnections between and co-operative activities engaged in by workers, serves to create a more supportive work environment and to decrease the inherent uncertainties of the job.

I'll scratch your back … if you have one

I'll scratch your back … if you have one

Economic Globalization and Institutions of Global Governance: Comments and Debate (I)

Reading Keith Griffin is like listening to a Frenchman presenting his ideas in three parts and ten minutes. It is clear, brilliant, and a delight for the ear, but once it is over you scratch your head and wonder what exactly the meaning of it all was. In the recent article by Griffin published in this journal (Griffin, 2003), there were two instances where I scratched my head. The first instance was when he pleaded in favour of mobility of the factor labour, not only of labour in general, but of unskilled labour in particular in order to reduce global income inequalities. The second instance occurred when he argued in favour of a compulsory tax and transfer mechanism in replacement of the old‐style foreign aid that is ‘nearly obsolete’.

An Atlas of interpersonal situations

Foreword Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1. Interpersonal situations: the context of social behavior 2. Outcome interdependence 3. Interaction conditions and person factors 4. Exploring the geography of the outcome patterns Part II The Situations: Preface to the Entries for the Situations Single Component Patterns: 1. Independence: we go our separate ways 2. Mutual partner control: I scratch your back, you scratch mine 3. Corresponding mutual joint control: getting in sync 4. Conflicting mutual joint control: match or mismatch Two- and three-component patterns: 5. The prisoner's dilemma: me versus we 6. Threat: trading loyalty for justice 7. Chicken: death before dishonor 8. Hero: let's do it your way 9. Conjunctive problems: together we can do it 10. Disjunctive problems: either of us can do it 11. Asymmetric dependence: you're the boss Time-extended patterns: 12. Iterated prisoner's dilemma: united we stand, divided we fall 13. Investment: building for the future 14. Delay of gratification: resisting temptation Incomplete information situations 15. Negotiation: can we agree on a deal? 16. Encounters with strangers: lack of information about a partner 17. Joint decisions under uncertainty: bird in the hand 18. Twists of fate: coping with an uncertain future N-person Situations 19. Third parties: effects of an outsider 20. N-person prisoner's dilemma: tragedy of the commons Movement from one situation to another 21. Movement among situations: where do we go from here? Part III. Epilogue.