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Environmental Management Information Systems (Emis) For Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Overview, Omar F. El-Gayar, Brian D. Fritz Jan 2006

Environmental Management Information Systems (Emis) For Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Overview, Omar F. El-Gayar, Brian D. Fritz

Research & Publications

Environmental management information systems (EMIS) is defined as 'organizational-technical systems for systematically obtaining, processing, and making available relevant environmental information available in companies'. Such systems evolved out of a growing need to manage environmental information in response to internal and external pressures such as regulations, consumers, stockholders, and changes in the business environments. While over the past decade EMIS have proliferated in the corporate landscape, these systems have received little attention within the information systems research community as whole. The objective of this paper is to serve as a tutorial providing a conceptual overview of EMIS, highlighting organizational and technical …

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Designing Information Systems Doctoral Programs: Issues And Challenges, Omar F. El-Gayar Jan 2006

Designing Information Systems Doctoral Programs: Issues And Challenges, Omar F. El-Gayar

Research & Publications

Doctoral programs aim at preparing students for stewardship in their discipline with particular emphasis on training for research. While doctoral programs have been conventionally offered by research institutions, market demands, changing needs, and other factors are driving traditionally teaching institutions to explore opportunities for implementing information systems (IS) doctoral programs. In this paper we present some of the issues and challenges involved in designing and implementing IS doctoral programs. The emphasis is on traditionally teaching institutions. The paper concludes with a set of recommendations and directions for future research on doctoral programs in information systems.

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Role Stressors, Service Worker Job Resourcefulness, And Job Outcomes: An Empirical Analysis, Eric G. Harris, Andrew B. Artis, Jack H. Walters, Jane W. Licata Jan 2006

Role Stressors, Service Worker Job Resourcefulness, And Job Outcomes: An Empirical Analysis, Eric G. Harris, Andrew B. Artis, Jack H. Walters, Jane W. Licata

Research & Publications

This article expands upon previous research on the job resourcefulness construct by examining the influence of role stressors (i.e., role ambiguity and conflict) on job resourcefulness and by examining the influence of job resourcefulness on job satisfaction and intentions to leave the firm. Given the current focus of businesses to ‘‘do more with less’’, the research highlights the importance of role stressors in improving overall organizational efficiency and work outcomes. Drawing from previous work in both hierarchical personality and fit theories, the authors propose that situational determinants play an important role in overall job resourcefulness. An empirical study which utilized …

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Using Self-Efficacy Precepts To Evaluate The Instructional Effectiveness Of The Use Of Tablet Pc Systems In The Classroom, Richard T. Christoph, Richard D. Puetz, Jack H. Walters Jan 2006

Using Self-Efficacy Precepts To Evaluate The Instructional Effectiveness Of The Use Of Tablet Pc Systems In The Classroom, Richard T. Christoph, Richard D. Puetz, Jack H. Walters

Research & Publications

This paper provides initial results of a study administered to students enrolled in traditional classroombased courses at a small public university in the Midwest. This university has a technology mission and requires the use of Tablet PCs by all incoming students seeking bachelor’s degrees. The purpose of this study is first, to measure student reactions to components of Tablet PC-based instruction as suggested by self-efficacy precepts, and second, to measure the differences between student groups with regard to perceptions of academic performance when using Tablet PC systems in traditional classroom settings. Initial findings show strong student enthusiasm to the adoption …

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A Gaming Laboratory To Study Distributed Collaboration Processes., Halbana Tarmizi, Lucas Steinhauser, Matt Payne, Cherie Noteboom, Chi Zhang Jan 2006

A Gaming Laboratory To Study Distributed Collaboration Processes., Halbana Tarmizi, Lucas Steinhauser, Matt Payne, Cherie Noteboom, Chi Zhang

Research & Publications

Current events present many examples of situations where a fast and coordinated response is required from many and diverse organizations and stakeholders. Technology-mediated communication and collaboration may be the only option for getting things done in situations like these. There is a real need for research on the kinds of environments and processes that best support fast response on urgent tasks for virtual teams. The paper presents the development and initial test of a gaming laboratory to study such processes. The laboratory is adaptable to different kinds of situations. We discuss the design principles and implementation of the laboratory environment, …

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Guest Editorial Part 2: Emerging Issues For Secure Knowledge Management—Results Of A Delphi Study, Insu Park Jan 2006

Guest Editorial Part 2: Emerging Issues For Secure Knowledge Management—Results Of A Delphi Study, Insu Park

Research & Publications

Secure Knowledge Management (SKM) is one of the emerging areas in both knowledge management and information system disciplines. SKM refers to the management of knowledge while adhering to principles of security and privacy. This study identifies key issues on SKM and draws a consensus among domain experts on the key issues. This study is an attempt to accelerate further research and development in the SKM field. In this study, the authors conducted a three-round Delphi study, identifying 21 issues in the SKM area, along with their importance and urgency ratings. Analyses show that participating experts achieved a higher level of …

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College Students’ Acceptance Of Tablet Pcs: An Application Of The Utaut Model, Omar F. El-Gayar, Mark Moran Jan 2006

College Students’ Acceptance Of Tablet Pcs: An Application Of The Utaut Model, Omar F. El-Gayar, Mark Moran

Research & Publications

nstructional technology can enhance the learning process for post secondary students. Colleges and universities have adopted computing initiatives that require every student to acquire their own portable computing device. Yet for such initiatives to improve students ’ learning and teaching effectiveness, such technology-based initiatives must be accepted by students and faculty alike.

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Information Society Challenges To Financial Regulation, Caroline Bradley Jan 2006

Information Society Challenges To Financial Regulation, Caroline Bradley

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A Tail Of Multiple Calcium-Sensing Domains, Lawrence Salkoff Jan 2006

A Tail Of Multiple Calcium-Sensing Domains, Lawrence Salkoff

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Zoning For Home Occupations: Modernizing Zoning Codes To Accommodate Growth In Home-Based Businesses, Patricia E. Salkin Jan 2006

Zoning For Home Occupations: Modernizing Zoning Codes To Accommodate Growth In Home-Based Businesses, Patricia E. Salkin

Scholarly Works

This article offers readers ideas and examples of ways to modernize local zoning laws to balance the growing demand by residents to engage in legitimate home-based businesses while protecting community character and the health, safety, and welfare of neighbors in residential zoning districts.

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Its News Magazine Spring 2006, Information & Technology Services Jan 2006

Its News Magazine Spring 2006, Information & Technology Services

RIT Digital Archives

About This Issue: All SIRP, All the Time||Identity Surgery: Removing Social Security Number from Daily Use at RIT||Oracle Applications Transitioning to Use New University ID||ID Replacement Project Update||Schedule for Picking Up New ID Cards Announced||Finding Your University ID Number||Sticks and Stones May Break my Bones - But These Numbers are Killing Me||ID Replacement Project Forums Scheduled||Systems Updates||Identity Management as the Cornerstone in Security and Access||Account Management: The Next Generation||RIT Information Security||Macintosh Systems with Intel Processors

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Rit Dividends Winter 2006 Jan 2006

Rit Dividends Winter 2006

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Your Pace Or Mine: Culture, Time And Negotiation, Ian Macduff Jan 2006

Your Pace Or Mine: Culture, Time And Negotiation, Ian Macduff

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This article explores the impact that different perceptions of time may have on cross-cultural negotiations. Beyond obvious issues of punctuality and timekeeping, differences may occur in the value placed on the uses of time and the priorities given to past, present, or future orientations. The role of time in negotiations involves two key dimensions: differing perceptions and values of time, and the management of time. Both dimensions, the author suggests, need to be on the negotiation table.

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Contract Law, Pey Woan Lee, Pearlie Koh, Chee Ho Tham Jan 2006

Contract Law, Pey Woan Lee, Pearlie Koh, Chee Ho Tham

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The issue of contract formation arose in the unusual context of civil procedure in Wellmix Organics (International) Pte Ltd v Lau Yu Man [2006] 2 SLR 117 (see also para 10.60 on “Mistake”). The plaintiff in this case unsuccessfully sought to enforce a consent unless order against the defendant. Andrew Phang Boon Leong J (as he then was) emphasised that, keeping in view its very drastic consequence of depriving a party of his cause of action, such an order will only be established where the terms of the agreement are clear and unambiguous. It was clear on the facts that …

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Guo Xiang, Alan Kam Leung Chan Jan 2006

Guo Xiang, Alan Kam Leung Chan

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

A champion of the Learning of the Mysterious (Xuanxue) or neo-Daoism that gained prominence in third-century China, Guo Xiang (c. 252–312 CE) is best known for his commentary to the Zhuangzi, which offers to reconcile orthodox teachings (mingjiao) with Daoist naturalness (ziran).

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Transition Rule Elicitation Methods For Urban Cellular Automata Models, Junfeng Jiao, Luc Boerboom Jan 2006

Transition Rule Elicitation Methods For Urban Cellular Automata Models, Junfeng Jiao, Luc Boerboom

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

In this chapter, transition rules used in urban CA models are reviewed and classified into two categories: transition potential rules and conflict resolution rules. Then, four widely used rule elicitation methods: Regression analysis, Artificial Neural network (ANN), Visual calibration, and Analytical Hierarchy Processing – Multi Criteria Evaluation (AHP-MCE) are discussed. Most of these methods are data driven methods and can be used to elicit the transition potential rules in the urban CA models. In the following, three possible rule elicitation methods: Interview, Document analysis, and Card sorting are explained and demonstrated. These three methods are driven by knowledge and can …

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Global Collaboration In Law Schools: Lessons To Learn, Elizabeth B. Cooper Jan 2006

Global Collaboration In Law Schools: Lessons To Learn, Elizabeth B. Cooper

Fordham International Law Journal

This Introduction to the Symposium, Global Alliance for Justice Education (“GAJE”) North American Regional Conference, discusses four articles in the Fordham International Law Journal that advance a growing goal of the GAJE: developing scholarship to facilitate justice education and increasing awareness of the global justice movement. Each of the following four articles identifies ways in which collaborating law professors in significantly different contexts--China, South Africa, Nicaragua, and the United States--can learn from each other to develop vital programs of legal education and to strive for social justice.

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The Duality Of State Cooperation Within International And National Criminal Cases, Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops, Robert R. Amsterdam Jan 2006

The Duality Of State Cooperation Within International And National Criminal Cases, Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops, Robert R. Amsterdam

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article seeks to elaborate on various responses to challenges to the rule of law. The authors consider certain of the greatest of these challenges to center around illegitimate control of State organs by groups capable of infringing presumptive rights granted under treaty to States that in a systematic and continuous way resort to abuse of process. This Article, dealing with the equality of arms, is therefore only the first of a series exploring both this problem and the manner in which it may be addressed. This Article assesses whether and to what extent State cooperation, both before international tribunals …

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Addressing The Emergence Of Advocacy In The Chinese Criminal Justice System: A Collaboration Between A U.S. And A Chinese Law School , Robert Lancaster, Ding Xiangshun Jan 2006

Addressing The Emergence Of Advocacy In The Chinese Criminal Justice System: A Collaboration Between A U.S. And A Chinese Law School , Robert Lancaster, Ding Xiangshun

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article addresses how the procedural, educational, and professional changes in China’s legal system have affected criminal trial procedure and criminal trial practice in the country. It discusses how these changes have created a need for Chinese criminal judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys to be well versed in the adversarial process. It describes how the China Trial Advocacy Institute, a collaborative project between Renmin University of China School of Law and Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, has developed to help address this emerging need.

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Re-Imagining International Law: An Examination Of Recent Trends In The Reception Of International Law Into National Legal Systems In Africa, Richard Frimpong Oppong Jan 2006

Re-Imagining International Law: An Examination Of Recent Trends In The Reception Of International Law Into National Legal Systems In Africa, Richard Frimpong Oppong

Fordham International Law Journal

This article suggests that the trend of accepting the supremacy and direct application of international law represents a rethinking of the relationship between international and national law, and that its full implications are yet to be explored. The Article seeks to build on current writings on the subject by analyzing certain regional arrangements and judicial approaches relevant to, but often ignored in the discussion. It attempts not to situate these arrangements or approaches within or outside of the monist/dualist paradigm, but to assess the practical significance of these arrangements for international law, national law, and their respective subjects.

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Kriegsraison Or Military Necessity? The Bush Administration's Wilhelmine Attitude Towards The Conduct Of War, Scott Horton Jan 2006

Kriegsraison Or Military Necessity? The Bush Administration's Wilhelmine Attitude Towards The Conduct Of War, Scott Horton

Fordham International Law Journal

One phrase from a memorandum issued by President George W. Bush early in the War on Terror offers an effective summary of a radically transformed military doctrine. “As a matter of policy,” Bush wrote, “the United States Armed Forces shall continue to treat detainees humanely and, to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity, in a manner consistent with the principles of Geneva.” The statement offered a sense of assurance of continuity of U.S. military doctrine, which many generations viewed as being at or near the vanguard in assuring high standards for the treatment of military prisoners. This was …

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Clinical Legal Education And The Reform Of The Higher Legal Education System In China, Mao Ling Jan 2006

Clinical Legal Education And The Reform Of The Higher Legal Education System In China, Mao Ling

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article presents an overview of the higher legal education system in China: its structure, purposes, teaching methods, and problems. The Article suggests ways to reform China's higher legal education system, including clinical legal education, one of the new practical teaching methods that has been used by many law schools in China with promising results.

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An Internet-Based Mental Disability Law Program: Implications For Social Change In Nations With Developing Economies, Michael L. Perlin Jan 2006

An Internet-Based Mental Disability Law Program: Implications For Social Change In Nations With Developing Economies, Michael L. Perlin

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article first briefly discusses the use of distance learning in a law school environment, and considers the special implications of distance learning for persons with disabilities. It then explains the structure and rationale of these courses, reports on a course section taught in Nicaragua in the Fall-Winter of 2002, and considers plans to replicate the Nicaraguan experience throughout other nations with developing economies in Africa, Asia, Central America, and Central and Eastern Europe. Finally, this Article assesses the potential impact of such a course on developing-economy nations.

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The Attorney-Client Relationship In Guantanamo Bay, Mark Denbeaux, Christa Boyd-Nafstad Jan 2006

The Attorney-Client Relationship In Guantanamo Bay, Mark Denbeaux, Christa Boyd-Nafstad

Fordham International Law Journal

First, the government restrictions found in the Protective Order and the new regulations severely limit the amount of contact the attorney can have with the client and the type of information that can be shared with the client. Second, the stay of the court proceedings since December 2004 has prevented any opportunity to present issues in the courts. Third, cultural barriers between attorneys and clients, including but not limited to the clients' inability to understand the rule of law and the role of lawyers in the Common Law adversary model in general, and in the U.S. legal system in particular, …

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U.S. Counterterrorism Policy And Superpower Compliance With International Human Rights Norms, Kenneth Anderson Jan 2006

U.S. Counterterrorism Policy And Superpower Compliance With International Human Rights Norms, Kenneth Anderson

Fordham International Law Journal

Our specific topic is Guantanamo, but in my brief remarks I would like to take the long view of U.S. counterterrorism policy (including Guantanamo) and link it to the question of the compliance of the United States, as today's superpower, with international human rights norms, its relationship to the United Nations and, speaking very broadly, international law norms as conceived by the international community. This is partly a question of the relationship of U.S. counterterrorism policy to international law. But it is also a question of the relationship of the superpower to the rest of the international community, and in …

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The Proliferation Of The Law Of International Criminal Tribunals Within Terrorism And "Unlawful" Combatancy Trials After Hamdan V. Rumsfeld, Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops Jan 2006

The Proliferation Of The Law Of International Criminal Tribunals Within Terrorism And "Unlawful" Combatancy Trials After Hamdan V. Rumsfeld, Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops

Fordham International Law Journal

This Article examines the arguments that led the Supreme Court to its landmark judgment, in particular: (i) the jurisdiction of federal courts to ascertain procedural challenges to the lawfulness of military commission proceedings; (ii) the relation to the Geneva Convention; (iii) the aspect of conspiracy as a (non-)legal basis for indictments issued before military commissions, especially in the argument raised by the defense in the Hamdan case; and (iv) the case law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (“ICTY”) with respect to the concept of conspiracy and joint criminal enterprise (“JCE”). The case law of the ICTY, …

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Don't Forget The Family: A Proposal For Expanding Immediate Protection To Families Of Human Trafficking Survivors, Katrina Lynne Baker Jan 2006

Don't Forget The Family: A Proposal For Expanding Immediate Protection To Families Of Human Trafficking Survivors, Katrina Lynne Baker

Fordham International Law Journal

In Part I, this Note will discuss the current epidemic of human trafficking, the various ways the United Nations and the United States have attempted to combat trafficking, and highlight the importance of U.S. prosecutorial duties of witness protection that are especially implicated in human trafficking cases. Part II will present criticisms of efforts by the United Nations and the United States to protect victims of trafficking and their family members. This part will also focus on current U.S. protections afforded to families of human trafficking survivors and programs such as the Witness Security Program, from which U.S. lawmakers may …

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A New Tort Code Emerges In China: An Introduction To The Discussion With A Translation Of Chapter 8- Tort Liability, Of The Official Discussion Draft Of The Proposed Revised Civil Code Of The People's Republic Of China, George W. Conk Jan 2006

A New Tort Code Emerges In China: An Introduction To The Discussion With A Translation Of Chapter 8- Tort Liability, Of The Official Discussion Draft Of The Proposed Revised Civil Code Of The People's Republic Of China, George W. Conk

Fordham International Law Journal

In 1986, the Sixth National People's Congress enacted the General Principles of Civil Law of the People Republic of China ("1986Code). The 1986 Code is now undergoing comprehensive revision. The Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress (the national legislature) issued a comprehensive draft revised civil code for discussion on December 17, 2002 "Standing Committee Discussion Draft". Discussion in China of the 2002 Standing Committee Discussion Draft has recently centered on the chapter on property rights. Passed on March 16, 2007, after seven drafts, the property rights chapter has been the source, one can readily understand, of much more controversy …

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The Reform Path Of The Chinese Judiciary: Progress Or Stand-Still?, Jonas Grimheden Jan 2006

The Reform Path Of The Chinese Judiciary: Progress Or Stand-Still?, Jonas Grimheden

Fordham International Law Journal

In the later part of 2007 China will be at yet another watershed moment. The 17th Party Congress will be held, where new leaders of China will jockey into position. Will these leaders proceed on the slow and cautious trail set out by their predecessors? Will they regress to the demands of the ultra-conservative “left-wingers”? Or will the likely rejuvenated leadership be bold enough to face the many challenges with a more progressive agenda? This Essay addresses these questions by briefly describing and analyzing the development and the potential of the Chinese judiciary. In this analysis, the judiciary functions more …

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The Policies Of State Succession: Harmonizing Self-Determination And Global Order In The Twenty-First Century Tai-Heng Cheng, State Succession And Commercial Obligations, Robert D. Sloane Jan 2006

The Policies Of State Succession: Harmonizing Self-Determination And Global Order In The Twenty-First Century Tai-Heng Cheng, State Succession And Commercial Obligations, Robert D. Sloane

Fordham International Law Journal

I differ with Cheng's appraisal of certain events and think that we need a more sophisticated analysis of the twin policy goals he identifies and embraces--self-determination and global order--before they can offer real policy guidance. But State Succession and Commercial Obligations stands out as a rigorously researched, original, and insightful effort to understand this quite confused and opaque body of international law. Cheng's work will both enable and encourage a more candid, reasoned, and constructive debate about the global policies at stake each time “a state fundamentally changes its structures of power and authority, and an authoritative international response is …

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