Information Systems Research and Social Responsibility

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Developing social responsibility of members of ISD project teams

Information systems development (ISD) affects individual workers, organizations (e.g., computerization of work places and quality of work) and the surrounding society (e.g., reliability and safety of software). It is relevant to consider social responsibility of those who design and implement information systems (IS) because of these effects of ISD. We combine results of studies on bases of orientations of ISD team members and the literature on responsibility to provide ISD team members with guidelines. These guidelines aim to develop team members’ sense of responsibility by focusing on the ISD process, the product itself and this product in the practice context. The guidelines are finally linked to IS education and practice of ISD, and recommendations for future research are presented

Ethics and social networking sites: A disclosive analysis of Facebook

Paper has been accepted for publication in Information, Technology and People.Purpose: This paper provides insights into the moral values embodied by a popular social networking site (SNS), Facebook. We adopt the position that technology as well as humans has a moral character in order to disclose ethical concerns that are not transparent to users of the site. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based upon qualitative field work, involving participant observation, conducted over a two year period. Findings: Much research on the ethics of information systems has focused on the way that people deploy particular technologies, and the consequences arising, with a view to making policy recommendations and ethical interventions. By focusing on technology as a moral actor with reach across and beyond the Internet, we reveal the complex and diffuse nature of ethical responsibility in our case and the consequent implications for governance of SNS. Research limitations/implications: We situate our research in a body of work known as disclosive ethics and argue for an ongoing process of evaluating SNS to reveal their moral importance. Along with other authors in the genre, our work is largely descriptive, but we engage with prior research by Brey and Introna to highlight the scope for theory development. Practical implications: Governance measures that require the developers of social networking sites to revise their designs fail to address the diffuse nature of ethical responsibility in this case. Such technologies need to be opened up to scrutiny on a regular basis to increase public awareness of the issues and thereby disclose concerns to a wider audience. We suggest that there is value in studying the development and use of these technologies in their infancy, or if established, in the experiences of novice users. Furthermore, flash points in technological trajectories can prove useful sites of investigation. Originality/value: Existing research on social networking sites either fails to address ethical concerns head on or adopts a tool view of the technologies so that the focus is on the ethical behaviour of users. We focus upon the agency, and hence the moral character, of technology to show both the possibilities for, and limitations of, ethical interventions in such cases

PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP DATA PRIBADI PENGGUNA APLIKASI ZOOM DARI KEJAHATAN CYBER CRIME

ABSTRACT            On this day, technological advances can no longer be stopped. The development of electronic information and communication systems technology becomes a new style of communication. Electronic information and communication systems play a role as a behavior changer in Indonesian society. One of the media social that is currently popular is Zoom. Within a few months, various news and cases have emerged that reveal the weakness of this application.            In general, this research aims to find out Zoom Video Communications, Inc. responsibility as the organizer of the Zoom application in protecting the personal data of its users from cybercrime and protecting the personal data of users of the Zoom application from cyber crime in accordance with the applicable law in Indonesia. The type of research used in this research is normative legal research or doctrinal.            The results showed that the responsibility and legal protection that given by Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is good enough, though there are still some flaws that need to be fixed.Keyword: Zoom Video Communications, Inc, Zoom Application, Cyber Crime, Privacy, Personal Dat

PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP DATA PRIBADI PENGGUNA APLIKASI ZOOM DARI KEJAHATAN CYBER CRIME

ABSTRACT            On this day, technological advances can no longer be stopped. The development of electronic information and communication systems technology becomes a new style of communication. Electronic information and communication systems play a role as a behavior changer in Indonesian society. One of the media social that is currently popular is Zoom. Within a few months, various news and cases have emerged that reveal the weakness of this application.            In general, this research aims to find out Zoom Video Communications, Inc.'s responsibility as the organizer of the Zoom application in protecting the personal data of its users from cybercrime and protecting the personal data of users of the Zoom application from cybercrime in accordance with the applicable law in Indonesia. The type of research used in this research is normative legal research or doctrinal.            The results showed that the responsibility and legal protection that given by Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is good enough, though there are still some flaws that need to be fixed.Keyword: Zoom Video Communications, Inc, Zoom Application, Cyber Crime, Privacy, Personal Dat

Akuntansi Syariah Sebagai Sistem Informasi

Accounting as an information system identifies collecting and communicating economic information about a business entity to various people. Accounting is at the forefront and plays an important role in running our economy and social system. Decisions taken by individuals, governments, other business entities are determined in terms of their use of the resources owned by a nation. One of the most important aspects of an entity is the financial aspect and financial reporting records that have a major impact on the sustainability of the entity. This research is entirely library research. The purpose of this study is to determine how Islamic accounting is an information system. The analytical method used is the content analysis method. The results of this study indicate that Islamic accounting is an effort to deconstruct modern accounting in a humanist and value-laden form. Islamic accounting information systems highlight Islamic values ​​both in the object of accounting and information systems, Islamic accounting information systems have a great responsibility in moral matters

Assessing the Social Development Potential of Impact Sourcing

Impact Sourcing is an emerging sub-field of global Information Technology (IT) and business Process Outsourcing (BPO) rooted in the concept of business and social development coexistence (Falck & Heblich, 2007; Porter & Kramer, 2011). It claims to create employment opportunities through Information Communications Technology (ICT) outsourcing for marginalized people living in areas of limited employment opportunities (The Monitor Group, 2011). This paper reports on a multidisciplinary research project, linking Information Systems, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), ICT for Development (ICT4D) and the Development literature. The primary research objective is to assess the social development impacts of a commercial outsourcing organization which practices Impact Sourcing as its CSR to provide employment opportunities to marginalized rural women through ICT. To achieve this objective, the research draws on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach (Sen, 1999) from the development literature as a guiding framework. Social development impacts of Impact Sourcing are analysed in terms of enabled capabilities of marginalized outsourcing employees

Organic Agriculture: A Global Perspective

With global revenue surpassing twenty-five billion dollars annually, organic agriculture is a highly visible and rapidly growing component of agricultural production. In Organic Agriculture: A Global Perspective, Paul Kristiansen, Acram Taji, and John Reganold, and their international group of contributors scientifically review key aspects of organic agriculture. At the intersection of research, education, and practice, the contributors look at the organic agricultural movement’s successes and limitations. The first half of this book critically evaluates the agricultural production of both plants and livestock in organic farming systems. All major aspects of organic agriculture are explored, including historical background and underlying principles, soil-fertility management, crop and animal production, breeding strategies, and crop protection. This global and comprehensive overview also addresses the economic, social, and political aspects of organic farming. These include economics and marketing; standards and certification; environmental impacts and social responsibility; and research, education, and extension. The book is a unique and timely science-based international work documenting current practices in organic agriculture and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. For more than two decades, research into organic methods by mainstream scientists has generated a large body of information that can now be integrated and used for assessing the actual impacts of organic farming in a wide range of disciplines. The knowledge of selected international experts has been combined in one volume, providing a comprehensive review of organic farming globally. Researchers, teachers, extensionists, students, primary producers and others around the world who are interested in sustainable agriculture will find this book to be a valuable and reliable resource. Features * Presents a scientific analysis of organic farming practices * Integrates production, economic and social issues * Features an international team of contributor

Pro-Quality Cost Accounts in a Time of Sustainable Development

Enterprises that operate nowadays and want to maintain a competitive advantage on the market, face numerous challenges. Problems of contemporary world, in particular progressive degradation of natural environment, have forced business entities to conduct their operations in a socially responsible manner, in other words, in line with principles of sustainable development. Corporate social responsibility in this field can be defined as overall activities of a company aimed at implementing this concept within the framework of quality policy. Achieving goals and performing tasks related to implementation of the concept of corporate social responsibility, in accordance with continuous improvement of quality effectiveness, can be supported by pro-quality cost accounting. Broadly understood quality management exploits information from accounting system. Quality costing is considered to be the most important element of quality management system. Undoubtedly it plays a major role in establishing a sustainable development policy and related initiatives, as it provides a framework for implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies at all levels of organization's management. The main reason for choosing this kind of research problem was growing importance of information about quality costs in the era of corporate social responsibility, which has been observed recently. Therefore, the aim of framework is to present a nature and significance of quality costing and pro-quality cost accounting in the management of a modern enterprise. To achieve this purpose, it was necessary to use literature analysis of the subject. Assumed objective of the work was achieved through broader description of the concept of sustainable development, discussion of the essence of quality costing, thorough analysis of pro-quality cost accounts as well as presentation of pilot studies on the use of quality costing models and quality cost accounting in enterprises from the SME group existing in Poland. Conducted research allowed to identify existing research gap, which refers to the context of a wider application of quality costing as an integral part of modern strategic management accounting systems

Implications of Uncertainty and Spillovers for Access and Benefit Sharing Agreements

One of the objectives of the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity is to create access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing (ABS) systems that incorporate the environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainable development. Under the Convention, governments have sovereignty over their genetic resources but also the responsibility of using them sustainably. This provision is particularly relevant for biologically-abundant developing countries as it offers a direct means of reducing the financial pressures against conservation of ecosystems and natural habitats, particularly in light of recent. This paper examines the impacts of a benefit-sharing system involving royalties and governmental ownership of genetic resources in a two-firm research and development (R&D) market with uncertainty and information spillovers. Royalties are shown to reduce the research output of the taxed firm, which results in much lower expected government revenues when the research output of a competing rm is a strategic subsitute relative to when it is a strategic complement. Further, taxation alone is generally inferior to a combination of taxation/subsidization of successful products and research costs. The paper shows that subsidization rather than taxation of successful products may even be optimal under particular types of uncertainty.Biodiversity prospecting; research and development (R&D); uncertainty; spillovers; imperfect competition.