COIN@AAMAS2015

COIN@AAMAS2015 is the nineteenth edition of the series and the fourteen papers included in these proceedings demonstrate the vitality of the community and will provide the grounds for a solid workshop program and what we expect will be a most enjoyable and enriching debate.Peer reviewe

COMPROMISE AND/OR INTEGRITY? SOME NORMATIVE REMARKS

In a compromise parties make a strategic calculation that a sacrifice of some their commitments is the best tactic to advance their other values and interests over their current positions. But if we try to figure a compromise as a way to get to agreements that can minimize harm and promote mutual respect between individuals, and could increase the level of cooperation between them, we can consider a compromise shaped in that way as an agreement that can translate at its best some of the individual’s deliberative ideals, as fairness and mutual respect. This kind of compromise will be different from simple negotiation, and more demanding to each one of the parties. It will require first and foremost a reciprocal recognition of moral fairness. But can we ever compromise on matters of ethical principle without compromising our integrity?Num acordo, as partes fazem um cálculo estratégico de que o sacrifício de alguns dos seus compromissos é a melhor tática para avançar os seus outros valores e interesses sobre as suas posições atuais. Mas se tentarmos chegar a um compromisso como forma de chegar a acordos que possam minimizar danos e promover o respeito mútuo entre indivíduos, e aumentar o nível de cooperação entre eles, podemos considerar um compromisso moldado dessa forma como um acordo que pode traduzir no seu melhor alguns dos ideais deliberativos do indivíduo, como justiça e respeito mútuo. Esse tipo de compromisso será diferente da simples negociação e mais exigente para cada uma das partes. Exigirá, antes de tudo, um reconhecimento recíproco da equidade moral. Mas será que podemos fazer compromissos envolvendo princípios éticos sem comprometer a nossa integridade

Crime and Custom in Corporate Society: A Cultural Perspective on Corporate Misconduct

Conley and O\u27Barr take an anthropological perspective on three cases of alleged corporate misconduct--car dealer discrimination, Archer Daniels Midland, and the tobacco industry trials

Crime and Custom in Corporate Society: A Cultural Perspective on Corporate Misconduct

Conley and O\u27Barr take an anthropological perspective on three cases of alleged corporate misconduct--car dealer discrimination, Archer Daniels Midland, and the tobacco industry trials

"Exhibitionists" and "voyeurs" do it better: A shared environment for flexible coordination with tacit messages

Coordination between multiple autonomous agents is a major issue for open multi-agent systems. This paper proposes the notion of Behavioural Implicit Communication (BIC) originally devised in human and animal societies as a new and critical coordination mechanism also for artificial agents. BIC is a parasitical form of communication that exploits both some environmental properties and the agents? capacity to interpret their actions. In this paper we abstract from the agents? architecture to focus on the interaction mediated by the environment. Observability of the environment ? and in particular of agents? actions ? is crucial for implementing BIC-based form of coordination in artificial societies. Accordingly in this paper we introduce an abstract model of environment providing services to enhance observation power of agents, enabling BIC and other form of observation-based coordination. Also, we describe a typology of environments and examples of observation based coordination with and without implicit communication

Global Diffusion of Interactive Networks. The Impact of Culture

The Internet and other interactive networks are diffusing across the globe at rates that vary from country to country. Typically, economic and market structure variables are used to explain these differences. The addition of culture to these variables will provide a more robust understanding of the differences in Internet and interactive network\ud diffusion. Existing analyses that identify culture as a predictor of diffusion do not adequately specificy the dimensions of culture and their impacts. This paper presents a set of propositions to be used in analyses of the impact of culture on the diffusion of interactive networks. The propositions were developed using cultural constructs presented by Hofstede, Herbig and Hall. Diffusion of innovations theory and critical mass theory provide the theoretical base. The development of the propositions resulted from a close examination of the theories for\ud relationships mediated by culture. The resulting propositions use cultural variables in relationships established by the theories. It is hoped that the propositions will serve as a starting point for future research in the area of cultural influences on the diffusion of interactive networks

Can processes make relationships work? The Triple Helix between structure and action

This contribution seeks to explore how complex adaptive theory can be applied at the conceptual level to unpack Triple Helix models. We use two cases to examine this issue – the Finnish Strategic Centres for Science, Technology & Innovation (SHOKs) and the Canadian Business-led Networks of Centres of Excellence (BL-NCE). Both types of centres are organisational structures that aspire to be business-led, with a considerable portion of their activities driven by (industrial) users’ interests and requirements. Reflecting on the centres’ activities along three dimensions – knowledge generation, consensus building and innovation – we contend that conceptualising the Triple Helix from a process perspective will improve the dialogue between stakeholders and shareholders