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Electronic Mail Privacy in the Workplace
This paper discusses the ethical issues of electronic mail (e-mail) privacy in the workplace. E-mail is a relatively new technology that begs for the establishment of ethical practices. The nature of e-mail technology and its use make it difficult to apply traditional practices to situations involving e-mail. This paper explains how the legal system has addressed the privacy issue for electronic mail and how the body of knowledge from philosophy may be used to develop ethical guidelines for electronic mail use. Suggestions for ethical use of e-mail systems are provided
Religious Relationships with the Environment in a Tibetan Rural Community : Interactions and Contrasts with Popular Notions of Indigenous Environmentalism
Acknowledgments: We thank Beijing Forestry University, our field assistants Tashi Rabden, Pema Dechin, Tsewang Chomtso and Gele Chopel for their invaluable help, the Forest Bureau of Daocheng county for permission and support, and the people of Samdo for their hospitality and participation. The research was funded by the ESRC and the World Pheasant Association. This paper is a contribution to Imperial Collegeâs Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and the Environment initiative. Two anonymous reviewers gave valuable comments on the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Refusing to Endorse. A must Explanation for Pejoratives.
In her analysis of pejoratives, Eva Picardi rejects a too sharp separation between descriptive and expressive content. I reconstruct some of her arguments, endorsing Evaâs criticism of Williamsonâs analysis of Dummett and developing a suggestion by Manuel Garcia Carpintero on a speech act analysis of pejoratives. Evaâs main concern is accounting for our instinctive refusal to endorse an assertion containing pejoratives because it suggests a picture of reality we do not share. Her stance might be further developed claiming that uses of pejoratives not only suggest, but also promote a wrong picture of reality. Our refusal to endorse implies rejecting not only a wrong picture of reality but also a call for participation to what that
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What matters in business incubation? A literature review and a suggestion for situated theorising
Purpose â The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to provide a critical assessment of the literature on business incubation effectiveness and second, to submit a situated theoretical perspective on how business incubation management can provide an environment that supports the development of incubatee entrepreneurs and their businesses. Design/methodology/approach â The paper provides a narrative critical assessment of the literature on business incubation effectiveness. Definitional issues, performance aspects and approaches to establishing critical success factors in business incubation are discussed. Business incubation management is identified as an overarching factor for theorising on business incubation effectiveness. Findings â The literature on business incubation effectiveness suffers from several deficiencies, including definitional incongruence, descriptive accounts, fragmentation and lack of strong conceptual grounding. Notwithstanding the growth of research on this domain, understanding of how entrepreneurs and their businesses develop within the business incubator environment remains limited. Given the importance of relational, intangible factors in business incubation and the critical role of business incubation management in orchestrating and optimising such factors, it is suggested that theorising efforts would benefit from a situated perspective. Originality/value â The identification of specific shortcomings in the literature on business incubation highlights the need for more systematic efforts towards theory building. It is suggested that focusing on the role of business incubation management from a situated learning theory perspective can lend itself to a more profound understanding of the development process of incubatee entrepreneurs and their firms. Theoretical propositions are offered to this effect, as well as avenues for future research
MACHO Photometry of Two LMC Be X-ray Transients, EXO 0531-66 and H 0544-665
Long-term variations are well-known in Be X-ray binaries, and are attributed
to non-orbital changes in the structure of the Be circumstellar (equatorial)
disc. However, the timescales involved are so long (tens of days, to years)
that systematic studies have been very restricted. The ~8 year MACHO monitoring
of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) therefore presents an ideal opportunity to
undertake such studies of Be X-ray systems that lie within the monitored
fields. Here we present MACHO observations of two LMC Be X-ray transients, EXO
0531-66 and H 0544-665, the light curves of which show substantial (~0.5 mag)
long-term variations. However, our analysis shows little evidence for any
periodic phenomena in the light curves of either source. We find an upper limit
for detection of a short (1-100 d) periodicity in the V- and R-band light
curves of EXO 0531-66 of 0.041 mag and 0.047 mag semi-amplitude, respectively.
The upper limits for the V- and R-band data of H 0544-665 are 0.054 mag and
0.075 mag semi-amplitude, respectively. Both EXO 0531-66 and H 0544-665 become
redder as they brighten, possibly due to variations in the structure of the
equatorial disc around the Be star. Spectra of both sources show H
emission; for EXO 0531-66 we find the emission varies over time, thereby
confirming its optical identification.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
âPower, control, strainâ: Lay perceptions of health inequalities across England\u27s âNorth South divideâ
\ua9 2024People in the North of England live shorter, less healthy lives than those in the South. Despite the significance of this âNorth South health divideâ, regional health inequalities in England are under-researched qualitatively. Existing literature on geographical inequalities in health is largely confined to the neighbourhood level, is quantitative, and consists of very little lay knowledge. The current study is the first to examine lay perspectives of health inequalities on a regional level: exploring how people living in two urban areas of the North and South of England experience and perceive the North South health divide â including its causes and solutions. Using three focus group discussions with a total of 34 participants, and conducting participatory analysis, we identified three key themes: âinequalities of powerâ, âlack of control over lived environmentâ and âcommunities under strainâ. Findings align with existing research on lay perspectives of health inequalities at the neighbourhood level â identifying a network of material-structural and psychosocial factors. Participants across both regions discussed political and economic structures as central to understanding regional health inequalities, supporting calls to adopt a political economy approach in understanding health and place. Deindustrialisation, unemployment, loss of community facilities, and disengagement from politics were more present in Northern narratives than Southern. Findings add important âsocial meaningâ to emerging research on the North South health divide, reinforcing the urgency of public health professionals\u27 recommendations for fair redistribution of power, wealth and resources to reduce regional health inequalities. In the context of government policy which diverges from public health evidence, this study sparks questions of how health inequalities research can intersect with wider social and political movements organising for systemic change
The effect of a traditional and a stick gang-line on the body position of working sled dogs
This study aimed to investigate the effect of two different gang-lines on the pulling angle of sled dogs. It was hypothesised that dogs would run with a straighter angle of pull (in relation to the main-line) in stick gang-lines (STICK) than they would do in traditional gang-lines (TRAD). Eight sled dogs, divided into two teams, ran a 3.1 km trail twice in both types of gang-lines, pulling a quadbike on dry ground. Each dog remained in its team in the same position (side of gang line, and forward or back in the line) for both runs, using both types of lines in randomised order between the runs. Markers were placed on the dogs and on the main lines, and the runs were recorded by a video camera. The dogs' angle of pull measured from the video recordings was compared between the two conditions. Thirteen positional measurements for each dog during each run were taken. The dogs were used to running in TRAD and were not acclimatised to STICK. Data was analysed using Wilcoxon and Spearmans rho tests. Data regarding individual dogs (n=13), teams (n=52), dogs' placements in teams (n=4), and gang-line related pulling angles (n=104) was analysed. Overall, the position of the dogs was straighter when pulling in STICK, than when pulling in TRAD, with a median of 19 degrees (inter quartile range (IQR) 24.75 degrees) and 32 degrees (IQR 25.75 degrees), respectively (PPeer reviewe
Bridging the gap between academia and industry:a social media case study
The social media operating environment is every changing, as such it is difficult for students to develop up to date theoretical knowledge and practitioner skills. Through a Management Knowledge Transfer Project (mKTP) with a new social media start-up company, a team of academics were able to create a real-time case study, offering business and marketing students tailored workshops and weekly interactions with industry, contributing to the development of the social media service. The academics followed the Theory â Application- Implication (TAI) framework
The Risk-Return Attributes of International Real Estate Equities
This paper examines the risk and return attributes of international real estate equities over the 1980-1988 time period. The empirical results indicate that international real estate equities offer higher returns as well as greater total and systematic risk than U.S.-based REITs. The results also indicate that international real estate equities are weakly positively correlated with the return on REITs. International real estate equities achieve higher values for both the Treynor and Jensen measures than either the S&P 500 Index or the World Equities Index. International real estate equities also outperform domestic real estate companies on a risk-adjusted basis. However, international real estate equities underperform the World Equities Index using the Sharpe Index which suggests that international real estate equities carry significant unsystematic risk.
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