Information Freedom: The Ethical Implications of SOPA The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a U.S. House of Representatives bill with the stated purpose‚ "To promote prosperity‚ creativity‚ entrepreneurship‚ and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property‚ and for other purposes." (1) SOPA proposes to accomplish those goals by allowing the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright owners to take action against websites thought to be facilitating copyright infringement. What brought SOPA into the
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Decision Support Systems Marek J. Druzdzel and Roger R. Flynn Decision Systems Laboratory School of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems Program University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh‚ PA 15260 {marek‚flynn}@sis.pitt.edu http://www.sis.pitt.edu/∼dsl To appear in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science‚ Second Edition‚ Allen Kent (ed.)‚ New York: Marcel Dekker‚ Inc.‚ 2002 1 Contents Introduction Decisions and Decision Modeling Types of Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Assignment 4: Decision Support Systems Making decisions concerning complex systems (e.g.‚ the management of organizational operations‚ industrial processes‚ or investment portfolios; the command and control of military units; or the control of nuclear power plants) often strains our cognitive capabilities. Even though individual interactions among a system’s variables may be well understood‚ predicting how the system will react to an external manipulation such as a policy decision is often difficult
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The Ethical Dilemma of a Patient’s Right to Die Is it wrong to discontinue a ventilator even at the patient’s request‚ with the expectation that the patient will die? Health care providers encounter ethical dilemmas such as this one on a daily basis in hospital and long term care settings. Choosing to withdraw life support poses one of the most prominent dilemmas in bioethics. Health care clinicians‚ which includes physicians‚ advance practice nurses and registered nurses‚ must utilize moral
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Ethical implications of new and emerging technologies: Biomedical Part A: There is no evidence of a specific inventor of biomedical engineering‚ however‚ it’s earliest form of evidence‚ was first recoded from a mummy from Thebes. The preserved body has the first known signs of prosthesis in the form of a wooden toe that was attached to the foot using string. This proves that the continuous development of biomedical engineering is enabled by the natural human instinct to improve and increase the
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their wages‚ and elucidates certain mechanisms that explain this dependence. Efficiency Wage Theory In this essay I would like to briefly describe the Efficiency Wage Theory and the models that constitute it. Then I shall go on to explain what implications the theory has for the clearance (or non-clearance) of labour markets. Subsequently I will look at the empirical research that has been undertaken in this field‚ pointing out certain methodological problems on the way. To conclude I will argue
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ASSIGNMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION NAME : QUDSIA AZEEM CLASS: BBA 3B DATE : 27-3-2013 JINNAH UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND WEB TECHNOLOGIES: A STATUS REPORT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS‚ WORLD-WIDE WEB‚ DATA DRIVEN DSS‚ MODEL-DRIVEN DSS‚ IMPLEMENTATION. Introduction to DSS: A decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management
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Canyon University: Professor Erika Hopson . . Today’s classroom is a lot different from what we have seen before. Teachers were in the classroom because they wanted to be and not because they had to in order to make a living. Today’s teacher is frustrated thus classroom management becomes an issue that needs mention under many forms. Behavioral issues ensue and parents lose trust in the educational system. Parents are also at the helm of this problem and our classrooms are faced with ever changing
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Elements of competence |HSC420.1 |Raise awareness of the value of leisure opportunities and activities for individuals | |HSC420.2 |Negotiate and agree leisure opportunities and activities for individuals | About this Unit For this Unit you will need to promote opportunities for individuals to participate in leisure activities. Scope The scope is here to give you guidance on possible areas to be covered in this
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Rewards Companies reward their employees with both tangible goods‚ as well as praise. For example‚ a sales department may offer a monthly bonus to the highest earner. Not all tangible rewards come in the form of money. Some companies host free lunches‚ or give away company gear to good workers. Many managers choose to reward their best employees by simply praising them for a job well done‚ or by recognizing the hard work they put in to a project. Workplace reward systems are incentive programs that
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