Good and Evil in the Garden of Emerging Information Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 2520-2534
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Kendall ◽  
Julie E. Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Good And Evil

This chapter explores the social, organizational, and individual impacts of emerging information technologies using the advent of recent technologies including push and pull technologies; DSS dashboards for decision makers complete with widgets and gadgets; and mashups that join together preprogrammed Web-based applications in new ways as examples to explore the question of good and evil as it applies to technology. The design, purchase, and use of emerging information technologies offers a double-edged sword; in that they can be deliberately designed and used for either good or evil purposes, however sometimes their use provokes unintended consequences. While many emerging technologies purport to improve the lives of workers, the quality of their work, and the overall productiveness of society, there are other consequences that belie grimmer, multifaceted impacts that can create malevolent outcomes or even disastrous consequences for their users. Our practical contribution is to formulate a series of questions to assist designers, users, and managers who purchase IT in considering the helpful or harmful consequences of emerging technology design decisions.

Good and Evil in the Garden of Emerging Information Technologies

2009 ◽  
pp. 805-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Kendall ◽  
Julie E. Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Good And Evil

This chapter explores the social, organizational, and individual impacts of emerging information technologies using the advent of recent technologies including push and pull technologies; DSS dashboards for decision makers complete with widgets and gadgets; and mashups that join together preprogrammed Web-based applications in new ways as examples to explore the question of good and evil as it applies to technology. The design, purchase, and use of emerging information technologies offers a double-edged sword; in that they can be deliberately designed and used for either good or evil purposes, however sometimes their use provokes unintended consequences. While many emerging technologies purport to improve the lives of workers, the quality of their work, and the overall productiveness of society, there are other consequences that belie grimmer, multifaceted impacts that can create malevolent outcomes or even disastrous consequences for their users. Our practical contribution is to formulate a series of questions to assist designers, users, and managers who purchase IT in considering the helpful or harmful consequences of emerging technology design decisions.

scholarly journals Urinary incontinence as the socioeconomic problem

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-66
Author(s):  
Krystyna Klimaszewska ◽  
Mariola Bartusek
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Costs Of Treatment ◽  
Social Discomfort

Abstract Introduction. Urinary incontinence, meaning irrespective of will leakage of urine, is a serious health problem, and has the status of social disease basing on the epidemiological data concerning number of affected populations suffering from it Taking into consideration the chronic character of the disease and increasing social discomfort including social exclusion, the costs of treatment and rehabilitation should be lower so patients could improve the quality of their lives in other aspects. That is why it is important to deeply analyze the costs of urinary incontinence in terms of diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation. Aim. Costs analysis related to diagnostics and treatment of urinary incontinence incurred by patient, or co-financed/funded by the National Health Fund on the basis of the literature review. Summary. The few but regularly prepared reports show that there is a clear need for changes in the funding of services provided to patients with health needs. Both the social and economic aspects are important for each patient and should be deeply analysed by public funds decision makers. It would be much easier to take an action if the probability of complete cure was high.

scholarly journals KARAKTERISTIK, MOTIVASI DAN NIAT WISATAWAN SURFING DI PANTAI KECAMATAN KUTA UTARA

Jurnal IPTA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Ni Putu Windy Pramita ◽  
I Wayan Suardana ◽  
Luh Gede Leli Kusuma Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Sandy Beach ◽  
Male Gender ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Probability Level ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Push And Pull

Black sandy beach tourist attraction of Kuta Northen region that is Batu Bolong beach and Batu Mejan beach which has potential a beautifull oncean, sunset, sunbathing and surfingthe purpose of this study was to determinethe characteristics, motivasi, and intentions rating surfing at Kuta Northen beach. The method used observation, questionnaires, interviews, literature study, and documentation. 213 respondens rating surfing with quantitative descriptive and regression linier analisys. The result obtained in this study are based on age characteristics surfing travelers will see the most travelers age between 18-29 years, male gender, country of origin Australia, and is a businessman, a master degree educational level, and marital status is not married. Surfing tourist motivation using push and pull factor with the highest scores on the social interaction. And Intention surfing tourist with the highest score there is positive world of mouth with Variabel tourist have the effect of 13,20% with a probability level of sig. 0,000, the motivation positive and significant efeect on the intention tourist but in small quantities. Therefore to improve the intention tourist come to the beach district of north kuta from the motivation pull and push should also improve the quality of beaches such as keeping the beach becomes the most importans thing that will directly make tourist feel comfortable. advice for managers is to add a lifeguard to keep the beach.

Web-Based Information for Patients and Providers

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Izabella Lejbkowicz
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Health Information ◽  
World Population ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The Impact

The exponential development of Information Technologies revolutionized healthcare. A significant aspect of this revolution is the access to health information in the Internet. The Internet World Stats estimates that 56.8% of the world population used the Internet in March 2019, an increase of 1,066% from 2000. According to The Pew Research Center survey of 2012 81% of Americans used the internet and 72% of them searched for health information. Even though there is a lack in more recent data on the percentage of online health information seekers, it is clear that this trend is on the rise. This chapter focuses on the characteristics of the search for online health information by patients and providers, investigates features related to the quality of health web sites, and discusses the impact of these searches on healthcare.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS TO THE FINANCIAL AUDITS OF THE ACCOUNTING CHAMBER OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
V. Nevidomyi ◽  
Yu. Myronenko ◽  
K. Kanonishena-Kovalenko ◽  
Ya. Horobchuk
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Financial Audit ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
User Friendly

The peculiarities of financial audits conducted by the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine according to a methodology that meets the requirements of ISSAI are explored. The Financial Audit Manual with detailed instructions, audit procedures, and templates of audit documentation, elaborated by the Accounting Chamber and international partners in 2019, is considered. The analysis of the experience of 31 European SAIs showed that most of SAIs do not publish audit manuals, in particular, only SAI of Albania, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, and Romania provided free access to financial audit manuals. The methodological recommendations for conducting the financial audit by the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine, adopted and published in 2015, cover all the issues that are outlined in such manuals of SAIs from those countries..Besides, the risks of providing open access to the Financial Audit Manual, elaborated by the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine were detected. They are the risks of fraud by officials of audited entities, not detecting a material risks by auditors, the use of intellectual property of the Accounting Chamber for commercial purposes by other entities and reputational risks due to breach of agreements with international partners involved in the development of the manual. The Financial Audit Manual was tested on six financial audits conducted by the Accounting Chamber in 2019 and main results are analyzed in the paper. Significant deficiencies of internal control, fraud risks and risks associated with accounting, budgeting and financial reporting software, and the need of improvement in accounting policies, internal control and workflow in all audit entities were identified. Additionally,, the audit results are presented in a user-friendly format tailored to the needs of decision- makers, with an emphasis on issues that require rapid response. Based on the conducted analysis, the conclusions about the low quality of financial and budgetary reporting of public sector entities and the systematic nature of identified problems and risks were made. Thus, the importance of financial audits was emphasized and the proposals for further improvement of this type of audit of the Accounting Chamber were elaborated. In particular, updating of the legislation and internal documents, usage of modern information technologies and software for audits, translation of ISSAI, training for staff, changes in personnel policy, improvement of the quality control system.

Deliberations on design

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 134-139
Author(s):  
Robert Fox
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Excellence ◽  
Critical Design ◽  
The Past ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Potential Benefits

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to encourage libraries to be as involved as possible in the design of the services they provide, be that traditional Web services or sophisticated discovery services. An inordinate reliance upon turn key applications that afford little to no opportunity for customization will not allow the author to be responsive to patron needs. Design/methodology/approach – This is a viewpoint column, and the content is exploratory in nature. Findings – The findings, in a sense, are that while in the past, others have been trusted to make critical design decisions, the author now needs to focus on applying information science skills to the design of his Web-based services. Originality/value – The quality of the digital services offered by libraries is a direct correlation of the level of investment offered. Investing at a more substantial level involves risks that need to be weighed against the potential benefits, but those risks cannot be completely ignored if the goal is a higher level of service excellence.

Introduction

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Salzman ◽  
Stephen R. Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Technology Design ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
Quality Of Worklife

The concept of social values shaping technology design seems oddly out-of-place to many. Isn’t the design of technology the province of engineers? Aren’t values and technology and other social issues really outside the scope of engineering? Engineering decisions are not, after all, based on philosophy and sociology some would argue. Efficiency and economy are the objective criteria for making design decisions and these can be determined through a relatively precise calculus. Making these determinations is an objective engineering task not a matter of subjective preferences and interpretation. There is error, of course, and unintended consequences are inevitable, but these are matters to be corrected by better science and engineering. Following in this vein, one might argue that the link between technology design and quality of worklife is even further removed from the concerns of engineering. Technology is delivered “as is” and the work organization must accommodate it. Perhaps technology can be fiddled with at the margins for better ergonomics for example, but again, the essence of design is independent of quality of worklife concerns. To take this argument a step further, it is commonly stated that, for most people, work is not an activity for pleasure but for sustenance. We may wish it were otherwise, but it just isn’t so. Changing technology or other aspects of worklife is, therefore, of limited value in improving the human condition. (In fact, if changes made for worklife improvements decrease productivity, they could be detrimental by lowering prosperity and thus the quality of life outside of work.) One engineer (Florman, 1981, p. 103), writing that “blaming technology” is an “irrational search for scape goats,” states that “alienation cannot be cured by a fascinating job any more than it can be cured by a clean apartment.” Engineers should thus concentrate on designing technology the best they can and leave social issues or workplace concerns to others. It is only the application and implementation of technology that is relevant for social science. So runs the argument in many a discussion about how technology should be designed for the workplace.

Design for Quality of ICT-Aided Engineering Course Units

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-80
Author(s):  
Stelian Brad
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Multimedia Technologies ◽  
Technical Solutions

Developing high quality engineering course units is a challenging task. Capacity to explain complex technical solutions and behavioral phenomena of engineering technologies in a limited timeframe is not an easy job. Moreover, ensuring information reproducibility for individual study is also important. Sometimes, courses should be delivered remotely. In this context, the latest developments in information and communication technologies (ICT), including multimedia and Internet-based education platforms, facilitate the creation of reliable solutions to these challenges. Even if information technologies are helpful, careful planning is required to design quality course units because many conflicts occur in meeting quality targets. In this respect, a generic approach for improving the quality of engineering course units when a large set of requirements and constrains intervenes on the design map is introduced in this paper as a mean to identify the best places where and how ICT can aid the education process. Quality planning and innovation tools are considered to master this situation. The research shows that smart application of multimedia technologies and web-based education platforms can deliver great results towards better quality of engineering courses.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AS THE NEWEST SOCIAL PARADIGM OF THE LIFE OF YOUTH

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 322-328
Author(s):  
Lesia Kovalska
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Technology System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Culture ◽  
New Generation

The article analyzes social aspects of the Y generation life in the information technology system. There was chosen a methodological toolkit to examine the essence of the concepts “millennials”, “digitization” and “gaming”. They determine the distinctive features of millennials from previous and subsequent generations. It is concluded that the informatization of the society life leads to a change in the consciousness of a person, especially in the Y generation which was formed in the information-oriented society. Coverage of the indicated directions of the article is performed by analyzing the components of the research problem, in particular the generation of information technologies, digitization of the life of youth, gaming as a method of motivation and involvement in the social processes of society. It is determined that the representatives of the new generation are characterized by increased attention to the social problems. It is ascertained that digitization is a specific approach to the use of digital resources for improving the quality of life and personal characteristics of the Y generation in the process of self-realization. Gaming is a motivational element of social contacts of the generation of millennials in the field of health, sports, education, culture, and professional activity.

scholarly journals Educating on a budget: The subsistence model of low-fee private schooling in Peru

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
María Balarin ◽  
Clara Fontdevila ◽  
Paola Marius ◽  
María Fernanda Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Organizational Practices ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Private Schooling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relevant Task ◽  
Effective Policy

Over the last decades, Peru has experienced an extraordinary rise of low-fee private schools (LFPSs). While global debates on the quality of this modality of schooling have been gaining currency, research on the organizational practices of LFPSs remains comparatively underdeveloped. This paper aims at identifying and describing the managerial, business and organizational practices exhibited by Peruvian LFPSs– and at understanding them in relation to the social norms and institutional arrangements specific to the context in which they operate. The study draws on a combination of archival analysis, interviews with decision-makers, and interviews with school owners and principals. The results of our research show that the specificities of the socioeconomic, cultural and regulative environments in which Peruvian LFPSs operate have led to the consolidation of a particular subsistence model of LFPS where profit-making appears to play a limited role. This model is also characterized by the low formalization of management routines, the impossibility to generate economies of scale, and the reliance on interpersonal trust as a means to reduce risk – in a context of low bureaucratization and limited regulatory oversight. We argue that, in view of the distinctly low achievement levels of Peruvian LFPSs, gaining a fine-grained understanding of their organizational practices (and the incentives they respond to) remains a relevant task, and a necessary step to devise effective policy strategies.

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