Professional Autonomy versus Corporate Control

Physicians and professional autonomy.

154 JMAJ, May / June 2014—Vol.57, No.3 1. What constitutes the exact definition and concepts of the term profession is not clear. In Europe, where the word profession was born, clergy, physicians, and attorneys have been traditionally referred to as the 3 major professions. Here, I would like to state the fundamental features of profession bearing in mind the latter two in particular: physician...

Singapore ’ s Dilemma : Control versus Autonomy in IT - Led Development

A frequently debated question is whether technology molds society or is molded by it. From the Ž rst perspective, known as a determinist view of technology (Ebersole, 1995), the Internet carries with it certain types of values, organization, and social structure that will inevitably impact society. From the second perspective, known as an instrumental view of technology (see discussion in Feenb...

Women's autonomy versus societal pressure to control fertility.

An important study by Aiken and colleagues published in BJOG examines women’s preferences for contraception after termination of pregnancy (TOP), not just the method that they do in fact receive. A striking finding is that when all women who undergo TOP are offered impartial information on the full range of contraceptives, only one-half of them actively seek the supply of their chosen method fr...

Sharing of Control versus Monitoring as Corporate Governance Mechanisms∗

Do large shareholders monitor firms on behalf of minority shareholders, or share control with other insiders to maximize the gains of the controlling group? We show how firm characteristics and governance laws determine the role of large shareholders in corporate governance. If the value of investment opportunities are hard for insiders to evaluate, letting a large shareholder monitor a single ...

Time-autonomy versus time-controllability