The “New Sharing Ethic” in Cyberspace

The Protestant Ethic versus the "New Ethic"

O Brave New World: The Dark Side of Cyberspace

This article focuses on some of the negative aspects of cyberspace andcyberculture. First, it offers an examination of the impact of our use ofsocial media, and Facebook in particular, on our psyches, pointing out thatusers of social media can be thought of as audiences. These audiencesand information about them can be sold to marketers and advertisers.Next, it offers a case study of a widespre...

a Cyberspace Scientific Meeting Hall for Sharing Scientific Based

Inkblot projective procedures, such as the Rorschach were originally conceived for traditional applications by clinicians. Subsequently their use was extended to other populations, such as testing applicants for military service or roles in industry. Unfortunately, sometimes such extension disregarded basic standards of validity and reliability, resulting in flagrant abuses. As an extreme examp...

The new research ethic: will oversight requirements sink forensic research?

The conduct of research with human participants is facing increased scrutiny from government, media, and academic sources. Research oversight is consequently increasing dramatically as education and accreditation movements gain momentum. Institutional review boards themselves are undergoing significant changes in organization and accountability, implementing new tools to monitor investigator co...

Lochner in Cyberspace: the New Economic Orthodoxy of "rights Management"

Ninety-three years ago, in Lochner v. New York, the Supreme Court struck down a maximum-working-hours law for bakers as an impermissible invasion of employer-employee liberty of contract and, by implication, of the employer's property rights in his business. Lochner came to symbolize, and was vilified for, a vision of state power as rigidly circumscribed by the operation of judicially-determine...