Trust in Food and Trust in Science

Science, safety, and trust: the case of transgenic food

Genetically modified (GM) food is discussed as an example of the controversial relation between the intrinsic uncertainty of the scientific approach and the demand of citizen-consumers to use products of science innovation that are known to be safe. On the whole, peer-reviewed studies on GM food safety do not note significant health risks, with a few exceptions, like the most renowned "Pusztai ...

Trust in E-Cheque in Electronic Payments

Today, e-commerce has considerable portion in commercial businesses, and it has been developing. One of the most important steps in e-commerce is e-payment that has been done through different tools such as e-banking, and e-cheques. In this type of electronic transactions, there are always different worries both for payers and payees due to untruthfulness. For example, amount modifying, date mo...

Quality Uncertainty Erodes Trust in Science

When consumers of science (readers and reviewers) lack relevant details about the study design, data, and analyses, they cannot adequately evaluate the strength of a scientific study. Lack of transparency is common in science, and is encouraged by journals that place more emphasis on the aesthetic appeal of a manuscript than the robustness of its scientific claims. In doing this, journals are i...

SCIENCE Trust Economics Feasibility Study

We believe that enterprises and other organisations currently lack sophisticated methods and tools to determine if and how IT changes should be introduced in an organisation, such that objective, measurable goals are met. This is especially true when dealing with security-related IT decisions. We report on a feasibility study, Trust Economics, conducted to demonstrate that such methodology can ...

Evolving institutions of trust: personalized and institutional bases of trust in Nigerian and Ghanaian food trading