This article presents the results of empirical research conducted among audit firms in Poland regarding factors hindering provision non-financial information verification and attestation services. The rapidly developing practice reporting socially responsible entities does not translate into number reports that are subjected to external audits. Despite unquestionable need confirm reliability da...

We propose a GENI experiment to study the effectiveness of adjusting the caching policy on video streaming content distribution networks based on user behavior and location information derived from social networks. We plan to conduct a massive-scale experiment on GENI to study the feasibility of our approach using simulated, emulated and physical network entities. We also plan to conduct a long...

Corporate social responsibility is a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business activities and interactions  with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis. In this global context, voluntary social and environmental practices of business which go beyond companies’ existing legal obligations play a major role in filling the governance gap in an innovati...

Children and adolescents diagnosed with conduct disorder present a formidable challenge to school social workers. Five guidelines for planning interventions with this population are presented. These guidelines are based on a synthesis of child development research and suggest that attention to the biological makeup of students as well as the design of multimodal and multisystemic interventions ...

Thirty NF1-patients (mean age 11.7 years, SD = 3.3) and 30 healthy controls (mean age 12.5 years, SD = 3.1) were assessed on social skills, autistic traits, hyperactivity-inattention, emotional problems, conduct problems, and peer problems. Cognitive control, information processing speed, and social information processing were measured using 5 computer tasks. GLM analyses of variance showed sig...

This article offers an introductory analysis of the philosophical and empirical considerations having to do with the significance of psychopathy, intellectual disability and ADHD regarding one’s moral responsibility. Moral responsibility comes in degrees and is ultimately determined on social grounds. Whether a certain diagnosis and its underpinning neuro-cognitive impairment affects one’s cogn...

This paper reviews emerging research findings related to the biological, behavioral, psychological and social processes that occur during adolescence. New research makes it possible to identify interactions among brain structures, hormonal production and behavioral impulses, that underpin and explain the connections with serious problems emerging during adolescence: behavioral disorders, substa...