Objective: To identify and describe advantages, challenges, and ethical considerations of web based behavioural data collection. Methods: This discussion is based on the authors’ experiences in survey development and study design, respondent recruitment, and internet research, and on the experiences of others as found in the literature. Results: The advantages of using the world wide web to col...

Comments on the article by Miller and Campbell (see record 2010-17135-004). The expression of narcissism spans the continuum from normal to pathological and has meaningful correlates in clinical and nonclinical populations. There is growing speculation that narcissism also contributes to major societal concerns (e.g., terrorism and corporate malfeasance). Improving our understanding of the psyc...

The role of the poet as a crusader for social justice has been well-acknowledged in literary circles and beyond. This stems from nature art humanistic endeavor genetically imbued with spirit standing humanity freeing it stranglehold malfeasance, reprehensible tendencious inclinations. Poetry is, therefore, unique artistic expression solidarity people an aspiration or vision towards better human...

Cheating and plagiarism can involve the transgression of intellectual property rights across many areas of life. When a direct financial benefit from such practices is identifiable, the opportunity to seek legal redress is available via civil court action. When it is undertaken by a public official it may constitute malfeasance. Yet in the case of breaches of university regulations (from the gr...

"Corporate Malfeasance and the Myth of Shareholder Value" is an excellent article that suggests several interesting contributions to economic sociology. The most important of these i s clearly the atlernpt lo explain how the nolion of shareholder value emerged and how it has come to play such a central role in the current corporate economy. One way to describe the accornplishniznt of Dobbin and...

The increasing mobility of computing devices combined with frequent stories of privacy breaches and identity theft has thrust data encryption into the public eye. This heightened awareness of, and demand for, encryption has resulted in the development of a number of strong encryption solutions that emphasize usability. While encryption can help mitigate the threat of unintentional data exposure...