Corporate social responsibility as new challenge for the IT industry

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a relevant topic for enterprises offering products and services on a global scale. International organizations provide for guidelines and private associations publish codes of conduct requiring businesses to integrate social, environmental and ethical aspects, human rights as well as consumer concerns into their operations. Not at least the EU is promoting CSR through an Agenda for Action 2011–14. The implementation of CSR is a multidimensional ethical process and gains particular importance for the IT industry which by its nature is global. Therefore, IT enterprises are invited to conduct a CSR assessment, to develop a CSR strategy and to implement CSR commitments. These tasks are to be done by introducing specific CSR processes and compliance measures for risk assessment and risk mitigation.     

论网络侵权责任中的反通知及效果

随着互联网科技的不断发展,人们日常生活对网络的依赖有增无减。人们在享受网络带给生活的巨大便利的同时,也倍受各种网络侵权行为的干扰。《侵权责任法》第36条为解决网络侵权问题找到了出口,但除了该条第2款中明确规定的被侵权人享有向网络服务提供者发出通知的权利之外,侵权网络用户也享有向网络服务提供者发出反通知的权利。这样才能平衡网络侵权中以网络服务提供者为中心的被侵权人、侵权网络用户和其他网络用户之间的利益。     

Asia-Pacific news

This column provides a country by country analysis of the latest legal developments, cases and issues relevant to the IT, media and telecommunications' industries in key jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region. The articles appearing in this column are intended to serve as ‘alerts’ and are not submitted as detailed analyses of cases or legal developments.     

Between a rock and a hard place – An international law perspective of the difficult position of globally active Internet intermediaries

With its ability to create a global legal risk exposure, combined with contradicting rights and duties, and limited enforcement possibilities, the Internet has created a unique environment where persons and corporations legitimately can question whether they should comply with all the laws that apply to them. Focussing on the role of globally active Internet intermediaries, this article attempts to tackle this issue by discussing the potential for, and potential features of, an international law doctrine of selective legal compliance.     

Terms of service and bills of rights: new mechanisms of constitutionalisation in the social media environment?

ABSTRACT

From a cursory look at the terms of service of the main social networking websites, it is immediately possible to detect that Facebook’s show a peculiar configuration. Although they represent a mere contract between private parties, these terms adopt the traditional jargon of constitutional texts and articulate their contents in terms of rights, principles and duties. This curious pairing between norms regulating social media and the constitutional sphere is also apparent in a series of non-binding documents that are unequivocally named ‘bill of rights’ and seek to articulate a set of principles to protect social media users. This paper examines whether the emergence of a constitutional tone in this limited number of texts could be related to the effective, or aspirational, constitutional function that these documents exercise. The identification of a series of significant shortcomings will lead to exclude that social media’s terms of service and bills of rights of social media users currently play a constitutionalising role. Nevertheless, the possibility to theoretically justify the use of these documents as mechanisms of constitutionalisation in the social media environment will be adduced as an evidence of the potential constitutional aspirations of these texts.     

互联网金融视域下的类资产证券化:交易模式、金融异化与监管逻辑

为了规避监管或监管套利,互联网金融的类资产证券化创设了新的交易模式与法律结构:债权拆分流转、信托受益权拆分流转和资产收益权拆分流转。这突破传统的法律权利类型与法律边界,改变了传统的公募、私募监管逻辑,相关法律规制面临冲击和重构。对实质开展互联网资管业务的非金融类机构监管等领域的法律滞后与模糊,造成事实上的监管真空,引发金融乱象。金融监管应坚持实质重于形式的监管原则,强化穿透式监管,厘清互联网金融创新的法律边界,推进央地监管分工的法治化、体系化,消除监管空白,避免泛化式、运动式监管。     

浅析“互联网+”时代公安群众工作的优化途径

"互联网+"时代给公安群众工作带来了机遇,同时也带来了挑战。从目前来看,"互联网+"时代的公安群众工作仍需进一步优化。公安机关应利用"互联网+"服务人民群众,改进工作理念;建立健全"互联网+"时代公安群众工作机制;优化建设"互联网+"公安群众工作新平台,创新完善在线服务功能;加强公安民警队伍建设,不断提高"互联网+"公安群众工作能力;利用互联网平台加强法律宣传和公安工作宣传,让群众更好地理解公安工作。     

“互联网+”时代下的图书馆发展研究

“互联网+”时代的来临对社会的各个方面都产生了巨大影响,对图书馆的发展也带来了影响与挑战。“互联网+”时代的图书馆将如何发展,如何合理规划建设图书馆的各类资源,怎样用“互联网+”思维发展图书馆,已成为“互联网+”时代亟待研究的热题。     

网络广告中的法律问题

网络广告的迅速发展带来一系列相关的法律问题,应当针对这些法律问题,根据出现的新情况,完善对网络广告的法律规制,以促进网络广告的健康发展。     

从“瓮安事件”看网络时代的舆论引导

贵州瓮安事件中的谣言影响暴露出当前对社会舆论的引导明显不适应网络时代的要求。谣言在网络时代仍具有很强的杀伤力,并出现了很多新的特点。在处置各种复杂矛盾和突发事件中,引导舆论、抵制谣言必须与处置工作同步进行。把握舆论主动权必须推行信息公开,具体要突出主动性、全局性、及时性和权威性四个方面。