Evaluation and Social Impact Measurement Amongst Small to Medium Social Enterprises: Process,Purpose and Value

In recent years, the imperative to communicate organisational impacts to a variety of stakeholders has gained increasing importance within all sectors. Despite growing external demands for evaluation and social impact measurement, there has been limited critically informed analysis about the presumed importance of these activities to organisational success and the practical challenges faced by organisations in undertaking such assessment. In this paper, we present the findings from an action research study of five Australian small to medium social enterprises’ practices and use of evaluation and social impact analysis. Our findings have implications for social enterprise operators, policy makers and social investors regarding when, why and at what level these activities contribute to organisational performance and the fulfilment of mission.     

Continuity,change, and priorities: The quality and use of regulatory analysis across US administrations

This paper compares the quality and use of regulatory analysis accompanying economically significant regulations proposed by US executive branch agencies in 2008, 2009, and 2010. We find that the quality of regulatory analysis is generally low, but varies widely. Budget regulations, which define how the federal government will spend money or collect revenues, have much lower‐quality analysis than other regulations. The Bush administration's “midnight” regulations finalized between Election Day and Inauguration Day, along with other regulations left for the Obama administration to finalize, tended to have lower‐quality analysis. Most differences between the Bush and Obama administrations depend on agencies' policy preferences. More conservative agencies tended to produce better analysis in the Obama administration, and more liberal agencies tended to do so in the Bush administration. This suggests that agencies more central to an administration's policy priorities do not have to produce as good an analysis to get their regulations promulgated.     

检视与重塑:从工商注册登记情况看环评工作执行力不足

环境影响评价工作是国家赋予环保部门的一项重要职责。国务院1998年颁布的《建设项目环境保护管理条例》和山东省2006年3月1日起实施的《山东省实施〈中华人民共和国环境影响评价法〉办法》确定了环评与工商注册登记联动制度,规定了办理营业执照前应报批环评审批手续。但通过对历下区工商登记注册环评情况的调研分析,目前该项制度的执行还存在很多困难和不足之处,故亟待认清现状、正视困难,提出环评工作改进的方向和对策。     

《劳动合同法》实施对企业劳动关系的影响 —— 以对 40 多家企业的实地调研为例

促进企业劳动关系的和谐稳定是《劳动合同法》的立法初衷。评价《劳动合同法》的实施效果,应将是否有助于企业劳动关系的协调稳定作为主要标准。《劳动合同法》实施10年来已从总体上改善了企业劳动关系,具体表现为促进企业用工管理更加规范、有序,提升了劳动者维护自身合法劳动权益的能力,调整劳资力量向相对均衡的方向发展等;与此同时,实现构建和谐稳定的企业劳动关系仍需要付出系统性的努力。     

浅析审美时尚中负面因素对大学生的影响

近年来,审美时尚发生了许多新的变化,这些变化中的负面因素给大学生带来了一定的影响。具体表现为：审美追求的娱乐化导致大学生审美品位的单调,审美判断盲目化导致大学生审美意义的缺失,审美个性表面化导致大学生个性的失落,审美趣味世俗化导致大学生理想的虚无,审美认知具象化导致大学生满足于感官的享乐等等。     

The state of the art in privacy impact assessment

There is growing interest in Europe in privacy impact assessment (PIA). The UK introduced the first PIA methodology in Europe in 2007, and Ireland followed in 2010. PIAs provide a way to detect potential privacy problems, take precautions and build tailored safeguards before, not after, the organisation makes heavy investments in the development of a new technology, service or product. This paper presents some findings from the Privacy Impact Assessment Framework (PIAF) project and, in particular, the project's first deliverable, which analyses the similarities and differences between PIA methodologies in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, with a view to picking out the best elements which could be used in constructing an optimised PIA methodology for Europe. The project, which began in January 2011, is being undertaken for the European Commission's Directorate General Justice. The first deliverable was completed in September. The paper provides some background on privacy impact assessment, identifies some of its benefits and discusses elements that can be used in construction of a state-of-the-art PIA methodology.     

Privacy and the regulation of 2012

This paper explores the European Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation to update and reform data protection law in Europe. As regards the Regulation itself, without presenting an exhaustive analysis of all the provisions, this paper aims to highlight some significant changes proposed to the data protection regime by comparison between Directive 95/46 and the proposed Regulation. It takes particularly into account legislative innovation concerning data protection principles, data subjects’ rights, data controllers and data processors obligations, and the regulation of technologies. Before analyzing these innovations, it introduces some considerations about the Commission’s choice to use a Regulation instead of a Directive to harmonize national data protection regime.     

浅析财务管理职能转变对企业价值的影响

面对日益激烈的国际竞争,现代企业管理职能也不断地发生着变化。财务管理是企业管理中的重要一环,而传统的财务管理已经不能适应现代企业的发展。因此,财务管理职能转变是实现现代企业价值的必然趋势。运用文献资料法、理论分析法等研究方法,分析当前企业在财务管理职能转变方面所面临的问题和企业价值管理的目标及转变财务管理职能运用的措施,可为我国企业财务管理提供一些参考。     

Improving the point of origin determination in bloodstain pattern analysis

In bloodstain pattern analysis, it is important to know the point of origin (PO) of an impact pattern. This point can be estimated by means of the stringing method, the tangent method, or by commercially available computer programs. In this study, the accuracy of two computer programs was investigated under different conditions. Impact patterns were created by means of a modified mouse trap, and subsequently the PO was calculated. By examining the characteristics of single bloodstains, the influence on the deviation could be determined. To improve the estimation of the PO, it is important to select bloodstains that lie close to the presumable location of the blood source, that are large (width >1.5 mm) and that show an elliptical form. If possible, bloodstains from different walls should be taken into account. Our recommendations may improve the PO determination of impact patterns.