商事信用的伦理规制

商事信用是商事伦理制度下的产物,是对商事主体履约能力的一种社会评价。但当前我国的商事信用缺失已经严重影响到市场经济的健康发展。本文认为在运用法律手段调节、规制商事信用的同时,还应该运用伦理的手段规制商事信用。     

刑事诉讼指挥权:反思与重构

刑事诉讼指挥权是法律赋予法官的特定职权,其在庭审空间中运行的正当、有 效与否,直接关系到司法正义的实现及其程度。本文在对刑事诉讼指挥权实际运作进行反思性 批判的基础上,从中国现实的司法环境出发,提出了重新建构这一制度的诸多设想,以期有助于 其能发挥充分正当化和切实有效性的司法功能。     

有效促进国家助学贷款工作探讨

高校扩招后,为帮助贫困学生就学,国家出台了带有很强政策性的助学贷款政策,是由国家指定的商业银行面向在校经济确实困难的本、专科学生和研究生开展的一种助学形式。目前实施这项政策的商业银行面临着降低不良贷款的强大压力。在实际操作中采取建立诚信档案、多方开展诚信教育、国家财政建立专项基金、建立全国信贷系统监督平台等多种方式可以更加有效地促进这项工作的开展。     

论西部扶贫实践中的小额信贷

小额信贷作为一种引进的扶贫模式 ,其独到的创新之处在于 :精确扶贫目标单位、主张贫困者的自主扶贫、关注贫困妇女的生存状况、注重物质资本与人力资本的双重积累等。因而也更符合我国新时期扶贫工作的需要。然而 ,经济运行的日益市场化以及西部地区独有的区情、民情 ,使小额信贷扶贫模式在西部地区的推展不可避免地遇到了诸多的矛盾和障碍。本文在对这些矛盾和障碍进行分析的基础上 ,着重从筹资渠道的拓宽、本土化创新、政府促进、以及与现有的农村金融体系的结合等方面提出了若干相关的对策和建议     

Knowledge,innovation and sustainability： The implementation of voluntary environmental policies in Greece： The case of environmental management systems

The paper focuses upon the issues of knowledge, innovation and sustainability concerning the implementation of voluntary environmental policies in Greece, and in particularly, through assessing the implementation of environmental management systems （EMS）. The first part of the paper refers to the theoretical background of EMS, presenting selected aspects from the approaches of the new economic geography and the new regionalism and from ecological modernization theory. In the second part, the implementation of EMS in Greece is highlighted, mainly focused on the profile of the enterprises, the sectoral and regional distributional pattern and the main problems during the implementation. The third part presents the main results of the empirical research on the impact of EMS implementation, concerning sustainability （e.g., water and energy savings, alternative renewable resources, sound waste management）, innovation （e.g., product or process innovation） and participation. The role of knowledge, during the process of implementation of EMS, is analyzed in the forth part of the paper. In the last part, recommendations for future policies are described, aiming at promoting strategies of EMS in urban areas and enchasing the role of local government.     

Case comment: BSkyB v. EDS [2010] EWHC 86 (TCC) case no: HT-06-311 26.01.2010

The Technology and Construction Court has issued its long-awaited decision in the epic court battle between BSkyB and EDS. Mr Justice Ramsey found that EDS had fraudulently induced Sky into a £54 million contract for a new customer relationship management (CRM) system. Since judgment was given, EDS has been ordered to pay Sky £270 million in damages and interest.     

The principle of security safeguards: Unauthorized activities

The principle of information security safeguards is a key information privacy principle contained in every privacy legislation measure, framework, and guideline. This principle requires data controllers to use an adequate level of safeguards before processing personal information. However, privacy literature neither explains what this adequate level is nor how to achieve it. Hence, a knowledge gap has been created between privacy advocates and data controllers who are responsible for providing adequate protection. This paper takes a step toward bridging this knowledge gap by presenting an analysis of how Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners have evaluated the adequacy level of security protection measures given to personal information in selected privacy invasive cases. This study addresses both security measures used to protect personal information against unauthorized activities and the use of personal information in authentication mechanisms. This analysis also lays a foundation for building a set of guidelines that can be used by data controllers for designing, implementing, and operating both technological and organizational measures used to protect personal information.     

公共政策实验室:21世纪的综合政策分析环境

运用公共政策理论、系统方法论和现代信息技术 ,建构公共政策实验室 ,能够有效地弥补我国现实公共政策制定中社会参与的组织化程度低、各种利益的表达和沟通不充分等体制与机制性缺陷。本文以北京交通拥堵问题为例 ,提出了公共政策实验室的概念 ,对公共政策实验室的人员构成和政策实验过程进行了初步探讨 ,最后分析了其作用和价值。     

Peer Predictability

Abstract

This action research and general system theory based qualitative inquiry examined adolescents' dependence on predicting the behavior of their peers as a strategy for enhancing their sense of safety at school and avoiding violence. A total of 95 adolescents in 9th through 12th grades from two small rural schools and one large suburban school in New York State participated in the study. Results indicated that students depend on Peer Predictability to feel safe during the school day when adults fail to predictably supervise or intervene in areas or interactions which adolescents perceive as potentially threatening. Familiarity leading to predictability allowed students to evaluate peers for the possibility of emotional or physical violence. This article presents quotes from the students that capture their unique experience.     

Trajectories of Administrative Reform: Institutions,Timing and Choices in France and Spain

The influence of national administrative institutions on contemporary reforms has often been noted but insufficiently tested. This article enriches the comparative perspective of administrative reform policies by focusing on four interrelated dimensions: the choices of reformers, institutional constraints, timing and sequencing and long-term trajectories. This article tries to determine whether most similar administrative systems exhibit analogous contemporary reform trajectories in content, timing and sequence. By comparing the administrative reform policies of two ‘most similar’ Napoleonic countries, France and Spain, this article analyses the commonalities and divergences of decentralisation, territorial state reorganisation, civil service reforms and policies that focus on performance management and organisational design. The article identifies the ‘causal mechanisms’ that characterise the specific role of institutions and considers both the role of context and the importance of policy intersections.