This case raises ethical issues involving conflicts of interest arising from industrial funding of academic research; ethical responsibilities of laboratories to funding agencies; ethical responsibilities in the management of a research lab; ethical considerations in appropriate research design; communication in a research group; communication between advisor and graduate student; responsibilit...

As one of the most influential models of corporate social responsibility (CSR), Carroll’s pyramid of CSR has both reflected, and helped to perpetuate, a business-centric notion of CSR which implies that economic responsibilities take precedence over legal and ethical responsibilities. This paper argues that this conception of CSR needs updating to reflect the increased power of business in soci...

................................................................................................................................... 1 A. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 2 A1. Public Sector Information Systems Responsibilities ........................................................... 2 A2. Approach...

................................................................................................................................... 1 A. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 2 A1. Public Sector Information Systems Responsibilities ........................................................... 2 A2. Approach...

The implementation of a design pattern can be viewed as a process of selecting classes to play the roles needed by the pattern. To ensure that a class can play a role, each role has a set of responsibilities associated with it. When all responsibilities are satisfied, the pattern implementation is complete. Normally a programmer must write code for the responsibilities. However, the implementat...