Privacy issues are major concerns in disclosing sensitive personal information such as health-related information. This study investigates the impact of personal dispositions on forming privacy concern and trust in context of disclosing personal health information online, based on utility theory and prospect theory. The study is among the first to provide a comprehensive list of constructs rela...

BACKGROUND Patients are often not told about harmful medical errors. The malpractice environment is considered a major determinant of physicians' willingness to disclose errors to patients. Yet, little is known about the malpractice environment's actual effect on physicians' error disclosure attitudes and experiences. METHODS Mailed survey of 2637 physicians (62.9% response rate) in the Unite...

Carbon emissions and the risk of climate change have a great impact on environment company performance. This study provides empirical evidence that public ownership encourages disclosure carbon their subsequent firm value. In contrast to previous studies related driving factors for emission which only focused role directors aspects characteristics, this considers aspect in case encouraging its ...

OBJECTIVE To develop a theoretical model concerning male victims' processes of disclosing experiences of victimisation to healthcare professionals in Sweden. DESIGN Qualitative interview study. SETTING Informants were recruited from the general population and a primary healthcare centre in Sweden. PARTICIPANTS Informants were recruited by means of theoretical sampling among respondents in...

Although the benefits of information sharing between supply-chain partners are well known, many companies are averse to share their “private” information due to fear of adverse impact of information leakage. This paper uses techniques from Secure Multiparty Computation (SMC) to develop “secure protocols” for the CPFR r © † (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment) business proces...

This book aims to enrich current debates on the ethics of disclosing genetic information. It comprises a collection of essays written by contributors with a range of disciplinary backgrounds: bioethics, genetic medicine, medical anthropology, philosophy, law and sociology, to cite a few. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the volume advocates for a theoretical and methodological extensi...

This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract In this document, we discuss location privacy as applicable to Mobile IPv6. We document the concerns arising from revealing a Home Address to an onlooker and from disclosing a Care-of Address to a correspondent.