3 From the Editors trail documenting what the system is supposed to do (and not supposed to do), why the design should work, and what assumptions are being made. So, to hold software producers accountable, we need a mature discipline of forensics for computing systems and components. But getting there will require some radical changes in software development practices, since in addition to deli...

T T he findings suggest that accountability is increasingly seen as important. This scrutiny has both positive and negative implications. It forces providers to be aware of what they are doing, and to strive to improve their performance. Many of our respondents told us that there is an increased focus on quality. Accountability has moved beyond its traditional focus on financial dimensions (and...

INTRODUCTION Experts consider social accountability as a new paradigm in medical education and a cultural change that is necessary to be studied and understood more deeply. One of the problems of medical education is the inadequacy of medicine graduates to meet the social accountability. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the general medicine curriculum for social accountability. ...

OBJECTIVE This exploratory study reports on maternity clinicians' perceptions of transfer of their responsibility and accountability for patients in relation to clinical handover with particular focus transfers of care in birth suite. DESIGN A qualitative study of semistructured interviews and focus groups of maternity clinicians was undertaken in 2007. De-indentified data were transcribed an...

the main purpose of this research is to compare public accountability of public and private banking systems from customers’ point of views. by reference presented researches, related types, dimensions and variable were identified. the questionnaire based on 37 variables was distributed among customers who use the services of both banks simultaneously in tehran. findings reveal that there is a d...

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly using Internet-based technologies to address accountability. In this paper we present a set of conceptual, theoretical, and empirical innovations to help understand this phenomenon. First, we present a conceptual framework that delineates two key dimensions of Web-based accountability practices: “disclosure” and “dialogue.” We then posit a four-factor ex...

Let’s talk about accountability and legitimate expectations for the success of new systems to improve schools. Alignment, the linchpin of standardsbased accountability systems, refers to the relationship, that is, the lining up, of goals, standards, curriculum, capacity, and outcome measures. For accountability to work, standards should guide instruction, and information about performance shoul...

Today’s IP network layer provides little to no protection against misconfiguration or malice. Despite some progress in improving the robustness and security of the IP layer, misconfigurations and attacks still occur frequently. We show how a network layer that provides accountability, i.e., the ability to associate each action with the responsible entity, provides a firm foundation for defenses...

Although self-enhancement is linked to psychological benefits, it is also associated with personal and interpersonal liabilities (e.g., excessive risk taking, social exclusion). Hence, structuring social situations that prompt people to keep their self-enhancing beliefs in check can confer personal and interpersonal advantages. The authors examined whether accountability can serve this purpose....

The lack of confidence in entrusting sensitive information to cloud computing service providers (CSPs) is one of the primary obstacles to widespread adoption of cloud computing, as reported by a number of surveys. From the CSPs’ perspective, their long-term return-on-investment in cloud infrastructure hinges on overcoming this obstacle. Encryption and privacy protection techniques only solve pa...