In this paper, we motivate how value-based modelling could be utilised for an integrated perspective to compliance design. Using value models for startups, it is possible to apply a methodology to determine the applicable legal provisions which are then customised to fit the value model using legal interpretation and argumentation. The result is a compliance pattern which helps determine the im...

When obtaining samples from biobanks, resolving ethical and legal concerns is a time-consuming task where researchers need to balance the needs of privacy, trust and scientific progress. The Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure-Large Prospective Cohorts project has resolved numerous such issues through intense communication between involved researchers and experts in it...

This paper attempts to define the software compliance and transparency problem. This constitutes a high-level holistic view. Several visualizations of the problem are presented. The context is the changeover from a text culture to a machine culture in law. We note that equal access to e-procedures does not guarantee justice. The transparency of the law leads to the transparency of software and ...

The U.S. military and others worldwide have undergone a rapid evolution in the numbers, sophistication and lethality of the robotic weaponry that they deploy to the battlefield. The rate of transformation in the field of robotics and weapons technology raises numerous questions about what legal considerations should be made as we approach the step beyond remotely controlled drone weaponry to fu...

Legal texts, such as regulations and legislation, are increasingly playing an important role in requirements engineering and system development. Monitoring systems for requirements and policy compliance has been recognized in the requirements engineering community as a key area for research. Similarly, regulatory compliance is critical in systems that are governed by regulations and law, especi...

based on the current approach, to ascertain and enforce the sanctions in law is one of the exclusive functions of governments. but the deeper examination reveals that many transactors prefer non-legal sanctions. at first glance, this self-enforcement mechanism seems to be contrary to legal fundamentals. therefore, these sanctions are contested in law. this article is an attempt to consider a ne...

Industry uses GRC frameworks for compliance management and tracking. These are document-oriented systems that help human experts maintain traceability between various artefacts in the compliance life-cycle. Documents such as legal text of regulations, compliance process descriptions, audit reports, etc. can be linked using tagging mechanisms. Actual implementation of compliance to regulations h...

We show that non-binding law can have a constraining effect on political leaders, because legal compliance is a costly signal to imperfectly informed voters that the leader is unbiased. Moreover, non-binding law can also have a liberating effect, enabling some leaders to take action when they otherwise would have done nothing. Additionally, our analysis reveals three surprising findings regardi...

Although more than 60,000 workers formally charge their employers with unlawful sex or race employment discrimination annually, fewer than one in five charges results in outcomes favorable to the complainant. Building on sociolegal and organizational theory, this study examines how employing organizations avoid unfavorable discrimination-charge outcomes. Using EEO-1 establishment reports matche...

This work presents a new approach to ensure compliance to legal regulation in Cloud Computing, especially in Software-as-a-Service. Since high demanding business sectors, such as the health care sector, require high legal certainty, when contracting services offered by external providers. We provide a lightweight ontological representation of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and a ...