...Stephanie Lee Ethics of Crowdsourcing ‘Crowdsourcing’; Innovation or Exploitation? Abstract Crowdsourcing is the concept of mass collaboration of external outsourced tasks typically from an institution to its community (Howe, 2005). This paper explores the two sides of crowd sourcing; whether this net-enabled community collaboration is accelerating innovation or exploiting the laborers with menial tasks of little to no benefit through an analysis of Soylent, one of the latest innovations in crowd sourcing using John Rawls’ Theory of Justice, the Veil of Ignorance, I aim to demonstrate how can we all benefit from crowdsourcing and harness the true power of collective intelligence and mass collaboration just by maintaining a fine balance between the two extremes as according to the Aristotle’s Golden Mean. Introduction David Brent once said; “A problem shared is a problem halved, so is your problem really yours or just half of someone else’s?” In terms of an ideal crowd sourced task, the problem would be diminished by half, or even more because it is shared between dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of active community participants eager to solve it to the best of their abilities. Crowdsourcing, as first coined and defined by Jeff Howe, is the concept of mass collaboration of tasks that are outsourced externally typically through the Internet to the community at large. He says it is “the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor...
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...Dr. Jones, Edward Snowden’s leaks about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs created a global debate about privacy, security, and safety. The NSA has the capability to read email, snoop on private social network conversations, observe phone call records, and track the physical locations of citizens not charged nor suspected of any crime, without so much as a warrant. Worse, the demographic most affected this level of snooping on our digital lives, the 18-24 year-old college crowd, is the least knowledgeable and most politically apathetic about the issue. This is a recipe for disaster, and this proposal seeks funding for an awareness campaign that will address it. This campaign will raise awareness about mass surveillance and the Snowden disclosures. We will use posters and flyers to dry attention to the issue. We will use the University of New Mexico as a testing ground, using before and after surveys to gauge effectiveness. If the campaign proves successful, we will recruit volunteers and raise a second round of funding to bring the campaign to college campuses across the nation. Team Underachievers would be at the forefront of both campaigns, personally executing the trial campaign and overseeing the potential national one. After the acceptance of this proposal, we will immediately begin designing our materials and sourcing the cheapest places to mass produce them. We look forward to discussing our proposal in depth and answering any questions or concerns...
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...Ethical Challenges 1. Privacy (should the company have access to private e-mails that employees write on company time? or the Web sites they visit during work hours?) There is a certain level of privacy that an employee should expect from his/her employer. The use of emails and or the internet can greatly increase an employer’s productivity while lowering company expenses. Most companies today have all employees sign a disclosure form as a condition of employment during the hiring process that indicates the position of the company as it relates to accessing employee’s private materials at the workplace. However, there is a thin line between invading an employee’s privacy in order to maintain an effective and efficient work place, and accessing personal materials of the employee with no regard to company matters. Bottom line, employee privacy is a thing of the pass. With the increase in employee theft via embezzlement and selling company trade secrets, it is no wonder that any employer would be looking for ways to control those activities being committed by today’s workers. Because of today’s technology, workers have access to an abundance of materials via internet such as e-mails, chat sites and consumer goods site. Often that companies will establish entire departments to randomly track an employee’s internet usage for signs of abuse. 2. Advertising (desire to present your product or service in the best light) ...
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...from a company specializing in hosting rather than inhouse. ISTM5010 – Integration of Information Technology and Business -3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................................................... 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... 3 SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 4 CLOUD COMPUTING TRANSITION .............................................................................................. 5 BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS TO IN-SOURCING & OUT-SOURCING .................................. 9 Control .................................................................................................................................. 9 System Design...
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...S ustainable sourcing and procurement Sourcing and procurement as driving forces for sustainable business b y Helen van Hoeven, Lean & Green Foreword President Obama recently said that there are only two kinds of car companies: those that sell hybrid cars and those that will sell hybrid cars in the near future. The same is true for sustainability in supply chains. There are companies that source and sell more sustainable products and there are those that will do so in the near future. With a world soon populated by nine billion people and over two billion new middle-class citizens, traditional sourcing and selling will simply be a no. You are either on the pathway to sustainable development or you are out of business. The challenge of sustainability is reshaping the relation ship between business and society. Industry needs to better manage natural resources and significantly lower its global ecological footprint. And companies need to engage much better with suppliers and workers in the emerging and developing economies. The mission of the Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) is to upscale and accelerate the mainstreaming of sustainability in international commodity chains. IDH joins the forces of business, non-governmental organisations, labour unions and governments. We bring diverse stakeholders together in focused and result-oriented sectoral coalitions that implement ambitious improvement programmes. These programmes tackle social, ecological and economical bottlenecks...
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...ABSTRACT Ethics brings out a lot of concerns in our world today. This document will set out the main issues about ethics in Information Management and Business world. There are many Ethical and legal issues that I will analyze in this document. 1. INTRODUCTION In this century many countries around the world are affected by “Information revolution and Ethics”. This has also altered many aspects in life, such as: commerce, employment, medicine, security, transportation, entertainment, and many more. Consequently, Information and Ethics has affected people in both, bad and good ways. These are: community life, family life, human relationships, educations, careers, freedom, and democracy. Information ethics has been defined as “the branch of Ethics that focuses on the relationship between the creation, organization, dissemination, and use of information, and the ethical standards and moral codes governing human conduct I society. It provides a critical framework for considering moral issues concerning informational privacy, moral agency, new environmental issues, problems arising from the life-cycle of information. Information Ethics is related to the fields of computer Ethics and the philosophy of information. 2. BODY OF REPORT 2.1 Literature Review There are a number of ethical issues that can arise in information management, such as: * Professional Computer Ethics: The responsibility of the analyst towards the organization. Professional ethics...
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...ABSTRACT E-commerce made Supply Chain Management (SCM) technically viable and unleashed the practice of SCM. The Kenya Sugar Industry and particularly Sony Sugar Industry, due to its own characteristics, have not utilised E-commerce for Supply Chain Management as widely as it could have. The purpose of this exploratory study is to increase the understanding of the determinants for adoption of E-commerce in SCM within Kenya and its apparent industry of this study. The study will also aim at testing the value of supply chain structure and company strategies in explaining E-commerce adoption. Questionnaires, mail and email surveys will be conducted to collect the data. Simple interviews and regressions will be used to achieve the objectives and answer the questions generated. The results of this study will be used to confirm whether the literature that perceives E-commerce characteristics and Sony Sugar’s characteristics influence the E-commerce adoption level although not every factors of these two groups will be expected to do so. The study will also show that one of the factors in supply chain structure, E-procurement, is significantly related to the e-commerce adoption level. Key words: E-commerce, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Kenya Sugar Industry, Sony Sugar Industry. LIST OF FIGURES 1. FIGURE 1 Supply chain model in E-Commerce environment 2. FIGURE 2 the E-Procurement Process 3. FIGURE 3 The Independent and the Dependent...
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... Introduction Organisations today are increasingly transforming from regional company to a Multi-National Company. However; the effects of such operations do not end up with international markets and consumer products. In fact, Managers today are faced with several breath taking challenges of leading a true global workforce. As we can remember the good old days when we can find staff by advertising in the local newspaper, and graduates and apprentices were plentiful and grateful for a job. Due to the scaled- back university courses/intakes and apprenticeship schemes, the aging population and the resources have left Australia desperately short of qualified people, and thus, now HR managers are often required to think globally to fill out positions. Recruiting efficient staff in an international context is the process of identifying and attracting potential candidates outside the country and initiate the process of evaluating them for future employment. Once candidates are identified, organisations can begin their selection process. This process includes: collecting, measuring, evaluating information about candidates' qualifications for specified position etc. Recruiting overseas staff is a very important decision for a company's development since overseas staff are required to perform jobs requiring specialist skills (for example, technical or language skills) that are not available Australia; they can also fill vacancies for which there are not enough AU applicants; on...
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...To: Traci Goldeman CC: Marylee Luther Subject: Recruitment and Selection Strategies Recommendations Tracy, Here are our recommendations for recruitment and selection strategies for Clapton construction. Organizational Goals Clapton Construction should think of its recruiting strategy as a model that drives the outcomes of hiring and staffing efforts. The outcomes Clapton is trying to attain should focus in the organizational goals of the company. Atwood and Allen consulting suggest that Clapton focus on the following goals: • Quality of new hires (better fit team players who stay longer) • Establish recruiting metrics • Flexibility in meeting both peak recruiting demands and normal operational requirements • Premier hiring candidate experience Do not create a recruiting strategy in a vacuum. Clapton should treat the formation of its recruiting plan in the same manner it would approach the development of a financial plan or marketing plan (Cascio W.F., 2013). It is essential to align the business side of Clapton Construction lined up with the recruiting goals and strategies. Forecasted Demographic Changes Arizona being a southwestern state is particularly affected by immigration and demographic changes. Population growth from the year 1990 thru 2012 was over 29% (Census Bureau, 2010). Most of this growth was in the Phoenix area was among illegal aliens from South and Central America (Census Bureau, 2010). The surge in population is mostly attributed...
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...6, 7, and 8) Note: If this is your first time using the Online Learning Environment, check out the Course Orientation and the quick tutorials in the Support Centre. General assignment FAQs can be found in your Assignment Submission area. Prepare the answers to these assignment questions in Word and save them as one Word document on your hard drive. For the recommended format and filename, see the FAQs in the Assignment Submission area. If this assignment Word file requires the pasting of Accpac.RTF reports, or Excel.xls sections, or other files, students are strongly advised to refer to the How To/Use Software/Use Excel, Use Word or both, to ensure the successful submission of their complete assignment. Multiple-choice questions are to be completed within the Online Learning Environment in your MS2 Assignment Submission section. This portion of the assignment will be automatically graded. Do not include your answers in your Word document as they will not be graded. When your file is complete and you are ready to submit it for marking, select your Assignment Submission area. For help, refer to the quick tutorial, “Submit your assignment.” Follow these steps to ensure that your assignment was received by your marker: * Select the Grade Centre link. * Select the exclamation mark (!). In the section “Your work,” select the file. If you can view the unmarked assignment, it is okay. If you are unable to view the assignment, contact your CGA affiliate office for help. ...
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...Purchasing Policy and Procedures Issue date: March 2010 Table of Contents THE HOSPITAL PURCHASING POLICY 1 GOVERNANCE 4 PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS 6 PROCESSES 27 Appendices Glossary of terms Products and services Templates Mandatory Requirements Associated Policies THE HOSPITAL PURCHASING POLICY Objective To maximize value for money in the acquisition of goods and services through fair, open and transparent purchasing practices which comply with all applicable federal and provincial legislation and trade agreements, resulting in the highest quality service delivery. Policies 1. All purchases made by the Hospital will be compliant with the hospital’s policies and procedures. These policies and procedures will be aligned with the Ontario Supply Chain Guideline. All purchase orders and contracts will be executed according to this policy and the Hospital’s Signing Authority Policy ( insert link). Single/sole sourced purchases are acceptable only under circumstances defined in the associated purchasing procedures, and must be executed in accordance with the Agreement on Internal Trade. Vendors of Record (VOR), or preferred supplier arrangements, may be established for the supply of a certain category of goods, services or construction where strategic relationships with a small group of suppliers will result in greater value for the hospital. VOR’s must be set up through an open and competitive purchasing process. All purchasing related activities...
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...The Sourcing Of Outsourcing — Presentation Transcript * 1. The Sourcing of Outsourcing Sourcing 2007: May 1 * 2. Why is outsourcing happen? Micro Drivers • You have the opportunity to reduce costs by 20% to 40% • Increasing accountability and improving services • Access to World Class capabilities • Shifting from relatively fixed to variable costs Macro Drivers • Shifting focus to strategic business objectives • Transforming your business through innovation • Being agile and ready to respond to market change: M&A , growth, divestitures, etc. 1 * 3. Global Trends Global Birth Rates Global Birth Rates ChinaPotential Player – Offshore IT services market in China will continue per 1,000 population: per 1,000 population: Eastern Europe: : China: : Potential Player – Offshore IT services market in China will continue China China 13.25 13.25 Eastern Europe to show aggressive growth over the next few years. BPO is a less mature Regional Player – to show aggressive growth over the next few years. BPO is a less mature India India 22.01 22.01 Regional Player – industry in China. English skills are being developed in government supported Large English- industry in China. English skills are being developed in government supported Philippines Philippines 24.89 24.89 Large English- programs to ensure further growth. Core competencies: low-end PC-based speaking educated programs to ensure further growth. Core competencies: low-end PC-based USA USA 14.14 14.14 speaking educated...
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...because it can be helpful in understanding the behavior of customers. A good example of this would be a business using predictive analytics to decide what level of pricing should be used in correlation with sales information. A business could look at historical data for products, sales, and customers to determine the price for a given product and customer at the right time. Amazon is a heavy user of predictive pricing (Mehra, 2013). This technique is also used in Supply Chain Management because it helps you to understand consumer demand to manage the overall process. This includes delivery, returns, forecasting, sourcing, planning, and order fulfillment. The advantage is if a retailer can predict revenue from a specific product in a reasonable amount of time it will result in better inventory management, use of space, cash flow, and the elimination of out of stock items. Association discovery in products sold to customers is used to determine if a pattern is discovered based on a relationship between items in the same transaction. It has also been defined as a market basket analysis to identify products that consumers are likely to purchase together. Retailers use historical data to research customers buying habits in hope of finding correlation data. Examples of this would be if a customer buys mouth wash and tooth...
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...1. Introduction of the background of the organization Today’s world affects people to change from time to time. This is because the technology around us is dynamic. The major trend in business development is how to manage the business pressures on organization. A good Information Technology manage will increase the turnover of the sales and help company to capacity the market share. Therefore, the IKEA are taking advantages of new opportunities with a good manage of the information; always keep up with the world changing. IKEA obtain the distinctive capabilities with low price, renewable material and high quality. Besides that, the good customer relationship management of IKEA is enabling IKEA to cover the demand of powerful customer. 1. Background of the IKEA IKEA was establish in 1943 is the world’s largest furniture retailer which specializes in stylish. IKEA organization takes advantages in strictly management function (internal control) and expertise in superior telecommunication networks (external approaches) which create the competitive advantage for IKEA. Therefore IKEA had expanded its business in 26 countries over 128 fully-owned stores. First and foremost, IKEA use a catalog to tempt people to visit an exhibition then develop it by storing the store among whole world. IKEA spread the business globally by advanced telecommunications networks. IKEA’s attributed to its vast experience in the retail industry, in product differentiation and cost...
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..., What is CSV How we implement CSV Nutrition Water Rural development Responsible sourcing Environmental sustainability Human rights and compliance Our people Nestlé in society Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2012 Full report Nestlé in society | Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2012 | Full report 1 What is CSV How we implement CSV Nutrition Water Rural development Responsible sourcing Environmental sustainability sustainability Human rights and compliance Our people Nestlé in Society: Creating Shared Value A message from our Chairman and our CEO About this report Nestlé in Society: Creating Shared Value Creating Shared Value explained Nestlé Corporate Business Principles Our Commitments Materiality Key Performance Indicators Summary Consolidated environmental performance indicators Nestlé in society | Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2012 | Full report 3 6 8 9 10 11 15 18 20 2 What is CSV How we implement CSV Nutrition Water Rural development Responsible sourcing Environmental sustainability Human rights and compliance Our people A message from our Chairman and our CEO We have always believed that in order to prosper we need the communities we serve and in which we operate to prosper as well: and that over the long term, healthy populations, healthy economies and healthy business performance are mutually reinforcing. We recognise...
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