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Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future
by Louise I. ShelleyA comprehensive look at the world of illicit trade Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies. In the past three decades, the most advanced forms of illicit trade have broken with all historical precedents and, as Dark Commerce shows, now operate as if on steroids, tied to computers and social media. In this new world of illicit commerce, which benefits states and diverse participants, trade is impersonal and anonymized, and vast profits are made in short periods with limited accountability to sellers, intermediaries, and purchasers.Louise Shelley examines how new technology, communications, and globalization fuel the exponential growth of dangerous forms of illegal trade—the markets for narcotics and child pornography online, the escalation of sex trafficking through web advertisements, and the sale of endangered species for which revenues total in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The illicit economy exacerbates many of the world’s destabilizing phenomena: the perpetuation of conflicts, the proliferation of arms and weapons of mass destruction, and environmental degradation and extinction. Shelley explores illicit trade in tangible goods—drugs, human beings, arms, wildlife and timber, fish, antiquities, and ubiquitous counterfeits—and contrasts this with the damaging trade in cyberspace, where intangible commodities cost consumers and organizations billions as they lose identities, bank accounts, access to computer data, and intellectual property.Demonstrating that illicit trade is a business the global community cannot afford to ignore and must work together to address, Dark Commerce considers diverse ways of responding to this increasing challenge.
Dark Commerce: How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future
by Louise I. ShelleyA comprehensive look at the world of illicit trade Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies. In the past three decades, the most advanced forms of illicit trade have broken with all historical precedents and, as Dark Commerce shows, now operate as if on steroids, tied to computers and social media. In this new world of illicit commerce, which benefits states and diverse participants, trade is impersonal and anonymized, and vast profits are made in short periods with limited accountability to sellers, intermediaries, and purchasers.Louise Shelley examines how new technology, communications, and globalization fuel the exponential growth of dangerous forms of illegal trade—the markets for narcotics and child pornography online, the escalation of sex trafficking through web advertisements, and the sale of endangered species for which revenues total in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The illicit economy exacerbates many of the world’s destabilizing phenomena: the perpetuation of conflicts, the proliferation of arms and weapons of mass destruction, and environmental degradation and extinction. Shelley explores illicit trade in tangible goods—drugs, human beings, arms, wildlife and timber, fish, antiquities, and ubiquitous counterfeits—and contrasts this with the damaging trade in cyberspace, where intangible commodities cost consumers and organizations billions as they lose identities, bank accounts, access to computer data, and intellectual property.Demonstrating that illicit trade is a business the global community cannot afford to ignore and must work together to address, Dark Commerce considers diverse ways of responding to this increasing challenge.
The Dark Side 3: Critical Cases on the Downside of Business
by Fernanda Sauerbronn Pauline Fatien Diochon Albert J. Mills Emmanuel RauffletThis third collection of outstanding contributions from the Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) continues to challenge business practice in ways not tackled by other more typical business case studies. There is a critical need for business educators to expose students and managers to the multifaceted phenomena of doing business in the twenty-first century; to support critical, reflective moral development; and to reflect and understand the complexities of organizational life. Is the system broken? Is there need for more systemic change? The cases explore a number of critical issues at some of the largest industries and companies in the world, including wealth creation and human rights in mining, the CSR approaches at Coca-Cola, the palm oil industry, and the supply chain at Apple Inc. Online Teaching Notes to accompany each chapter are available on request with the purchase of the book.
The Dark Side 3: Critical Cases on the Downside of Business
by Fernanda Sauerbronn Pauline Fatien Diochon Albert J. Mills Emmanuel RauffletThis third collection of outstanding contributions from the Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division of the Academy of Management (AOM) continues to challenge business practice in ways not tackled by other more typical business case studies. There is a critical need for business educators to expose students and managers to the multifaceted phenomena of doing business in the twenty-first century; to support critical, reflective moral development; and to reflect and understand the complexities of organizational life. Is the system broken? Is there need for more systemic change? The cases explore a number of critical issues at some of the largest industries and companies in the world, including wealth creation and human rights in mining, the CSR approaches at Coca-Cola, the palm oil industry, and the supply chain at Apple Inc. Online Teaching Notes to accompany each chapter are available on request with the purchase of the book.
Das Design nachhaltiger Medizinprodukte: Ein Ansatz zur Erfassung, Bewertung und Steuerung von nachhaltigkeitsrelevanten Produktauswirkungen (Sustainable Management, Wertschöpfung und Effizienz)
by Diana MitschDiana Mitsch zeigt in diesem Buch, dass Hersteller von Medizinprodukten beim Produktdesign über ökonomische Kriterien hinaus auch ökologische und gesellschaftliche Ansprüche berücksichtigen müssen: Produkte müssen folglich nicht nur den Erwartungen von Kunden bzw. Anwendern und generellen sowie branchenspezifischen gesetzlichen Vorgaben entsprechen, sondern sollen insbesondere auch einem komplexen Geflecht nachhaltigkeitsrelevanter Anforderungen Rechnung tragen, ohne dabei zumindest einen langfristig positiven ökonomischen Beitrags zu leisten. Im Mittelpunkt dieser Arbeit steht die Entwicklung eines Modells zur Förderung des Designs nachhaltiger Produkte.
Das „Emotionale Markenerlebnis“ zur Stärkung der Markenbindung: Eine emotions- und gedächtnispsychologische Konstrukt- und Skalenentwicklung
by Dirk FischerDirk Fischer entwickelt auf Basis von emotions- und gedächtnispsychologischen Theorien das Konstrukt des „Emotionalen Markenerlebnisses“ (EME) als Darstellung eines bindungsrelevanten Markenerlebnisses sowie eine Skala zur Messung des Konstrukts. Das EME wird konzeptualisiert als das Ausmaß, zu dem die subjektive, innere Reaktion eines Konsumenten auf einen Markenmoment ein positives bzw. negatives Gefühl, ein Aktiviertheitsgefühl und eine Unterscheidungskraft-Beurteilung beinhaltet. Dieses Verständnis unterstützt Praktiker bei der Erzeugung wirkungsvoller Markenerlebnisse. Forschern verschafft es eine neue Sichtweise auf das Phänomen. Die entwickelte Skala ermöglicht Praktikern eine effiziente Messung der im Bewusstsein von Konsumenten ausgelösten bindungsrelevanten Erlebnisbestandteile. Forscher erhalten mit ihr ein Instrument zur Prüfung weiterführender Erlebnistheorien.
Das Ende der Demokratie?: Effekte der Digitalisierung aus rechtlicher, politologischer und psychologischer Sicht
by Volker Boehme-NeßlerWie verändert sich die Demokratie durch die Digitalisierung? Dieser Frage geht das Buch aus verfassungsrechtlicher, technikrechtlicher, politikwissenschaftlicher und psychologischer Sicht nach. Dazu arbeitet es zunächst die Charakteristika von Digitalisierung heraus. Es fragt, wie sich die Digitalisierung auf das Denken, das Verhalten und die (politische) Kommunikation auswirkt. Auf dieser Grundlage vertritt der Autor die These, dass sich die Demokratie grundlegend verändern muss und wird. Im letzten Teil skizziert er, wie die Demokratie konkret im digitalen Zeitalter funktionieren könnte.
Das Glück des Traurigseins: Über die Vorzüge der Melancholie
by Anton A. BucherIn diesem Buch über Glück und Melancholie können alle, die von dem Trend-Phänomen Glücksstreben ermüdet sind, erfahren, was zu einem wirklich guten Leben gehören könnte. In einer Zeit, zu der man den Eindruck bekommt, jeder Zweite sei von Burnout betroffen und jeder Vierte von einer Depression, lädt der Autor ein, die Vorzüge der Melancholie zu entdecken: Traurigkeit als Kompetenz, Widersprüche zu empfinden, und als komplexes, schöpferisches Gefühl, das ein Leben in emotionaler Vielfalt ermöglichen kann. Lernt man die Melancholie wertzuschätzen, kann sie einen ganz eigenen Weg ins Glück aufzeigen.Aus dem Inhalt: Streifzüge durch die Glücksgesellschaft – Glück als Pflicht? – Wenn sich positives Denken negativ auswirkt – Das Glück des Traurigseins – Empirische Daten zu Melancholie – Vorzüge der Melancholie.Über den Autor: Prof. Dr. Anton A. Bucher widmet sich neben seinen universitären Studien gern psychologischen Aspekten des guten Lebens und ist Autor mehrerer erfolgreicher Bücher.
Das Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht: Geschichte und Entwicklung von 1949 bis 2013 (Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht #270)
by Rudolf Bernhardt Karin Oellers-FrahmDas Buch behandelt die Entwicklung, Organisation und Tätigkeiten des Max-Plack-Instituts für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht seit seiner Gründung 1949 bis zum Jahr 2013.
Das neue Bauvertragsrecht nach BGB kompakt: Baurecht für Architekten und Ingenieure nach neuem Recht
by Falk Würfele Alexander MuchowskiAb 2018 gilt das neue Bauvertragsrechts im BGB für alle neu geschlossenen Verträge nach dem 1. Januar 2018. Hierfür wurden die Paragraphen 631-651 BGB, die das Werkvertragsrecht im BGB regeln, ergänzt und überarbeitet. Die Reform betrifft sowohl Bauverträge als auch das Architekten- und Ingenieur-Recht.Dieses Fachbuch erläutert den am Bau Beteiligten anschaulich die neue Reform und gibt Hilfestellungen für die Anwendung in der Praxis.
Das neue Dorf: Gestalten, um zu überleben - vier Handlungsfelder zum Erhalt dörflicher Gemeinden
by Clemens RenkerBleibt uns tatsächlich nur, den Verlust der Dörfer zu beklagen und den Triumph der Städte zu feiern? Der Autor sagt nein! Er ist überzeugt von der Zukunft des Dorfes. Unsere Dörfer haben riesige Probleme – und ebenso große Chancen. Diese zu sehen und aktiv zu gestalten ist die Botschaft dieses Buches. Wie der Weg zum neuen Dorf beschritten werden kann, beschreibt Clemens Renker mit profundem Wissen und seiner persönlichen Erfahrung aus der aktiven Dorferneuerung. Das Dorf hat Zukunft, wenn es gelingt, die neuen Chancen zu erkennen und die seit Jahrhunderten bestehenden Ursachen für das Erfolgsmodell „Dorf“ zu revitalisieren. Renker stellt die richtigen Fragen und liefert konkrete Handlungsanweisungen: Worin besteht die Existenzberechtigung von Dörfern? Wie können sich Dörfer im Wettbewerb mit Städten wirkungsvoll positionieren? Gibt es zur „Smart City“ ein „Smart Village“? Welchen Menschen bieten Dörfer welche vorteilhafteren Leistungen und Lebensqualitäten? Wie erzielen Dörfer nachhaltige Einnahmen, um ihre Infrastruktur und Daseinsvorsorge finanzieren zu können? Nach welchen Werten, Normen und Regeln wollen die Menschen im Dorf zusammenleben? Es ist ein motivierendes Buch für alle politisch Verantwortlichen und die engagierten Bürger von Dörfern, die Ihre Zukunft aktiv gestalten wollen.
Das Patent- und Markenrecht im System des Verwaltungsrechts
by Eric UrzowskiAusgehend von der Erkenntnis, dass die rechtlichen Handlungs- und Entscheidungsmaßstäbe des DPMA sowie des BPatG einen Ausschnitt der nationalen Verwaltungsrechtsordnung bilden, untersucht Eric Urzowski die verwaltungsrechtlichen Grundlagen und Bezüge des Patent- und Markenrechts. Im Zuge der Darstellung von Unterschieden und Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen den verwaltungsrechtlichen Regelungsbereichen des Patent- und Markenrechts und anderen klassischen Verwaltungsrechtsbereichen zeigt der Autor an diversen Beispielen auf, dass die verwaltungsrechtliche Systematik auch für das Patent- und Markenrecht als Erkenntnisquelle fruchtbar gemacht werden kann.
Das Problem der Ethikbegründung aus evidenzphilosophischer Sicht: Eine Analyse unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ethik Franz Brentanos
by Christian ReimannDer Autor sucht in diesem Buch eine endgültige Antwort auf die bislang als offen geltende metaethische Frage nach der Begründbarkeit normativer Ethik zu geben. Im Zentrum steht die Absicht, die These der Begründbarkeit der Ethik als selbstkontradiktorisch und damit unmöglich zutreffend auszuweisen. Aus methodologischen Gründen findet dabei der phänomenalistische Ethikbegründungsversuch Franz Brentanos besondere Berücksichtigung. Verbunden mit dem Problem der Ethikbegründung widmet sich der Autor ebenfalls dem Problem der Willensfreiheit.
Das Recht des technischen Produkts: Praxishandbuch für Unternehmensjuristen
by Matthias BauerDas Werk behandelt die den Wirtschaftsteilnehmer treffenden öffentlich-rechtlichen Pflichten bei und nach Bereitstellung technischer Geräte. Dieser sieht sich dabei mit einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Rechtsquellen, unterschiedlichen Regelungsansätzen und zum Teil widersprüchlichen Anforderungen konfrontiert. Das Werk stellt die komplexe Materie systematisch dar, berücksichtigt unionsrechtliche und nationale Vorgaben und ihr Verhältnis zueinander. Im ersten Teil werden die Grundlagen erläutert und die geschichtliche Entwicklung wird dargestellt. Der zweite Teil widmet sich den Anforderungen an das technische Design mit den Schwerpunkten Produktsicherheit, Umweltproduktrecht, Straßenverkehrszulassungsrecht und sonstiges Produktrecht. Der dritte Teil behandelt die nicht-designbezogenen Marktzugangsvoraussetzungen, während der abschließende vierte Teil der Nachmarktphase gilt. Das „Recht des technischen Produkts“ ist als Handwerkzeug für den Unternehmensjuristen gedacht, um ihm die Materie verständlich und für die tägliche Arbeit handhabbar zu machen.
Data and Applications Security and Privacy XXXII: 32nd Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference, DBSec 2018, Bergamo, Italy, July 16–18, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #10980)
by Florian Kerschbaum Stefano ParaboschiThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 32nd Annual IFIP WG 11.3 International Working Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy, DBSec 2018, held in Bergamo, Italy, in July 2018. The 16 full papers and 5 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers present high-quality original research from academia, industry, and government on theoretical and practical aspects of information security. They are organized in topical sections on administration, access control policies, privacy-preserving access and computation, integrity and user interaction, security analysis and private evaluation, fixing vulnerabilities, and networked systems.
Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services (Data Analytics Applications)
by Ed WaltersFor increasingly data-savvy clients, lawyers can no longer give "it depends" answers rooted in anecdata. Clients insist that their lawyers justify their reasoning, and with more than a limited set of war stories. The considered judgment of an experienced lawyer is unquestionably valuable. However, on balance, clients would rather have the considered judgment of an experienced lawyer informed by the most relevant information required to answer their questions. Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services helps legal professionals meet the challenges posed by a data-driven approach to delivering legal services. Its chapters are written by leading experts who cover such topics as: Mining legal data Computational law Uncovering bias through the use of Big Data Quantifying the quality of legal services Data mining and decision-making Contract analytics and contract standards In addition to providing clients with data-based insight, legal firms can track a matter with data from beginning to end, from the marketing spend through to the type of matter, hours spent, billed, and collected, including metrics on profitability and success. Firms can organize and collect documents after a matter and even automate them for reuse. Data on marketing related to a matter can be an amazing source of insight about which practice areas are most profitable. Data-driven decision-making requires firms to think differently about their workflow. Most firms warehouse their files, never to be seen again after the matter closes. Running a data-driven firm requires lawyers and their teams to treat information about the work as part of the service, and to collect, standardize, and analyze matter data from cradle to grave. More than anything, using data in a law practice requires a different mindset about the value of this information. This book helps legal professionals to develop this data-driven mindset.
Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services (Data Analytics Applications)
by Edward J. WaltersFor increasingly data-savvy clients, lawyers can no longer give "it depends" answers rooted in anecdata. Clients insist that their lawyers justify their reasoning, and with more than a limited set of war stories. The considered judgment of an experienced lawyer is unquestionably valuable. However, on balance, clients would rather have the considered judgment of an experienced lawyer informed by the most relevant information required to answer their questions. Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services helps legal professionals meet the challenges posed by a data-driven approach to delivering legal services. Its chapters are written by leading experts who cover such topics as: Mining legal data Computational law Uncovering bias through the use of Big Data Quantifying the quality of legal services Data mining and decision-making Contract analytics and contract standards In addition to providing clients with data-based insight, legal firms can track a matter with data from beginning to end, from the marketing spend through to the type of matter, hours spent, billed, and collected, including metrics on profitability and success. Firms can organize and collect documents after a matter and even automate them for reuse. Data on marketing related to a matter can be an amazing source of insight about which practice areas are most profitable. Data-driven decision-making requires firms to think differently about their workflow. Most firms warehouse their files, never to be seen again after the matter closes. Running a data-driven firm requires lawyers and their teams to treat information about the work as part of the service, and to collect, standardize, and analyze matter data from cradle to grave. More than anything, using data in a law practice requires a different mindset about the value of this information. This book helps legal professionals to develop this data-driven mindset.
Datenschutz in drei Stufen: Ein Auslegungsmodell am Beispiel des vernetzten Automobils (DuD-Fachbeiträge)
by Simon SchwichtenbergSeit der Verabschiedung der DSGVO befindet sich das Datenschutzrecht im Umbruch. Damit geht die Chance einher, die Handhabung des Datenschutzrechts neu zu konzipieren. Simon Schwichtenberg entwickelt ein dreistufiges allgemeingültiges Konzept, mittels dessen sich grundlegende datenschutzrechtliche Streitfragen klären lassen, ohne zentrale Schutzziele und Grundwerte des Datenschutzes zu vernachlässigen. Das Konzept erläutert er am Beispiel des vernetzten Automobils, einem der prominentesten Beispiele für das Internet der Dinge. Mit der Forderung, weg vom Einzelfall die Diskussion um eine grundlegende neue Dogmatik des Datenschutzes zu fördern, betritt der Autor datenschutzrechtliches „Neuland“.
David Hume on Morals, Politics, and Society (Rethinking the Western Tradition)
by David HumeA compact and accessible edition of Hume’s political and moral writings with essays by a distinguished set of contributors A key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, David Hume was a major influence on thinkers ranging from Kant and Schopenhauer to Einstein and Popper, and his writings continue to be deeply relevant today. With four essays by leading Hume scholars exploring his complex intellectual legacy, this volume presents an overview of Hume’s moral, political, and social philosophy. Editors Angela Coventry and Andrew Valls bring together a selection of writings from Hume’s most important works, with contributors placing them in their appropriate context and offering a lively discourse on the relevance of Hume’s thought to contemporary subjects like reason’s dependence on emotion and the importance of social convention in political and economic behavior. Perfect for classroom use, this volume is an invaluable companion for anyone studying an important thinker who advanced the development of moral philosophy, economics, cognitive science, and many other fields of the Western tradition.
Dawn Raids Under Challenge: Due Process Aspects on the European Commission's Dawn Raid Practices (Hart Studies in Competition Law)
by Helene AnderssonThis book examines the European Commission's dawn raid practices in competition cases from a fundamental rights perspective. In recent years, the Commission has adopted a new and more aggressive enforcement policy, amid a growing awareness that cartels and abuse of market power represent an economic harm and need to be punished. In response, enforcement has been strengthened by the grant of more wide-reaching powers to competition authorities. But how does this impact on the framework of fundamental rights? This study seeks to answer that question by examining the obligations imposed by the Charter and the ECHR and the response of the Luxembourg and Strasbourg Courts. It shows that where the Strasbourg Court has managed to strike a balance between efficiency concerns and the rights of undertakings, the EU courts' judicial control is not equally balanced. This book is an essential and timely examination of this important question.
DAX-Firms and Human Rights: Understanding Institutional and Stakeholder Pressures along the Value Chain
by Carlo Manuel DrauthCarlo Manuel Drauth explores under which conditions multinational enterprises systematically manage their human rights impacts with a view to preventing corporate human rights violations across their operations. Using a multi-method research design and focusing on the 30 largest German firms, the author finds that it is neither institutional forces (e.g., standards or norms) nor stakeholder pressures (e.g., from NGOs or trade unions) alone, but their combined effect that leads to a systematic human rights management at the firm-level. This finding informs a new theoretical approach to the study of CSR, integrating institutional and stakeholder theories while taking an explicit value chain perspective.
Deadly Justice: A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty
by Colin Wilson Marty Davidson Arvind Krishnamurthy Frank Baumgartner Kaneesha JohnsonIn 1976, the US Supreme Court ruled in Gregg v. Georgia that the death penalty was constitutional if it complied with certain specific provisions designed to ensure that it was reserved for the 'worst of the worst.' The same court had rejected the death penalty just four years before in the Furman decision because it found that the penalty had been applied in a capricious and arbitrary manner. The 1976 decision ushered in the 'modern' period of the US death penalty, setting the country on a course to execute over 1,400 inmates in the ensuing years, with over 8,000 individuals currently sentenced to die. Now, forty years after the decision, the eminent political scientist Frank Baumgartner along with a team of younger scholars (Marty Davidson, Kaneesha Johnson, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Colin Wilson) have collaborated to assess the empirical record and provide a definitive account of how the death penalty has been implemented. Each chapter addresses a precise empirical question and provides evidence, not opinion, about whether how the modern death penalty has functioned. They decided to write the book after Justice Breyer issued a dissent in a 2015 death penalty case in which he asked for a full briefing on the constitutionality of the death penalty. In particular, they assess the extent to which the modern death penalty has met the aspirations of Gregg or continues to suffer from the flaws that caused its rejection in Furman. To answer this question, they provide the most comprehensive statistical account yet of the workings of the capital punishment system. Authoritative and pithy, the book is intended for both students in a wide variety of fields, researchers studying the topic, and--not least--the Supreme Court itself.
Death and Taxes: How SARS made hitmen, drug dealers and tax dodgers pay their dues
by Johann van LoggerenbergNothing in life is certain, except death and taxes – or so the expression goes. And over the past two decades South African criminals and tax dodgers have come to realise this truth the hard way.Tax sleuth Johann van Loggerenberg was at the centre of many of SARS’ high-profile cases during his time there. As far as SARS is concerned all forms of income are subjected to tax, even if by ill-gotten means. Whether you are a drug dealer from Durban, one of the hitmen who shot Brett Kebble or soccer boss Irvin Khoza, you have to pay your dues!Van Loggerenberg relates the riveting inside stories of the investigations into businessmen like Dave King, Billy Rautenbach, Barry Tannenbaum and his ponzi scheme, and others. Over the years he got to know all the scams and dirty tricks in the book and he explains these in plain language.In these investigations the tax authority worked closely with the police, the NPA and the Directorate of Special Operations. However, after a few years SARS became the victim of its own success. In telling the stories of how tax evaders were caught, Van Loggerenberg also shows how the power struggle between different state departments and the phenomenon of state capture in recent years started crippling SARS.
Death and the Machine: Intersections of Mortality and Robotics
by Siobhan LyonsThis book challenges conventional notions of biological life and death in the area of robotics, discussing issues such as machine consciousness, autonomous AI, and representations of robots in popular culture. Using philosophical approaches alongside scientific theory, this book offers a compelling critique on the changing nature of both humanity and biological death in an increasingly technological world.
Death and the Machine: Intersections of Mortality and Robotics
by Siobhan LyonsThis book challenges conventional notions of biological life and death in the area of robotics, discussing issues such as machine consciousness, autonomous AI, and representations of robots in popular culture. Using philosophical approaches alongside scientific theory, this book offers a compelling critique on the changing nature of both humanity and biological death in an increasingly technological world.