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Journal of Individual Employment Rights, 2007
Journal of Individual Employment Rights, 1999
Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2000
In a recent issue of a local newspaper, area teens were given the opportunity to express their op... more In a recent issue of a local newspaper, area teens were given the opportunity to express their opinions of surveillance cameras installed by their employers. The teen who opposed the cameras based her criticism on the lack of need for such measures: "The worst that my fellow workers ever did was to give out a free item of food to a friend or trade with another restaurant establishment for lunch...."' To this young woman, stealing the products of the firm where she worked is, if not acceptable, clearly something that should not have concerned her employer enough to warrant the installation of surveillance cameras intended to prevent or reduce such behavior. Further, she feels secure enough in her opinions to offer them for publication in a newspaper that will be read by her past and current employers, as well as her teachers and colleagues. This attitude, if it is representative of a large portion of the student population, concerns business law professors and others who teach business ethics. It exemplifies a level of ignorance of legal and ethical issues that should impact what is taught in business law and ethics courses. In most courses, the instructor assumes a basic level of knowledge already achieved by the students and designs the course to build on that base. If that assumption is incorrect, the overall goals of
Internet Research, 2001
In the United States, electronic signatures recently became as legally binding as printed signatu... more In the United States, electronic signatures recently became as legally binding as printed signatures. But the legislation that made electronic signatures legal did nothing to specify how they should be implemented, or what precautions must be taken to ensure the security and validity of the signature process. This paper first reviews the status of electronic signatures in the United States, and compares it to work done by the United Nations. Next, the technology that can be used to implement electronic signatures is summarized. The paper concludes with a discussion of problems and open issues surrounding the use of electronic signatures.
J Indiv Employ Right, 1999
Journal of Individual Employment Rights, 2007
Journal of Individual Employment Rights, 1999
Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2000
In a recent issue of a local newspaper, area teens were given the opportunity to express their op... more In a recent issue of a local newspaper, area teens were given the opportunity to express their opinions of surveillance cameras installed by their employers. The teen who opposed the cameras based her criticism on the lack of need for such measures: "The worst that my fellow workers ever did was to give out a free item of food to a friend or trade with another restaurant establishment for lunch...."' To this young woman, stealing the products of the firm where she worked is, if not acceptable, clearly something that should not have concerned her employer enough to warrant the installation of surveillance cameras intended to prevent or reduce such behavior. Further, she feels secure enough in her opinions to offer them for publication in a newspaper that will be read by her past and current employers, as well as her teachers and colleagues. This attitude, if it is representative of a large portion of the student population, concerns business law professors and others who teach business ethics. It exemplifies a level of ignorance of legal and ethical issues that should impact what is taught in business law and ethics courses. In most courses, the instructor assumes a basic level of knowledge already achieved by the students and designs the course to build on that base. If that assumption is incorrect, the overall goals of
Internet Research, 2001
In the United States, electronic signatures recently became as legally binding as printed signatu... more In the United States, electronic signatures recently became as legally binding as printed signatures. But the legislation that made electronic signatures legal did nothing to specify how they should be implemented, or what precautions must be taken to ensure the security and validity of the signature process. This paper first reviews the status of electronic signatures in the United States, and compares it to work done by the United Nations. Next, the technology that can be used to implement electronic signatures is summarized. The paper concludes with a discussion of problems and open issues surrounding the use of electronic signatures.
J Indiv Employ Right, 1999