Recently added articles from Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues:
The Georgia economic loss rule.
Jul 01, 2007; Hoft, John ... ABSTRACT The Georgia Economic Loss Rule is a common law rule that inhibits claimants from seeking tort damages for losses in disputes about the functionality of products that are traditionally remedied in contract actions. The rule arises out of a desire by the courts to ...
You belong to me: employer attempts to keep employees from quitting to work for competitors via non-compete agreements in employment contracts.
Jul 01, 2007; Kessler, Lara L. ... ABSTRACT At one point in time, employees remained with one employer for most of their careers. Today, employees are more mobile and are likely to have several employers over the course of their careers. Because of this increased mobility, employers are concerned that former ...
RFID and consumer privacy: let the buyer beware!(Radio Frequency Identification )
Jul 01, 2007; Willey, Lorrie ... ABSTRACT "Caveat Emptor," or "Let the Buyer Beware," has long been a legal adage warning consumers of the ramifications of purchasing defective products. Until the advent of product liability laws, the consumer suffered without legal recourse when injured by dangerous products ....
Personal values and ethical viewpoints of accounting majors: how do they compare to other students'?
Jul 01, 2007; Baird, Jane E. ... ABSTRACT Corporate fraud and financial reporting scandals have raised significant questions about accountants' ethics and the accounting profession's ability to perform its role in reducing information risk for investors. If accountants are to regain the public's trust, ...
Virtual corporations--no time for trust?
Jul 01, 2007; Schallenkamp, Ken A. ... ABSTRACT Virtual Corporations (VC's) are temporary flexible networks, dependent on mutual trust, and linked by information technology for the purpose of exploiting fast changing market opportunities. However, the very characteristics which make them so effective at exploiting ...
Preventing employee identity fraud: policy and practice issues for employers.
Jul 01, 2007; Calvasina, Gerald E. ... ABSTRACT According to a 2002 report by TransUnion, one of the U.S.'s three credit bureaus, the No. 1 underlying source of identity fraud is theft of employer records. Human Resource departments are a prime target for this type of crime "when someone steals a wallet, they get one ...
Peer to peer file sharing, copyright, and Grokster.
Jul 01, 2007; Kemp, Deborah J. ... ABSTRACT Music and entertainment media lovers widely use copying services offered on the internet to download and otherwise copy songs and movies. Those who engage in the practice are often committing copyright infringement. The entertainment industry wants to stop the practice, ...
Attorney ads and consumer purchase intentions: the effects of certification claims and sex of source.
Jul 01, 2007; Amyx, Douglas ... ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted using a mock-up of print advertisements for attorneys. A sample of 309 consumers viewed the ads. The independent variables were attorney certification credentials and attorney sex. The dependent variable was consumer purchase intentions ....
Minimizing risk of transfer pricing audit and awakening the giant of corporate stewardship: an ethical decision making model (EDMM) for multinational enterprise (MNE) transfer pricing.
Jul 01, 2007; Bateman, Connie R. ... ABSTRACT This manuscript presents an ethical decision making model (EDMM) for transfer pricing (TP). The EDMM has been theoretically and empirically supported in the strategic management, marketing, and ethics literatures, but never applied in a TP context. The model is embedded ...
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
Jul 01, 2007; Yeargain, John; Smith, Aileen ... Welcome to the Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues. The Journal is owned and published by the DreamCatchers Group, LLC. The Editorial Board and the Editors are appointed by the Allied Academies, Inc., a non profit association of scholars whose purpose is to encourage and support the ...
RFID AND CONSUMER PRIVACY: LET THE BUYER BEWARE!
Jul 01, 2007; Willey, Lorrie ... ABSTRACT "Caveat Emptor," or "Let the Buyer Beware," has long been a legal adage warning consumers of the ramifications of purchasing defective products. Until the advent of product liability laws, the consumer suffered without legal recourse when injured by dangerous products. Now, this ...
YOU BELONG TO ME: EMPLOYER ATTEMPTS TO KEEP EMPLOYEES FROM QUITTING TO WORK FOR COMPETITORS VIA NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
Jul 01, 2007; Kessler, Lara L; Bass, Anna N; Yeargain, John W ... ABSTRACT At one point in time, employees remained with one employer for most of their careers. Today, employees are more mobile and are likely to have several employers over the course of their careers. Because of this increased mobility, employers are concerned that former employees ...
THE GEORGIA ECONOMIC LOSS RULE
Jul 01, 2007; Hoft, John ... ABSTRACT The Georgia Economic Loss Rule is a common law rule that inhibits claimants from seeking tort damages for losses in disputes about the functionality of products that are traditionally remedied in contract actions. The rule arises out of a desire by the courts to maintain ...
PERSONAL VALUES AND ETHICAL VIEWPOINTS OF ACCOUNTING MAJORS: HOW DO THEY COMPARE TO OTHER STUDENTS'?
Jul 01, 2007; Baird, Jane E; Zelin, Robert C ... ABSTRACT Corporate fraud and financial reporting scandals have raised significant questions about accountants' ethics and the accounting profession's ability to perform its role in reducing information risk for investors. If accountants are to regain the public's trust, business ...
VIRTUAL CORPORATIONS-NO TIME FOR TRUST?
Jul 01, 2007; Schallenkamp, Ken A; Coulson, Kevin R; Kantamneni, S Prasad ... ABSTRACT Virtual Corporations (VC's) are temporary flexible networks, dependent on mutual trust, and linked by information technology for the purpose of exploiting fast changing market opportunities. However, the very characteristics which make them so effective at exploiting ...
PREVENTING EMPLOYEE IDENTITY FRAUD: POLICY AND PRACTICE ISSUES FOR EMPLOYERS
Jul 01, 2007; Calvasina, Gerald E; Calvasina, Richard V; Calvasina, Eugene J ... ABSTRACT According to a 2002 report by TransUnion, one of the U.S.'s three credit bureaus, the No. 1 underlying source of identity fraud is theft of employer records. Human Resource departments are a prime target for this type of crime "when someone steals a wallet, they get one name, ...
PEER TO PEER FILE SHARING, COPYRIGHT, AND GROKSTER
Jul 01, 2007; Kemp, Deborah J ... ABSTRACT Music and entertainment media lovers widely use copying services offered on the internet to download and otherwise copy songs and movies. Those who engage in the practice are often committing copyright infringement. The entertainment industry wants to stop the practice, hoping ...
ATTORNEY ADS AND CONSUMER PURCHASE INTENTIONS: THE EFFECTS OF CERTIFICATION CLAIMS AND SEX OF SOURCE
Jul 01, 2007; Amyx, Douglas; Bristow, Dennis; Robb, Jeffrey; Johnson, Gene ... ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted using a mock-up of print advertisements for attorneys. A sample of 309 consumers viewed the ads. The independent variables were attorney certification credentials and attorney sex. The dependent variable was consumer purchase intentions. Results ...
MINIMIZING RISK OF TRANSFER PRICING AUDIT AND AWAKENING THE GIANT OF CORPORATE STEWARDSHIP: AN ETHICAL DECISION MAKING MODEL (EDMM) FOR MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE (MNE) TRANSFER PRICING
Jul 01, 2007; Bateman, Connie R ... ABSTRACT This manuscript presents an ethical decision making model (EDMM) for transfer pricing (TP). The EDMM has been theoretically and empirically supported in the strategic management, marketing, and ethics literatures, but never applied in a TP context. The model is embedded into the ...