Self-Regulation for Online Behavioral Advertising (OBA): Analysis of OBA Notices

This study assessed how and to what extent self-regulation of online behavioral advertising (OBA) is executed on participating companies' websites. Based on the principles of OBA, as outlined by the Digital Advertising Alliance and Federal Trade Commission, we analyzed the format of OBA notices, explanation of OBA notices, opt-out options, transparency, and use of unacceptable notices. A series of content analyses was done in the years 2013 and 2015. Our results indicated slight improvements over the years, but the specific details of the implementation continued to fall short of the standards. In terms of accessibility and visibility, many websites demonstrated problematic presentations or lack of the components necessary to increase consumers' understanding and control over the practice of OBA.     

论可持续发展的设计伦理之道

随着经济的发展和社会的进步,设计对人类生活所产生的作用越来越难以估量.在给人们提供便捷、舒适生活的同时,设计也不可避免地出现了一些问题,如片面强调刺激消费,漠视受众情感和忽视社会责任等等.面对形形色色的设计问题,设计师应当及时审视自己的设计行为,对自己的设计进行多维度思考并做出力所能及的校正.提出塑造可持续发展设计观的内涵,同时重点考虑关注可持续发展的设计伦理,使设计符合可持续发展战略要求并'能产生积极的影响.     

注册会计师行业独立型监管模式有效性研究——基于美国PCAOB运作情况的分析

独立型监管机构具有更高的独立性、更大的法定权威和更集中的监管权限等有利条件,但缺乏基于社会声誉的权威,同时存在外部约束弱化、过度监管和行业专门知识利用不足等问题.独立型监管模式的有益经验值得借鉴,但必须注意其有效性不是无条件的.我国可考虑设立类似于美国PCAOB的相对独立、专司其职、权限集中、有充分法律授权和充足经费保障的监管机构,但须深入分析我国国情,设计出在权威、激励和知识三个维度上均能提高监管效率的改革方案.     

浅谈高校教师亚健康状态的自主调节

高校教师承担着繁重的教学及科研任务,长期超负荷工作,较重的心理压力,使高校教师呈现亚健康状态的人数在急剧增加,严重威胁着教师的身心健康。在目前社会现实、工作环境、生存趋势等客观因素难以改变的情况下,教师可以通过自己的主观努力,做好心理调整,缓解心理压力,改变不良的生活方式和习惯等,从而改善亚健康状态,提高健康水平和工作效率。     

关于生态文明建设的人文基础思考——心态文明的视角

最近三十多年来我们进入了经济的长足发展期,但同时也陷入了资源、环境等生态危机之中,如资源耗费、物种灭失、植被破坏、海洋衰竭等,个体可持续发展行为的缺失是我们没有避免生态危机的重要原因之一。市场经济模式深厚的历史文化根基和主流经济学所倡导的发展理念,既是西方国家陷入生态危机困境的根源,也是我国个体可持续发展行为缺失的文化导向,而建立在内心自我规制基础上心态文明的缺失则是生态危机产生的现实因素。因此,塑造国民文明的心态,政府、教育、媒体、家庭等社会组织责无旁贷。     

关于完善我国艺术品市场诚信机制的探究

在我国艺术品市场繁荣发展的同时,造假、卖假等诚信缺失现象层出不穷,严重阻碍了我国艺术品市场的可持续发展.从构建艺术品市场征信体系入手,发挥政府管理职能,加强行业自律,逐步建立透明化的艺术品数据库和法制化的艺术品鉴定体系,重视对艺术品市场专业人才的培养,促进我国艺术品市场的健康发展.     

A Social Contract Account for CSR as an Extended Model of Corporate Governance (II): Compliance,Reputation and Reciprocity

This essay seeks to give a contractarian foundation to the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), meant as an extended model of corporate governance of the firm. Whereas, justificatory issues have been discussed in a related paper (Sacconi, L.: 2006b, this journal), in this essay I focus on the implementation of and compliance with this normative model. The theory of reputation games, with reference to the basic game of trust, is introduced in order to make sense of self-regulation as a way to implement the social contract on the multi-fiduciary model of corporate governance. This affords understanding of why self-regulation, meant as mere recourse to a long-run strategy in a repeated trust game, fails. Two basic problems for the functioning of the reputation mechanism are examined: the cognitive fragility problem, and the motivational problem. As regards the cognitive fragilities of reputation (which result from the impact of unforeseen contingencies and from bounded rationality), the paper develops the logic and the structure that self-regulatory norms must satisfy if they are to serve as gap-filling tools with which to remedy cognitive limitations in the reputation mechanism. The motivation problem then arises from the possibility of sophisticated abuse by the firm. Developed in this case is an entirely new application of the theory of conformism-and-reciprocity-based preferences, the result of which is that the stakeholders refuse to acquiesce to sophisticated abuse on the part of the firm. Lorenzo Sacconi is professor of economics and Unicredit Chair in economic ethics and corporate social responsibility at the Department of Economics of the University of Trento, where he leads the LaSER - Laboratory of research in Social responsibility, Ethics and Rationality, and head of the graduate program (laurea magistralis) in “economic decisions, enterprise and corporate social responsibility”. He is also director of EconomEtica, the interuniversity centre for economic ethics and corporate social responsibility joining over 20 Italian Universities placed at the Milano-Bicocca University. Past president of tthe Italian Business Ethics Network and past member of the EBEN executive committtee, currrently he is a member of the executive committee of the Italian chapter of EBEN (EBEN Italy). On related subjects, he is author of the book: The social contract of the firm, Springer, 2000     

Fostering Self-Regulation Skills in Youth: Examining the Effects of a Mentoring Curriculum in a Summer Recreation Program

This study examined the effects of a mentoring curriculum embedded within a recreation program on youth's self-regulation. Self-regulation scores were collected on 64 youth participants: 29 in the comparison group and 35 in the treatment group. Using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions (Guy, Isquith, &; Gioia, 2004 Guy, S., Isquith, P., &; Gioia, G. (2004). Behavior rating inventory of executive function—self-report version: Professional manual. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources. [Google Scholar]) as a measure of self-regulation, scores were collected pre-, middle, and postrecreation program. Results indicated significant (p <. 008) differences among the treatment and comparison conditions with the treatment site exhibiting greater increases in self-regulation over time compared with the comparison site. Implications from the study suggest that recreation programs are well positioned to incorporate formalized mentoring that supports the development of self-regulation in youth.     

期货行业协会法律规制研究

期货行业的发展和创新需要监管 ,行业协会自律管理是期货市场控制自身的高风险的内在要求 ,行业自律的法律性质是会员契约认同和国家对部分公共管理权力让渡的两方面的结合 ,政府监管和期货行业协会自律相结合构成有效的期货市场监管体制。