Internet governance

2.2 Concepts Synonymous to CSR 2.2.1 Corporate Citizenship (CP) Corporate citizenship a concept which is often used interchangeably with CSR. Irrespective of the way and manner in which concept is being defined it seems to have more or less overlap with the concept of CSR. Carroll (2008) stated in his work that corporate citizenship may be broadly or narrowly conceived in CSR. According to Carroll (2001), the philanthropic responsibility he mentioned in his hierarchical framework refers…

Agency conflict and Agency cost The connection which exist between the firm owners (shareholders) and the firm’s agents, usually the managers is described as agency relationship. In this relationship, principal delegate duties of running the firm businesses to the agents and to work in the best interest of the owners Jensen and Mecking (1976, p.308). Where is the source of this conflict originating? Agency conflict arises among the firm stakeholders (managers and shareholders) due to various…

reasons for the downfall of Enron, corporate governance being one of the main. The Corporate Governance Code issued by the Financial Reporting Council (2010) defines corporate governance as ‘the system by which companies are directed and controlled’. Boards of directors are responsible for the governance of their companies. The shareholders’ role in governance is to appoint the directors and the auditors and to satisfy themselves that an appropriate governance structure is in place. The…

THE IDENTIFIED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE BREACHES Based on the study and analysis of the case, it is discovered that the breaches including but not limited to the following have occurred in HIH case:- 5.1 breaches of directorial duties, or duties as an officer Three directors namely…

vulnerabilities as soon as reported,include assessment of security implementation by the external vendor’s as part of the pre-requisites before providing them access to Target’snetworkto minimize the attack surface,create a list of approved servers and internet connections Target’s network shouldcommunicate within order to make sureallcracksinsecurity foundationare fixed; prioritizingsecurity reports, alerts by Target’s security teams,their intrusion detection software like the FireEye software,…

1- Current Situation: A- Past Performance: Best Buy Co. Inc., is a company that was found in 1966 and has been since a provider of electronics/technology products as well as offers repair and installation services to its customers. The company has international stores in countries like China, Mexico, and Canada, but its domestic segment is the largest and strongest and its stores are spread all over the United States (approximately a store that is 15 minutes away from where every individual…

Q1 Network Effects Google Inc.is the largest internet search company, who took the major market share in the U.S. and numerous countries. People start to use Google as a verb rather than a company name, which indicates its leading position in the industry. When Google search becomes widely popular, it can generate more value from the popularity. As The Innovator 's Toolkit stated, “a phenomenon in which the value of a product increase as more products are sold and the network of users increases”…

expectations of how information should be used and shared, already face threats from those nations who disapprove of their actions--provisions like this could further endanger them. The United States has had to respond to quite a few “attacks” by Internet hacktivists in the last decade. One such attack was carried out by Aaron Swartz, a young entrepreneur and committed online freedom activist. Perhaps the first thing I should mention about Swartz is that I remember his death sharply. I remember…

threats (Principles I and II) with the tactical intelligence of responding to dynamic threat situations (Principle III)” and urges us to perform the cycle faster to become more adaptable, thus yielding more limited opportunity for the attackers.Weak Governance (the anti-pattern #4) – Regarding IT…

industry was starting to form around 10 years ago. The idea of communicating and sharing content presented itself on the internet via chat messengers. Those were the…