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Ethics in the State-Owned Companies (SOC) in the public sector: A thin line between corporate governance and ethical leadership.

  • Nevondwe, Lufuno;Nembambula, Phophi;Mangammbi, Mafanywa Jeffrey
    • East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE)
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2015
  • Ethics suggest that all persons are by nature moral, as it would not be possible for humans to exist collectively or even individually without an innate ethical sense. In order for the public sector to thrive in business, the board of directors needs to be guided by ethics and take into account the abiding interests of humanity and public good. It is argued in this paper that the abuse of power in the public sector has often been associated with unethical leadership and conducts which undermines the ubuntu notion. The irregularities which often arise in the awarding of tenders in the state-owned companies are some of the challenges that are prone to the public sector. In order to address these challenges and promote a flourishing democracy it is argued that ethical leadership as envisaged in the King III Report needs to be adhered to by the boards of directors. This paper concludes that the direction and control of ethics in any organisation is vital especially where the line between corporate governance and ethical leadership has become blurred.

Ethics in the State-Owned Companies (SOC) in the public sector: A thin line between corporate governance and ethical leadership.

  • Nevondwe, Lufuno;Nembambula, Phophi;Mangammbi, Mafanywa Jeffrey
    • East Asian Journal of Business Economics (EAJBE)
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.18-22
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    • 2014
  • Ethics suggest that all persons are by nature moral, as it would not be possible for humans to exist collectively or even individually without an innate ethical sense. In order for the public sector to thrive in business, the board of directors needs to be guided by ethics and take into account the abiding interests of humanity and public good. It is argued in this paper that the abuse of power in the public sector has often been associated with unethical leadership and conducts which undermines the ubuntu notion. The irregularities which often arise in the awarding of tenders in the state-owned companies are some of the challenges that are prone to the public sector. In order to address these challenges and promote a flourishing democracy it is argued that ethical leadership as envisaged in the King III Report needs to be adhered to by the boards of directors. This paper concludes that the direction and control of ethics in any organisation is vital especially where the line between corporate governance and ethical leadership has become blurred.

A Study on the Moon Jae-in Government's Records of 'Committees Related to Elimination of Accumulated Ills' (문재인 정부의 '적폐청산 위원회' 기록 연구 교육부의 『역사교과서 국정화 진상조사 백서』를 중심으로)

  • Yi, Kyoung-yong
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.60
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    • pp.5-48
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, under the assumption that the documents related to the Military and Political Government of the Government of Japan are an important record that should be recorded as social memories of the time, the Ministry of Education's history textbook, In the white paper (Appendix) issued by the Investigation Committee, we analyzed the main contents of the records produced by the organization responsible for the history textbooks and the management of them, which were presented as evidence of the power abuse of the Park Geun-hye Government.

Cybersecurity Framework for IIoT-Based Power System Connected to Microgrid

  • Jang, Ji Woong;Kwon, Sungmoon;Kim, SungJin;Seo, Jungtaek;Oh, Junhyoung;Lee, Kyung-ho
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.2221-2235
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    • 2020
  • Compared to the past infrastructure networks, the current smart grid network can improve productivity and management efficiency. However, as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Internet-based standard communication protocol is used, external network contacts are created, which is accompanied by security vulnerabilities from various perspectives. Accordingly, it is necessary to develop an appropriate cybersecurity guideline that enables effective reactions to cybersecurity threats caused by the abuse of such defects. Unfortunately, it is not easy for each organization to develop an adequate cybersecurity guideline. Thus, the cybersecurity checklist proposed by a government organization is used. The checklist does not fully reflect the characteristics of each infrastructure network. In this study, we proposed a cybersecurity framework that reflects the characteristics of a microgrid network in the IIoT environment, and performed an analysis to validate the proposed framework.

An Analysis of the Premarital Preparation Education Program (결혼준비교육 프로그램의 분석)

  • Moon Sook-Jae;Jung Young-A;Yoon So-Young
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.33-51
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    • 2006
  • Today, the Korean society is experiencing an increase in serious problems, such as child abuse, unmarried mothers, single mothers, which cannot be overlooked as simply trivial family matters. The increase in these problems is caused by the rapid change that has taken place within our society, which has emasculated the power of our traditional values and behavior patterns to cope with contemporary life styles. Premarital Preparation Education is starting to gain attention as a preventive measure that can overcome this serious family crisis. Although the importance of the Premarital Preparation Education program cannot be overemphasized, there are only few cases where engaged couples and unmarried men and women are exposed to this type of program and actually experience its benefits. In other words, there is an urgent need to revitalize and increase the effects of the Premarital Preparation Education Program. This research was conducted in order to find a way to revitalize and to increase the effects of the program, so that more and more people can participate and receive benefits from it. First, we have analyzed the program's contents and the current condition on how the program is actually conducted. Then we have compared real case examples of the program and analyzed the current situation and its problems.

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Exploration of Direction for Platform Business Application for Development of Private Security Guard service (민간경호경비업의 발전을 위한 플랫폼 비즈니스 적용의 방향성 탐색)

  • Jeong, Kwi Young;Kim, Doo Han
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.15 no.6_2
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    • pp.99-106
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the direction in applying platform business model to the site to facilitate the growth of a private security guard service according to the development phase of economy, The directions of platform business application to be suggested through the study method are as follows. First, ensuring publicness. It should be able to integrate the government's and private sector's ability to collect and impart information. Second, securing self-regulation. Self-regulation should be guaranteed in the limit not to abuse or misuse others' information in re-producing and using information on private safe management and public order. Third, ensuring access. Past safety management has been controlled by public order power such as nation, military and police power, but access should be made to be convenient between suppliers and demanders. Fourth, securing profitability. In conclusion, those supplying and consuming private security guard service should be able to get their wanted value and share economic profits.

Dynamic Developmental Factors and their Problem Solving of Patients that Abuse Marihuana (마리화나 남용환자의 역동적인 발달요인과 문제해결)

  • 원정숙
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.105-116
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    • 1974
  • This study was made on patients who were Hospitalized due to sickness caused by the abuse of marihuana at the Psychiatric Section of a hospital during the period from Feb. to Oct., 1974. The following conclusion was obtained by reviewing the literature with respect to the nursing, and problem solving of those patients. 1. It appears that marihuana is a comparatively mild intoxicant in ordinary preparation without causing physical dependence or tolerance. 2. According to the status of men who are marihuana smokers, approximately 20% of them were college students, those preparing to retake college entrance examinations, non-employed and pharmacists. The men belong mostly to the middle foreigner′s mistress of higher, income bracket, and in the case of women, most of the smokers were US. servicemen entertainers. 3. Dynamic developmental factors: Case 1. : The patient had a characteristic, hysterical and emotionally unitable character, and was of low intelligence, In addition, to this already existing problem, the added uses of marihuana caused a mental illness to develope. Case 2 : The character, was reserved and introspective, her creative power and sentiment was fading and his ability of self-control was weakened. She used the smoking of marihuana to get rid of her own feeling of inferiority complex and tensions coming from interpersonal relationships. Case 3 : The patient was unconditionally resistive to the authoritativeness of superiors and irresponsible in his relationship with women, in his attitude concerning sex in general. He smoked marihuana because he felt become peace-loving and get enchanted experience through smoking it. 4. The points of issue appearing from the above case; (1) Movement of anti-social feelings against the "established system" by the youngsters. (2) Family problem. (3) Shamelessness, loss of motivation, disorderly attitude toward the sex, (4) Worries concerning the future. (5) Lack of knowledge concerning smoking of cigarette and marihuana. Chronic use of marihuana made, those youngman who had originally been ambitions to achieve something in life, lazy, inefficient, unable to make long-term plans, are such weak mined persons that they did not try to overcome problems when encountered. This will pose a great and important question in the mental health of the society, 5. Treatment and Problem sieving According to the literature, we will have to place importance upon hospitalized treatment The phases of treatment were divided into five parts. (1) Prehospital phase (2) Withdrawal Phase (3) Rehabilitation phase (4) Transitional phase (5) After-care phase The experiments have proved that there was much progress in the recovery of patients through environment therapy, supportive therapy and group psychotherapy. This was the above mentioned 5 phases of treating process in accordance with the weekly schedule of the hospital. It was thought that the patients would require prolonged after care management even after they were released from the hospital and that they will also require periodic visit, to the hospital and doctor′s interview with their family. In conclusion, the question of the young generation and marihuana smoking is becoming a great social problem in which their resistances to the "established system" and society is growing in the from of antiestablishment movements. In our country, the smoking of marihuana is gradually developing, therefore, I think, that it would be a very fortunate thing for us, if this report could be helpful for the motivation of further study on the questions of the young generation and its problems.

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A Study on Mother's Experience in Disclosure of Incestuous Sexual Abuse (어머니의 근친성학대 드러냄(disclosure) 경험에 관한 현상학적 연구)

  • Kim, Kyung-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.61 no.3
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    • pp.205-228
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    • 2009
  • The incestuous assault tends to remain a family secret and not easily be disclosed. Mothers of the victims are usually regarded as the responsible person holding the key to decide whether it should be disclosed or not. Sometimes, therefore, they are blamed with the charge of connivance. The purpose of this study was to explore the essence of mothers' experience of disclosing and to understand the subjective meaning given to this experience. Seven mothers of the female victims of incestuous assault were recruited and interviewed. The collected data was analyzed by hermeneutic phenomenological method. The essential theme of the mothers' disclosing experiences could be summarized as "overcoming pain by going through pain". This major theme contained three sub-themes: "wanting to vent the deepest tormenting pain", "getting hurt again by disregard and indifference from others", "attempting to tear open the festering wound and to feel recovered". Mothers experienced the disclosing process as revisiting the hidden wound to find the meaning of the incident and to cultivate the necessary skill and power to overcome the pain. Especially, mother's disclosing process was characterized by constant restructuring of past trauma through mother's will and knowledge, acknowledging the unmodifiable past, interpreting other people's responses, and, finally, constantly interacting with sociocultural context. The study result stressed the importance of considering the whole array of difficulties and meanings experienced by mothers in the disclosing process. Social work services should provide more professional and sensitive care when mothers try to disclose the dark secret of incestuous assault.

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The Effects of Nursing Students' Experience of Verbal Abuse on Major Satusfaction, Practice Satisfaction, and Nursing Professionalism (간호대학생의 언어폭력 경험이 전공만족도, 실습만족도, 간호전문직관에 미치는 영향)

  • Young Chae Kwon;Young Hee, Kim;Hyeon Jeom Heo
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.357-365
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    • 2023
  • Purpose : The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of nursing students' experience of verbal violence on major satisfaction, practice satisfaction, and nursing professionalism. Data were collected 237 237 3rd and 4th grade nursing students from two nursing colleges located in G and P cities, and the structured questionnaire was analyzed The results of the study showed that major satisfaction was significantly different according to gender (F=1,50, p<.001), grade (F=-2.38, p<.001), and motivation for choosing nursing (t=6.79, p<.000). appeared to have a difference. The experiences of verbal violence were related to major satisfaction (r=-.298, p<.001), practice satisfaction (r=.-.348, p<.001), and professionalism (r=.-.4071, p<.001). It was found that there was a statistically significant negative (-) correlation. Factors influencing the subject's experience of verbal violence include professionalism (β=.305, p<.001), satisfaction with major (β=259, p<.001), and satisfaction with practice (β=142, p=.003). ), and the explanatory power of these variables was 25.9%. It is necessary to develop a program that can cope with verbal violence of nursing students.

The relationship between the major market-based media and the government in Korea (한국의 민주화와 미디어 : 정부와 시장 주류 미디어의 관계)

  • Jo, Hang-Je
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.16
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    • pp.168-206
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    • 2001
  • This study attempts to examine the relationships between the major market-based media and the government after closing military regime era, 1961-1987. After the military regime was collapsed, while the mass media in Korea obtained independence and autonomy from government, they have been confronted with the terrible competition not so much comparatively as before. The watchdog role in the traditional liberalism, which is regarded as normative relationship between the media and the government would be transformed in accordance with the market condition and the maturity of democracy. Thus, the watchdog metaphor has been variously deviated in rower-centered society; lap dog, guard dog, attack dog. liberalists argue that the primary democratic role of the media is to art as a public watchdog overseeing the state. Social democrats, however, criticize them as simplistic conception which could be only applied to the government. They argue that the media should be seen as a source of redress against the abuse of all forms of power over others; the home, the economy, and the civil society. The lap dog view is that the media is overwhelmingly dependent on the established power structure contrary to the watchdog. While the guard dog perspective is a means to preserve the power structure alarming with playing 'conflict role', the attack do8 aims to the private interest of the media in intruding into the politics. The attack dog perspective by T. Patterson could be composed of the interpretive style of report, the game schema report over the policy schema in the election, and the negativism against politics and government. The market-dominant press has been likely to transform from lap-guard dog into attack-guard dog. In Roh Tae Woo government(1988-1992), while the press was a lessened lap-guard dog before three parties merger in 1990, after merger the press had been transformed as the reinforced lap-guard dog because this merger entailed joint, party-to-party negotiations, and the formation of the new party preceded by dissolution of the ruling blot. In the early stage of Kim Young Sam government(1993-1997), the press has kept in pace with the reform movement drive-forced by the government. However, the press withdrew the support of Kim's reform in reaching the level of threat to ruling bloc. The press coalesced only circumstantially with government and was interested in preserving some margin of independence. The failure of Kim's reform proved the political muscle of the press in post-autho-ritarianism. In the middle stage of Kim Dae Jung government (1998-) that resulted in the shift of power structure as once-opposition party leader, the stress has been a manifested attack-guard dog owing to the anti-cold war policy, the realignment policy of power, and the minority-base of Kim's government. The press has endeavored to hold political communication within limits relatively less threatening to the established order.

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