• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.1696-1707
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• 2019

This paper conducts a qualitative policy analysis of current challenges to safety culture and security culture in Southeast Asia and emerging best practices in Northeast Asia that are aimed at strengthening both cultures. It analyses lessons, including strengths and limitations, that can be derived from Northeast Asian states, given the long history of nuclear energy in South Korea, China and Japan. It identifies and examines best practices from Northeast Asia's Nuclear Security Centres of Excellence in terms of boosting nuclear security culture and their relevance for Southeast Asia. The paper accentuates the important role of the State in adopting policy and regulatory frameworks and in institutionalising nuclear education and training programmes to deepen the safety-security cultures. Best practices in and challenges to developing a nuclear safety culture and a security culture in East Asia are examined using three frameworks of analysis (i) a comprehensive nuclear policy framework; (ii) a proactive and independent regulatory body; and (iii) holistic nuclear education and training programmes. The paper argues that Southeast Asian states interested in harnessing nuclear energy and/or utilising radioactive sources for non-power applications must develop a comprehensive policy framework on developing safety and security cultures, a proactive regulatory body, and holistic nuclear training programmes that cover both technical and human factors. Such measures are crucial in order to mitigate human errors that may lead to radiological accidents and nuclear security crises. Key lessons from Japan, South Korea and China such as best practices and challenges can inform policy recommendations for Southeast Asia in enhancing safety-security cultures.

• 법제연구
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• 제44호
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• pp.155-184
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• 2013

본 연구는 방송과 통신, 영화나 게임 등 이용매체별 수직적 규제체계로 고착화되어 있는 현행 정책과 규제로는 새로운 융합미디어 환경을 따라가지 못한다는 비판적 시각에서 출발한다. 미디어 융합은 방송의 특수성을 완화하고, 그 동안 방송보다 약한 규제를 받아 왔던 다른 매체와 방송의 차별성을 상쇄시키고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 점차 확대되어 가고 있는 융합서비스와 기존 미디어에 대해 비대칭적인 현 규제정책을 그대로 유지한다면 그 충돌로 야기된 혼란은 끊임없이 지속될 수밖에 없다. 새로운 미디어환경에 적합한 규제방향과 관련하여 '동일한 서비스에 동일한 규제'라는 원칙에 기초한 '수평적 규제체계'가 도입되어야 한다는 것에 대한 사회적 합의는 사실상 모아져 있다. 다만 무엇과 무엇을 동일하게 취급해야 하는가에 대해서는 여전히 많은 이견이 있다. 이 연구는 콘텐츠 규제와 관련된 법률을 구체적으로 분석하고, 이를 기초로 융합시대에 적합한 콘텐츠 규제체제를 모색하는 원칙과 방향을 제안하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 매체별로 차별된 현행 규제가 근거들로 제시되고 있는 이유를 비판적으로 분석하여 현행 비대칭적 규제가 그 정당성을 상실하고 있음을 밝혀냄과 동시에, 여기서 도출된 논거를 토대로 향후 더욱 가속화될 미디어 융합 환경에 부합하는 규제기준으로써 "자율규제 원칙"을 제시하였다. 장기적으로는 콘텐츠 심의는 모든 콘텐츠에 대해서 하나의 심의기관이 동일한 심의기준과 등급분류를 적용하는 방향으로 개편되어야 한다고 본다. 콘텐츠의 상호호완의 정도가 높아지고 플랫폼을 넘나드는 새로운 기술의 발달은 서비스, 디바이스와 상관없이 동일한 미디어 콘텐츠는 동일하게 규제하는 플랫폼 중립적인 규제로 나아갈 수밖에 없기 때문이다. 그러나 심의정책이 자율규제를 기반으로 한 통합심의에 안전하게 다다르기 위해서는 중단기적인 준비가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 이를 단계적으로 시행할 수 있는 콘텐츠 심의규제방안으로 심의기준의 통일화, 등급분류체계의 일원화, 자율규제의 범위 확정 및 상호인증제의 도입을 제안하였다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권12호
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• pp.211-222
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• 2020

This study examines simultaneous relationships between regulatory capital, risk, and cost-inefficiency for a sample of 30 commercial banks in Bangladesh from 2006 to 2018. To conduct the analysis, we used the Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) in an unbalanced panel data framework. The empirical results show that there is a negative and significant relationship between capital regulation and credit, and overall risk. It is also evident from the results that the capital adequacy ratio is positively and significantly related to default risk and liquidity risk. Therefore, higher capitalized banks take an effort to prevent more credit risk and promote financial stability by reducing liquidity risk. Results also report that banks have been characterized as inefficient, less capitalized, and high risk. On the other hand, efficient banks are more stable but have a high level of liquidity risk. Besides, from the size of the bank, large banks are defined as having lower regulatory capital, are more risk seekers but stable with higher cost-efficiency. Notably, higher capitalized banks are more profitable and cost-efficient by reducing risk. Finally, this study also provides some insightful policy suggestions to the stakeholders.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.79-94
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• 2012

According to the higher dependence of contemporary firms on data digitalization and the information technology, the role and importance of Information Security Management (ISM) is getting higher. Thus, there is a need to arrange proper procedure and a series of device within the organization in order to reduce diverse security risks, which take place from the inside and the outside of firm. In other words, prior examination for reinforcing recognition of ISM, and of a systematic performance method in the refined form is important. This study investigate the key variables influencing the ISM. Thus, this study suggests firm environmental factors that include four exogenous variables, market volatility, task interdependence, perceived benefits, and coordination mechanism affecting awareness of ISM. In addition, it proposes a concept of the ISM process with awareness, development, and performance, and examines the moderating effects of regulatory influence. The research model was tested by using Structural Equation Modeling, via SmartPLS 2.0 analysis on a sample collected from 186 employees in various industries. The research results provide the evidence that supports the tested hypotheses except significance of coordination mechanism. The implications of the findings suggest a new theoretical framework of the ISM and offers important solutions for the practical application guidelines.

• 정보화정책
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.3-18
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• 2020

전세계적으로 디지털 전환이 확산됨에 따라 유럽연합(EU)은 회원국 간의 포괄적인 데이터 보호 프레임워크를 구축하기 위해 GDPR(General Data Protection Regulation)을 시행하였다. GDPR의 헌법적 뿌리를 고려할 때, EU의 규제 접근법은 다른 데이터 보호 규정들과는 차이가 있다. GDPR은 데이터 보호에 대한 개인의 권리를 강화하였다. 하지만 개인의 데이터를 수집하고 처리하는 기업에 대한 몇 가지 의무 또한 도입하였다. 본 연구에서는 정책적 관점에서 프라이버시, 특히 GDPR에 관한 기존의 문헌을 고찰하였으며, 이를 통해 데이터 규제가 경쟁, 혁신, 마케팅 활동 및 국경을 초월한 데이터 흐름에 미치는 영향을 개략적으로 리뷰 하였다. 그리고 본 연구는 프라이버시와 GDPR이 시장에 미치는 영향 사이의 절충안을 강조한다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2003

The paper discusses results of recent international intercomparison exercises on internal dose assessments, status of up to date internal dosimetry methods and the radiological legislation developed and implemented in Korea, European Union and Ukraine. The system of radiation protection in Korea is based on the Korean Atomic Energy Regulatory Enforcement on Safety Standards (Ministry Notice No. 2001-2). The notice is based on the recommendations in ICRP Publication 60 (1990) and IAEA Basic Safety Standards (1996). But the full implementation of the notice by the end of the year 2002 is not required because of the socio-economic situation and inexperience in internal radiation dosimetry Regulatory framework for internal radiation dosimetry is under development toward the full implementation of the notice from January 1, 2003. The system of radiation protection in Ukraine is based on the National radiation protection regulatory code NRBU-97. The code was developed and adopted in 1998 and replaced the Regulations of Former Soviet Union. The document is based on the ICRP Publication 60, Euratom Directive 96/29 and IAEA Basic Safety Standards (1996). The transitional period of 5 years (effected till January 2003) is established for implementation of all requirements of this new regulation. The system of radiation protection in the European Community is based on the Council Directive 96/29/Euratom, adopted in 1996 and enforced from 13 May 2000. Directive 96/29/Euratom has the status of the European law.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.233-260
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• 2002

This paper tries to analyze the efficiency structure and regulatory effects in electric power industry by using total factor productivity and indices based on cost function method. This paper performed an empirical analysis on the efficiency improvement and optimal scale taking the cost aspect in electricity industry into account. By expanding the cost structure framework, this paper proposes the analytical method regarding the needs of technology regulation and presents the empirical results which can be verified. Hence, this work can play a key role in decision-making of the national power development and regulatory policy. The empirical result indicates that the electricity industry in Korea has been in the state of economies of scale until 1980s, However, due to sustained growth of power generation, economies of scale declined and subsided after 1980s and then diseconomies of scale is shown recent years. The analysis on the effect of technology regulation shows the national large-scale base-load power plant development-oriented policy until so far contributed substantial cost effect to the electricity industry. The empirical result indicates that the reserve requirement as one of means of technology regulation policy did not contribute to the economies of scale but positive effect on the total factor productivity in Korea.

• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2017

Purpose - While microfinance institutions(MFIs) from Bangladesh, such as Grameen Bank, received worldwide recognition and the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, however, there is a paucity of research that provided a comprehensive discussion on the characteristics of the microfinance industry. Hence, the aim of this paper is to discuss some important aspects of the microfinance sector in Bangladesh. Research design, data, and methodology - This study used secondary sources of data, such as annual reports of the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) and the World Bank database in its descriptive analysis. Results - This study found that Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in her socio-economic and economic development in the last few decades. It is also generally perceived that microfinance has placed significant contribution on such socio-economic development. While microfinance observed unprecedented growth domestically, however, the regulatory framework is still rather weak, and a majority of the MFIs are found to be concentrated in the well-off areas (e.g., Dhaka, Chittagong etc.). Conclusions - The findings are significantly important for the parties who are interested to know the microfinance sector in Bangladesh. To some extent, the findings of this study will provide policy implications that may benefit the industry.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.1686-1697
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• 2022

As a part of probabilistic risk (or safety) assessment (PRA or PSA) of nuclear power plants (NPPs), the primary role of human reliability analysis (HRA) is to provide credible estimations of the human error probabilities (HEPs) of safety-critical tasks. Accordingly, HRA community has emphasized the accumulation of HRA data to support HRA practitioners for many decades. To this end, it is critical to resolve practical problems including (but not limited to): (1) how to collect HRA data from available information sources, and (2) how to inform HRA practitioners with the collected HRA data. In this regard, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) independently initiated two large projects to accumulate HRA data by using full-scale simulators (i.e., simulator data). In terms of resolving the first practical problem, the NRC and KAERI developed two dedicated HRA data collection systems, SACADA (Scenario Authoring, Characterization, And Debriefing Application) and HuREX (Human Reliability data EXtraction), respectively. In addition, to inform HRA practitioners, the NRC and KAERI proposed several ideas to extract useful information from simulator data. This paper is the first of two papers to discuss the technical underpinnings of the development of the SACADA and HuREX systems.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.717-734
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• 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to effectively detect violations that occur simultaneously against Good Manufacturing Practice, which were concealed by drug manufacturers. Methods: In this study, we present an analysis framework for analyzing regulatory violation patterns using Association Rule Mining (ARM), Text Mining, and t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE) to increase the effectiveness of on-site inspection. Results: A number of simultaneous violation patterns was discovered by applying Association Rule Mining to FDA's inspection data collected from October 2008 to February 2022. Among them there were 'concurrent violation patterns' derived from similar regulatory ranges of two or more regulations. These patterns do not help to predict violations that simultaneously appear but belong to different regulations. Those unnecessary patterns were excluded by applying t-SNE based on text-mining. Conclusion: Our proposed approach enables the recognition of simultaneous violation patterns during the on-site inspection. It is expected to decrease the detection time by increasing the likelihood of finding intentionally concealed violations.