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Consumer Impairment and Its Improvement on Longterm Care Insurance Service : Focused on the Current Conditions and the Analysis of Counseling Cases in Korea and Japan (노인장기요양보험 서비스에 관한 소비자피해와 개선방안 : 한일 서비스이용현황 및 상담사례 분석을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Hyun-Jin
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.51-67
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    • 2010
  • This study looked into the current conditions in Korean and Japanese care management for the elderly, cases of consumer counseling in these countries, and the supporting institutions for Japanese users regarding the use of care management for the elderly. The number of recipients of care management for the elderly in both Korea and Japan is growing every year, and more Japanese users receive various services compared to Korean users. The results of an analysis on consumer counseling regarding the use of Korean and Japanese care management revealed, two types of complaints: counseling for the improvement of the institution and complaints related to the procurement of service. Regarding the insurance system, the complaints were mostly related to affirmation of a rating and the burden incurred by cost-sharing. Regarding the use of service, such key impairment cases were related to in-service medical accidents, illegal acts including caregiver contract violations and forced retirement, careless service by workers, and human rights violations of the elderly. Japan has developed governmental and, related-administrative and business services as well as a local governmental system to redress customer impairment issues as this pertains to service for better quality care management. In addition, they have enlarged the locally closed service, provided exact information about the services offered, and improved service appraisal techniques. The Japanese cases will serve as a good reference to improve the Korean system. In particular, the construction of a system that reduces customer losses and the availability of more counseling information are urgently required to improve the system in terms of customer experiences when they seek care management.

The Custom of Bride Wealth in Africa: The Context of Change and Reconstruction (아프리카의 신부대(bride wealth) 관습: 변화와 재구성의 맥락)

  • Seol, Byung-Soo
    • Cross-Cultural Studies
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    • v.50
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    • pp.131-172
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    • 2018
  • It is noted that nowadays, the bride wealth custom takes an extremely distorted form in African society. Such a phenomenon is a result that the male-dominant culture, Western religions, and capitalist economic system have been negatively combined into dynamic factors seen as bride wealth. This means that the concept of bride wealth has been incessantly reconstructed in the middle of clash and conflict of tradition and modernity. There is also little doubt that the practice is inextricably tangled with the common and current ways of livelihood, early marriage, polygyny, kinship/family structure, poverty, and migration labor. Bride wealth has become an increasingly commercialized element under a capitalist economic system. Accordingly, its traditional symbolism is seen to be subsequently weakening, whereas a tendency towards the reification of women is strengthening more in modern society that embraces modern customs bent on the protection of women's human rights. Its commercialization has produced a result, which instigates the noted violations of women's basic human rights, gender inequality, and promotion of domestic violence. The ways that people perceive bride wealth vary according to their own sex, generation, stratification, and ethnic background. Those people who negatively recognize bride wealth will increase with the deepening of its commercialization due to the influence of capitalism. Its color and effect will deepen and depend on how its agents correspond to socioeconomic changes. They will constantly reinterpret and reconstruct it within their own environments, but the basic human rights efforts are constantly under review by concerned individuals seeking to promote equality for women as a global effort.

Study on the Improvement of Laws Related to the Electromagnetic Wave of Mobile Phones

  • Park, Jong-Ryeol;Noe, Sang-Ouk
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.25 no.10
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    • pp.231-240
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    • 2020
  • Countries around the world have already taken direct and indirect measures to warn of the harmful effects of mobile phone electromagnetic waves. On the other hand, in the Republic of Korea the installation of Wi-Fi has been expandedwithout restrictions by location, and there is a widespread atmosphere of protesting human rights violations even if young students cannot use mobile phones, ignoring problems caused by the use of mobile phones. Human brain cells are increasingly exposed to electromagnetic waves of mobile phones as the penetration rate of smartphones grows.In order to solve the long-lasting question of whether electromagnetic waves from mobile phones will harm the human body, many studies are being conducted in various countries around the world, andthe recently published findingshave warned of the potential for harm. The labeling of electromagnetic waves alone is not sufficient to raise awareness about the dangers of electromagnetic waves. It is necessary that the Republic of Korea organize and operate a national electromagnetic wave research center in line with its status as an IT powerhouse, along with the revision of the Radio Wave Act, which directly warns the public about the hazards of mobile phone electromagnetic waves and can directly impose obligations on the mobile phone industry.

U.S. Consumers' Motivations for Purchasing and Not Purchasing Fashion Counterfeit Goods

  • Kim, Hye-Jeong;Latour, Brittany N.
    • International Journal of Costume and Fashion
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.11-27
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    • 2012
  • This study explores U.S. consumers' perceptions about fashion counterfeit goods and counter feiting and motivations for purchasing and not purchasing those goods. A qualitative research technique utilizing self-administered essay questions was used to collect data. A convenience sample of female college students(N=128) drawn from classes at Midwestern and Southern universities in the U.S. participated in this study. This study found that a majority of consumers tended to perceive that fashion counterfeit goods are merely imitations of the legitimate goods and that counterfeiting is producing and selling fake goods, but a small number of consumers associated those goods with illegally produced goods and illegal practices or violations of intellectual property rights. The major motivations for purchasing counterfeit fashion goods were found to be price/value consciousness, appearance of counterfeit goods, status consumption, availability of the goods, desire for souvenirs, and social(family and peer) influences. In addition, the major deterrents to purchasing these goods were identified as integrity/ethical judgment, poor quality of counterfeit goods, self-image/status, and unavailability of the goods. This study provides policy makers and anti-counterfeit coalitions with information to develop effective educational programs or campaigns to influence consumers' counterfeit fashion purchasing behavior.

A Study on the provisions relating to 'the collective civil appeals spot' in the Security Services Industry Act (경비업법상 '집단민원현장' 관련규정에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Sanghun
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.15 no.6_2
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 2015
  • Like a violence occurred by security guardians in the Yoosung or SJM Enterprise, a series of security company in Korea has repeated illegal conduct. So human rights violations are getting to be very heavy. The National Police Agency, the controller of the Security Services Industry Act, requires stricter regulations for the defense industry direction. here followed the research about some provisions in the Security Services Industry Act relating to 'the collective civil appeals spot' examining the contents of the Problems and discussed about it.

A Study on the Actual conditions and Solutions of the Multicultural Family Problems in Terms of Social Issues (사회문제의 측면에서 본 다문화가족문제의 실태분석 및 해결방안 연구)

  • Kim, Hyun-Mi
    • Industry Promotion Research
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2018
  • This study is to find out solutions to the problems of multicultural families which are becoming social problems. The results of this study are as follows : First, it is necessary to change government and public perception about multicultural families and society. Second, it is necessary to consider expanding and operating a counseling center for the support of multicultural families' human rights violations, labor issues, and life problems. Third, the efforts of related organizations and organizations including the government to diversify contents, subjects and programs of multicultural education are needed. Fourth, there is a need for a separate district development such as multicultural special zones.

Effects of Game-Based Self-Advocacy Script Intervention on Children with Disabilities (인권 침해와 관련한 게임 기반 스크립트 중재가 초등 장애아동의 자기옹호 언어 및 행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Yu, Seohyun;Kwon, Jungmin
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.161-176
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a script intervention based on multimedia on the verbal and behavioral self-advocacy skill of elementary school students with disabilities. A multiple probe baseline design across subjects had been used with 4 students with intellectual disabilities. The results showed all participants showed significant increase of verbal and behavioral self-advocacy performance in asking for help, expressing one's opinions, and coping with violations, and the effects were maintained. The intervention was more effective for verbal self-advocacy than behavioral. Some suggestions for future study are discussed.

International Legislative Trends on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) and its Implications on Policy (기업책임경영(RBC)의 국제입법동향과 정책적 시사점)

  • AHN, Keon-Hyung;JOE, In-Ho;KWON, Hee-Hwan
    • THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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    • v.75
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    • pp.199-224
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    • 2017
  • As Multi-National Enterprises expanded their investments to foreign countries, numerous controversies and disputes arose from their negative impacts, such as violations of human rights and damage to the environment of the host countries. In response, International Organizations such as the OECD have considered various ways to prevent these negative impacts and search for more efficient dispute resolution methods. It is recognized that the OECD Guideline is one of the tools they created for this purpose. The OECD Guideline is contrastable from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives which are regarded as a corporation's charity activities apart from their core business functions. However, Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) like the OECD Guideline can be understood as a concept moving forward from CSR, due to its requirements that corporations carry out their duties in a responsible manner within the field of their core business, such as tax, global supply chain or consumer protection. RBC which is binding in nature, has even been implemented through legislation in developed countries such as the USA, France, Switzerland, and the UK. The discussion in Korea, however, has not reached that level. Discussions for legislation center singularly on CSR efforts, with a dialogue only recently forming around the topic of legislation concerning RBC. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) who lack certain financial and other resources to adequately develop RBC initiatives may find this more obstacles to implementation through legislated RBC, than if it were presented in Korea through other means. It's necessary to admit that RBC is a critical issue in international business. However, time is required to consider its application directly to SMEs.

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Meaning of Memory in Archival Activism (기억의 기록학적 의미와 실천)

  • Seol, Moon-won
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.67
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    • pp.267-318
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze how the "memory approach" has affected archival methodology and activities, and suggest the directions of archival activities in each field. Although there have been many discussions on the memories and collective memories in Archival Studies, it is necessary to analyze them more practically from the viewpoint of archival activism. In this study, the memory approaches in archival discourse are classified into four categories in terms of archival activism; i) the role of archives as social memory organizations, ii) the memory struggle for finding out the truth of the past, iii) archival activities of restorative justice for people who suffer from trauma memories after social disasters and human rights violations, and iv) the memory process of communities' archiving for strengthening community identities. The meaning and issues are analyzed for each category, and the practice based on archival expertise and political and social practices are examined together as necessary competencies for archival activism.

Research on the development of automated tools to de-identify personal information of data for AI learning - Based on video data - (인공지능 학습용 데이터의 개인정보 비식별화 자동화 도구 개발 연구 - 영상데이터기반 -)

  • Hyunju Lee;Seungyeob Lee;Byunghoon Jeon
    • Journal of Platform Technology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.56-67
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    • 2023
  • Recently, de-identification of personal information, which has been a long-cherished desire of the data-based industry, was revised and specified in August 2020. It became the foundation for activating data called crude oil[2] in the fourth industrial era in the industrial field. However, some people are concerned about the infringement of the basic rights of the data subject[3]. Accordingly, a development study was conducted on the Batch De-Identification Tool, a personal information de-identification automation tool. In this study, first, we developed an image labeling tool to label human faces (eyes, nose, mouth) and car license plates of various resolutions to build data for training. Second, an object recognition model was trained to run the object recognition module to perform de-identification of personal information. The automated personal information de-identification tool developed as a result of this research shows the possibility of proactively eliminating privacy violations through online services. These results suggest possibilities for data-based industries to maximize the value of data while balancing privacy and utilization.

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