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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"right to know"”.
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Right to know: case study of South Africa
… Africa became democratic after it succeeded to come out of a long time 'scourge' of the apartheid system which violated quite a number of human rights. One of the tools employed during that era was unnecessary secrecy which hampered citizen's right to know. When South Africa held its first …
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The Study of The patient's Right to Know and Self-Determination
" 본 연구는 환자의 알권리에 대한 인식과 자기주도적 의사결정의 정도를 파악하여 현 시점에서의 환자들의 권리의식 정도를 알아보고 두 개념의 연관성을 알아봄으로써, 간호사가 환자의 권리를 존중해주기 위한 간호교육 프로그램 개발의 기초자료를 제공하고자 시도된 서술적 조사연구이다. 본 연구는 서울시와 경기도 성남시에 위치한 2개의 대학병원을 방문한 외래환자를 대상으로 임의표집하여 추출하였으며 최종 236명을 대상으로 자료를 분석하였다. 연구도구는 환자의 알권리에 대한 인식도는 Likert 5점 척도로 구성된 총 27문항의 도구를 …
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Civic Hacking for the Right to Know and the Right to Privacy
… 2010). Crisis events often cause civic hackers to break ethical boundaries and governance structures during crisis events as they attempt to communicate essential information to the public (Crawford and Finn, 2015), raising questions regarding ethical concerns, sustainability of their projects, …
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How does the machine work? : an examination of the policy implementation process and its application to the Massachusetts right to know law
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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Citizenship Education and the First Amendment in Public Schools
… marketplace of ideas, and the socratic method) to analyze federal circuit courts' of appeals cases which dealt with public school students' First Amendment right to speech. Cases were grouped according to the subject matter (underground newspapers, school-sponsored newspapers, textbooks and …
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OPSEC v. RTK: Media Restrictions in United Nations Peacekeeping
… on an ad-hoc basis, often relying on US or NATO rules. Some have suggested that a standardized media policy for all peacekeeping missions should be the norm. This project examines that proposition with an eye to the tension between the right to know and operational security. Looking at UN …
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Social responsibility in major newspapers coverage of "9/11 lapses" controversy
… items, published by the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today in one year (Sept. 12, 2001--Sept. 11, 2002), found the papers did not live up to journalistic precepts traditionally listed as required for the press in a democratic society. They were successful in …
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The development of public access to environmental information: An attempt to overcome the problems associated with traditional enforcement methods
The need to improve and encourage a national's participation in the protection of the environment, by making information concerning the state of the environment freely available has recently had considerable importance attached to it on all levels of Government. Although an individuals right to …
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Local Emergency Planning Committees: Collaboration, Risk Communication, Information Technology and Homeland Security
… planning committees (LEPCs) were designed to develop emergency response plans and provide information through community right-to-know programs. A literature review identified operational effectiveness, collaboration, risk communication, information technology (IT), and homeland security as …
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Brandy Nan and Farmer George: Public Perceptions of Royal Health and the Demystification of English Monarchy During the Long Eighteenth Century
… investigates how public comments related to the body natural and the body politic of the English monarchs, particularly in newspapers and other forms of print culture, changed between 1688 and 1789. It argues that by examining the depth and type of reportage on royal health and the …
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The Complexities of Delivering Justice and Truth Simultaneously in Transitional Justice Processes with a Special Focus on Nepal
… offers an opportunity for truth and justice to incentivise each other and alleviate some of the challenges and complexities their simultaneous existence creates. The TJ landscape has changed significantly in recent years, embracing a holistic notion entailing the systematic coexistence of its …
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Hair Samples as Ancestors and Futures of Community-Led Collection Care
During the nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, samples of hair were taken from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by researchers, both amateur and academic. These ‘hair samples’ were traded across Australia and internationally for the purpose of marking and measuring race across a …
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INFORMED: THE IMPACT ON DECESION MAKING DURING AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY
<p>The purpose of this research project was to determine if there was a significant difference between women who had unplanned pregnancies and the amount of information those women received about their pregnancy options regarding parenting, adoption, and abortion, and those who were not. …
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Visuomenės interesų apsauga ir žodžio laisvė demokratinėje visuomenėje /
… is considered one of the most important human rights in a democratic society. The quality of the democracy, the opportunity for expressing the virtues it provides and the progress of society via mechanisms of individual self-expression depend on the adequate actualization of this right. The …
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Att plantera ett barn : internationella adoptioner och assisterad befruktning i svensk reproduktionspolitik
The purpose of this thesis is to study the norms and values surrounding the family and the nation-state in Swedish family policy as they appear in Official Government Reports (SOU) on international adoption and assisted reproductive technology (ART) between 1953 and 2007. I argue that the …
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Virtually Uninhabitable: A Critical Analysis of Digital Environmental Anti-Toxics Activism
… I analyze online environmental anti-toxics activism. Environmental activist groups have created a presence on the World Wide Web to help empower people to become aware of and struggle against pollution. The sites that I explore (http://www.epa.gov/tri/, http://www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/, …
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The freedom of expression in Zambia: Are there enough laws put in place to strenthen the exercise of this freedom on do most laws rob it of its efficacy?
… enjoyment of his freedom of expression, that is to say, freedom to hold opinions without interference, freedom to impart and communicate ideas and information without interference, whether the communication be to the public generally or to any person or class of persons, and freedom from …
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The freedom of expression in Zambia: Are there enough laws put in place to strenthen the exercise of this freedom on do most laws rob it of its efficacy?
… enjoyment of his freedom of expression, that is to say, freedom to hold opinions without interference, freedom to impart and communicate ideas and information without interference, whether the communication be to the public generally or to any person or class of persons, and freedom from …
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Becoming Artifacts: Medieval Seals, Passports and the Future of Digital Identity
<p>What does a digital identity token have to do with medieval seals? Is the history of passports of any use for enabling the discovery of Internet users' identity when crossing virtual domain boundaries during their digital browsing and transactions? The agility of the Internet architecture and …