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The Surveillance Studies Reader

Edition: paperback

Author: Edited By Sean P Hier & Josh Greenberg

ISBN: 9780335220267,

Publishers: McGraw-Hill, Open University Press

Price: £20.99

Publication Date: August 2007

Publisher’s Title Information

From the horrific images of James Bulger's abduction at the Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, through to the frighteningly mundane pictures of the July 7th bombers at Luton Station, surveillance is a key part of our everyday lives.
In this topical reader Sean Hier and Josh Greenberg bring together extracts from some of the most influential readings on surveillance studies. The reader examines thoughts about self-surveillance, scrutiny of specific parts of society, sophisticated data gathering techniques and the ubiquity of CCTV. While surveillance is an intrinsic feature of human social relationships, it is only in the past few years that information and data-gathering techniques have emerged as a sustained multi-disciplinary topic of investigation and theorization.
Surveillance studies, now a rapidly growing area of academic study, has begun documenting the changing character and consequences of surveillance techniques throughout the world. The readings presented in this book represent one more step towards developing a coherent statement on surveillance studies.
The readings are organised into distinct sections:

Surveillance, the nation-state and social control

Computers, simulations and assemblages

Surveillance in everyday life

Surveillance, politics and social inequality

Surveillance and public opinion

Ethics, privacy and resistance

The Surveillance Studies Reader is key reading for students of sociology, politics, social policy, media and communications studies, social psychology and criminology.
Essays by: Charles Barker, Colin Bennett, William Bogard, Roy Coleman, Christopher Dandeker, Richard Eriscson, Michel Foucault, Oscar H. Gandy, Anthony Giddens, John Gilliom, Stephen Graham, Kevin Haggerty, Susan Hansen, Sean P. Hier, David Lyon, Gary Marx, Dawn Moore, Mike Nellis, Charles Raab, Alasdair Roberts, James Rule, Graham Sewell, Mimi Sheller, John Torpey, John Urry, Kevin Walby, David Wood.

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Business Law

Edition: 13th

Format: SOFT + DVD

Authors:  Jane Mallor,   A  James Barnes,  L  Thomas Bowers, Arlen Langvardt

ISBN: 0071106987

Publishers: McGraw-Hill

Price £46.99

Publication Date: May 2006

Publisher’s title Information

Mallor, Barnes, Bowers and Langvardt's: Business Law: The Ethical, Global, and E-Commerce Environment, 13e is appropriate for the two-term business law course. The cases in the 13th edition are excerpted and edited by the authors. The syntax is not altered, therefore retaining the language of the courts. As in the 12th edition, the 13th edition includes a mix of actual AND hypothetical cases. The title has been changed to reflect a new focus of the book- the global and Internet environment
Key Features

Chapter 4, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Critical Thinking includes two additional section:

-How to lead ethically, that is, how to ensure that those under one's direction, management, and guidance act in an ethical way.

-Common characteristics of decisions gone wrong. This section meshes the material on ethics and critical thinking, concluding with a list of factors that commonly lead to bad decisions, such as complexity of a problem, low margin for error, and cognitive biases that increase risk and lead to over-confidence.

Material on the unintended effects of Sarbanes Oxley has been added, including 1) an increase in going private (public companies choosing no longer to be public),2) reduced quality audits by independent audit firms that have a lower understanding of the client's business, and 3) companies choosing to incorporate under foreign jurisdiction.

Chapter 43 now includes material on the convictions and acquittals of high-profile corporate executives such as Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco), Bernie Ebbers (Enron), and Richard Scrushy (HealthSouth).

Bankruptcy Chapter now incorporates the major changes to the Act as a result of legislation passed in April 2005. These are the most significant changes since the 1978 Act.

Chapter 46, Legal and Professional Responsibilities of Auditors, Consultants, and Securities Professionals expands the coverage of securities professionals and coverage of the actual effects of Sarbanes Oxley on the accounting profession.

A Student DVD is available with each new copy of the text and features 18 interactive videos featuring courtroom arguments for business law cases. These interactive videos give students the opportunity to hear the case and then make their decision. After that, they can access the judge's decision and reasoning. Students are able to disagree with the judge, and "state their case" at the end of each scenario.

Chapter on Ethics. With ethics in the forefront now, the authors have significantly increased the coverage to give instructors and students more time to discuss this important topic.

Cyberlaw in Action. In keeping with today's technological world, these boxes describe and discuss actual instances of e-commerce and cyberlaw occurring in businesses today.

The Global Business Environment. Since global issues affect us in many different aspects of business, this material now appears throughout the text instead of in a separate chapter on International Issues. This box brings to life global issues that are affecting business law.

LogOn. These appear where appropriate and direct students to relevant web sites that give more information on the topic at hand.