Mjbrewer8's List: DGL Vocabulary

• studying legal issues that emerge in relation to on-line social communications such as cyber-hate, cyber-bullying, sexting, free expression, privacy harm, libel and criminal harassment.

• “the percentage of admissions officers who reported that something they found there [on the internet] had negatively affected an applicant’s chances of admission increased in the last year from 12 percent to 35 percent.”

• Your Digital Identity is all the'stuff' about you on the Internet. Other people can write things about you, post pictures of you and so on - and if it can be linked to you, it is part of your DI. You can also put things about yourself on the 'net, of course.

• This is the destination for digital literacy resources and collaboration. Use it to share and enhance the tools necessary to learn computer and Internet skills needed in today’s global work environment.

• Through Operation Fake Sweep, a nationwide enforcement operation targeting stores, flea markets and street vendors selling counterfeit game-related sportswear, we seized more than 42,692 NFL trademarked items with a record-breaking value of $4.86 million – up from $3.72 million last year.

• Three particularly noteworthy efforts are: (1)  the FTC's web site, which provides consumer information and on-line fraud complaint forms,  (2) the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs' recently created web site, which  allows consumers to register complaints online, and (3) the Internet Bureau established by  the Attorney General of New York to protect consumers online.
• Verified Information about Buyers and Sellers
• Feedback Forum Where Customers Evaluate One Another
• b. Program safeguards can be instituted to protect consumers from fraud and to  resolve disputes online

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• Building on all of these qualities, leaders preparing for service at the strategic level must possess:

  • A variety of experiences at the tactical and operational levels of war to serve as a foundation for their service at the strategic level.

  • An educational foundation that enables creative and critical thinking in an environment of complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty.

  • A deep understanding of our military history, including how we begin, conduct and end wars.

  • A depth of knowledge resulting from both study and experience in how the U.S. government functions and the role of the professional military officer in providing advice to senior decision makers.

  These attributes cannot be grown overnight, in the course of a year or two at school, or in a single broadening assignment. Developing leaders competent in all of these traits is a careerlong process that begins early.

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• Their talents are as varied as they are. But each shares something in common;  something that allows them to create and produce freely; something that helps  ensure ownership of their life’s work. That something is copyright.

• Plagiarism—the unacknowledged use of the words or ideas of others—is the most common form of academic integrity violation at Cornell.

• Definition: In an instructional setting, plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledg­ing its source.

• We emphasize that the process of dissemination includes papers, audio and video presentations, web postings, technical reports, conferences, etc. The quality of the publications and the responsibilities that everybody assumes are means to these broader ends.

• If all information in the world was  written on clay tablets or  carved into marble, its preservation  would be greatly simplified.  Even paper, when manufactured and  stored properly, can have a life  measured in hundreds of years.  Today, however, much of the  information being produced is  digital,[1] and  digital formats are notoriously fragile.

• Google Apps helps you and your team work faster and smarter by making it easy for  everyone – employees, partners, vendors, anyone – to collaborate effortlessly  across teams, companies and locations.

• It incorporates 3-5 field trips per year to such businesses as Cytec and Sikorsky, among others.

• For many companies, collecting sensitive consumer and employee information is an essential part of doing business. It is your legal responsibility to take steps to properly secure or dispose of it.  Financial data, personal information from children, and material derived from credit reports may raise additional compliance considerations. In addition, you may have legal responsibilities to victims of identity theft. 

• Do you really need to identify your employer and relatives or include your religious beliefs and political views in your profile? Before entering such personal information, carefully consider the risks.