A Moral Debate: The Responsibility of Human Resource Professionals in the Implementation of a Code of Ethics

The overarching idea of this thesis is that human resource professionals have a responsibility to oversee a code of ethics that governs employee behavior within an organization. Although the development and implementation of such a code is a collaborative effort between stakeholders, human resource managers bring value to a code through factors such as training and communication. Initially, one must define ethics and a code of ethics, in order to better understand the creation, management, and implementation of the code. Recent ethical situations in the world today, such as Enron and TI Instruments, establish and exemplify the purpose and overall effect of a code of ethics. A final look at the role of human resource management within an ethical framework establishes its position as a strategic business partner in the ultimate implementation of a code of ethics

An Improved Implementation and Abstract Interface for Hybrid

Hybrid is a formal theory implemented in Isabelle/HOL that provides an interface for representing and reasoning about object languages using higher-order abstract syntax (HOAS). This interface is built around an HOAS variable-binding operator that is constructed definitionally from a de Bruijn index representation. In this paper we make a variety of improvements to Hybrid, culminating in an abstract interface that on one hand makes Hybrid a more mathematically satisfactory theory, and on the other hand has important practical benefits. We start with a modification of Hybrid's type of terms that better hides its implementation in terms of de Bruijn indices, by excluding at the type level terms with dangling indices. We present an improved set of definitions, and a series of new lemmas that provide a complete characterization of Hybrid's primitives in terms of properties stated at the HOAS level. Benefits of this new package include a new proof of adequacy and improvements to reasoning about object logics. Such proofs are carried out at the higher level with no involvement of the lower level de Bruijn syntax.Comment: In Proceedings LFMTP 2011, arXiv:1110.668

Oral History Interview: Walter Felty

This interview is one of a series conducted concerning the history of Marshall University. Dr. Felty is a retired professor and administrator from Marshall University. He gives a personal background, his growing up during the Great Depression, his mother\u27s involvement in the WPA (Works Progress Administration) during the war, and his stint in the U.S. Army. Dr. Felty talks about his positions at Marshall as Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Chairman of the College of Education. He briefly touched on former Marshall University presidents Hayes, Smith, Nelson, and Barker. He concludes by relating the Bottino case, how it came to be, and the result of the action that ended the situation as well as censorship by the AAUP (American Association of University Professors).https://mds.marshall.edu/oral_history/1493/thumbnail.jp

Margin of Error

According to Utah State University’s Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation during the Fall semester of 2020, about 18% of students enrolled were students of color. About 2.5% of students enrolled identified as two or more races. Margin of Error is a docudrama that elevates the voices of multiracial college students and promotes a better understanding of multiracial individuals. The project involves actor portrayals of interviews with multiracial college students who discuss navigating their multiple racial identities at often predominantly white universities. It also features reactions and commentary on the students’ experiences from faculty and students at Utah State University. This project was crafted through the devised theatre process. Devising is a subgroup of the larger genre, Applied Theatre, which intends to promote social change through theatre. In this form, “the audience is challenged to explore multiple possibilities within a given oppressive situation, and to actively engage in the theatrical process to attempt to overcome that oppression” (Boal as cited in Mesner, 2018, p. 256). The specific goals of this project were to: Elevate the voices of multiracial students. Provide space for multiracial individuals to discuss and share their stories. Promote a better understanding of multiracial people. The research questions that I investigated are as follows: How do multiracial individuals perform their self-identity in different social contexts? Do multiracial individuals feel obligated to perform particular racial identities, or aspects of those identities to perform? Why or why not? How do university demographics affect multiracial individuals\u27 educational experiences

Multiracial Students Do Not Belong in the Margins.

USU senior Aubrey is an Honors student, Caine Summer Arts Fellow, and an undergraduate research grant recipient. She studies Theatre Arts and is currently student teaching. Aubrey’s research produced a docudrama, where students who identify as multiple races were able to dissect the ways that they interact within predominantly white universities. She hopes that the film will help students to reflect on race and racism and lead to a more welcoming educational environment for all students. Aubrey has been involved in research for nearly all of her time at USU. “I participate in undergraduate research because it lets me use my art form as a vehicle for change and community involvement. I have witnessed empowerment come from research-based art and performance.