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Valuing Social Responsibility in the Era of Data Analytics
Authors: Irvin Melissa R.
Published: May 2022

Higher education is increasingly interested in utilizing data analytics to support all aspects of university operations, including enrollment management and learning outcomes. Despite potential benefits to improve results and resource efficiency, the use of student information and the creation of predictive models is a potential minefield which could undermine larger higher educational missions tied to civic responsibility and social mobility. Questions remain as to the impacts of predictive modeling on underrepresented communities like students of color and differently abled students. Emerging research on similar fields of analytics, including predictive policing, provides a window into the ethical considerations that must be made to use data analytics responsibly. This chapter uses the construct of social responsibility to propose a process model for the responsible use of data analytics in colleges and universities derived from Carroll's Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Analysing the State of Sector-Specific CSR Reporting
Authors: Khan Muzammal
Published: May 2022

This chapter aims to deepen understanding of trends in corporate social responsibility reporting (CSRR) practices in Pakistan since the introduction of voluntary reporting guidelines in 2009 by the Securities and Exchange Commission Pakistan (SECP) and their updating in 2013. Quantitative content analysis was applied to CSRR for the chemicals, oil and gas, banking, cement, and manufacturing industries in Pakistan. The results were benchmarked to the guidelines issued on social and environmental aspects by the SECP. It was found that the reports issued by the highly polluting industries such as oil and gas, cement, and chemical industries reported significantly higher levels of information than the other sectors. The results indicate the appropriateness of industry-specific reporting and suggest, in line with local guidelines, that further standardisation is required to level the playing field of CSRR in Pakistan.
Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainable Strategy
Authors: Baporikar Neeta
Published: May 2022

Growing importance of CSR is making the industry, governments, policy makers and international associations seriously view the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with an aim to link sustainability for the organizations, sector and economy. Hence, more and more of them are entering the arena of setting guidelines on reporting CSR initiatives. Banking is no exception. Through in-depth literature review and grounded theory approach, this article delves into the CSR initiatives by Bank Windhoek, and the multi-pronged approach adopted in developing sustainable strategy in its pursuit and endurance to be a frontrunner in the Namibian banking sector.
Corporate Sustainability, Business Sustainability, or Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: González-Masip Jaime
Published: May 2022

Despite the high academic and business interest in corporate sustainability and everything related to the impact of organizations on their social and environmental environment, there is still a notable confusion between the concepts of corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, and even business sustainability. This chapter helps to identify common aspects and differentiating elements between these concepts, which allow researchers and practitioners to understand the existing literature on the topic and to propose lines of work and research in an appropriate manner, according to its objectives and analysis perspectives. The text includes a review of the concept of corporate sustainability and a set of criteria and recommendations to make an appropriate choice and contribute to a more logical convergence in the use of the terms.
A Bibliometric Study on Socially Responsible Entrepreneurs
Authors: Gallardo-Vázquez Dolores , Costa Teresa , Valdez-Juárez Luis Enrique
Published: May 2022

Entrepreneurship is a necessary strategy that entails the emergence of a business idea and the creation of a company, constituting a true entrepreneurial capital. At present, the European Commission (EC) urges entrepreneurship given the potential for sustainable and inclusive growth. Also, the EC, since 2001, pronounced itself the need for a voluntary integration of social, economic, and environmental concerns in business strategies. The objective of this chapter is to achieve a confluence of ideas that link the initiative of an entrepreneur with the need to carry out a socially responsible strategy today in business. A bibliometric study was undertaken by means of a structured and systematized search of the Web of Science, Scopus, Elsevier, and Google Scholar during the 2005-2017 period, limiting the search to articles published in journals. Fifty-two works were located, which were published in 35 journals. The study has identified a set of entrepreneurship initiatives partially connected with social responsibility, which allows us to qualify him as a “socially responsible entrepreneur.”
Is Luxury Compatible With Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
Authors: Batat Wided , Khochman Inas
Published: May 2022

Luxury as a field of research has attracted many scholars who examined the potential connections and (in)compatibilities between luxury and corporate social responsibility (CSR). While some studies emphasize the incompatibility between luxury and sustainability, others highlight the important efforts of luxury brands in terms of luxury offerings and sustainable marketing strategies to fit eco-friendly consumers. To foster this research stream, this chapter develops a deeper understanding of the rise and evolvement of CSR in the luxury sector and the major marketing strategies implemented by luxury brands to fit with the needs of today's responsible consumers. The authors will first present a chronological literature review through three key periods, including the underground and advancement stages to the consolidation of sustainable luxury marketing as an established research stream. Then, a framework identifying different luxury CSR strategies will be proposed. Finally, opportunities and futures challenges will be discussed at the end of this chapter.
Informing About CSR Initiatives on the Corporate Website or Staying Invisible?
Authors: Mangani Andrea
Published: May 2022

This paper studies the communication of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) behaviour of 1,054 Italian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Manufacturing companies in controversial industries have a greater propensity to communicate corporate CSR practices, and CSR information increases with firm size, but only slightly. At the same time, the empirical analysis shows that companies in controversial industries have a lower probability of having a website. This raises issues regarding the propensity of controversial firms to set up a website, since it could expose them to public scrutiny and criticism.
Assessing Corporate Social Responsibilities in the Banking Sector
Authors: Dinçer Hasan , Yüksel Serhat , Yazici Merve , Pınarbaşı Fatih
Published: May 2022

The aim of the chapter is to evaluate the corporate social responsibilities in the banking sector during global financial crisis period. For this purpose, alternatives of corporate social responsibilities for Turkish deposit banks are taken into the consideration. Within this framework, a set of criteria and dimensions are defined by analyzing similar studies in the literature. Also, fuzzy DEMATEL approach is used to weight these dimensions and criteria. On the other side, some alternatives for the corporate social responsibilities is identified by supported literature. Moreover, fuzzy MOORA method is applied to rank these alternatives. The findings show that the transparency is the most important factor in the criterion set as. Another important conclusion is that environment has the best degree in the alternative set. Thus, it is recommended that banks should be very transparent and mainly focus on environmental issues especially in the crisis period to increase the image on the eyes of the consumers. Therefore, it can be possible to increase the sales in this way.
Corporate Social Responsibility as an International Strategy
Authors: Márquez-Moreno Cristina , Durán-Valenzuela Jose Luis
Published: May 2022

The objective of this chapter is to understand how important it is for companies, in a globalized environment such as the current one, to develop socially responsible behavior, particularly for those companies that want to project themselves internationally. As will be seen, this means that firms assume responsibility for the impacts of their activities on society and establish improvement processes in three main areas: economic, social, and environmental. As a result, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a priority for business leaders in all countries. Therefore, this chapter analyzes the current environment in which companies make their decisions and how the environmental pressures determine the need to act responsibly. In addition, the concept of CSR is explored and the necessary tools for its effective implementation are explained. Of course, stakeholder theory is introduced as the core of CSR.
Being Green and Social Responsibility
Authors: Smith Alan D.
Published: May 2022

Through a qualitative business case approach, three major manufacturing firms in Pittsburgh, PA were reviewed for their eco-friendly sustainability strategic initiatives and products/services. Undoubtedly, use of green best practices are value adding steps for a company may be initially difficult to justify spending the time and resources developing such a process. This is especially true when other core business needs are present, such as driving revenue, product development, and meeting governmental or consumer expectations. However, green and sustainability initiatives may not be currently dictated needs, but many companies feel strongly that charting such a course would be to their stakeholders' mutual advantage. As resources are being consumed more rapidly, it is logical to enact steps to ensure the sustainability of such scare resources. The added benefit of lower input needs greatly improves the companies' stances in their market while also adding to the firms' overall profitability.
The Impact of Firm Performance and Corporate Governance on Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: Kammoun Souhaila , Loukil Sahar , Loukil Youssra Ben Romdhane
Published: May 2022

Based on the behavioral aspect of the governance theory, this chapter explores the effect of the firm performance and corporate governance (CG) on corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement by investigating their causal effects. Using annual reports of a large and extensive sample of French firms for the year 2014‐2016, we find that firm performance significantly improves that firm's social responsibility, but it has a significant and negative impact when we consider corporate government as a contingency factor. The results show that the existence of institutional administrator is in favor of CSR while it is the inverse effect when we consider the other independent administrators. However, we fail to find any significant impact of administrator's expertise. Our results suggest that pressures exerted by outsiders and corporate governance mechanisms influence CSR practices. Overall, our study implies that corporate governance attributes play a vital role in ensuring organizational legitimacy through CSR. The study findings should be of interest to regulators and policy makers.
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Organisational Citizenship Behaviour, Work Engagement, and Job Embeddedness
Authors: Ismael Ferman Omar , Yeşiltaş Mehmet , Andrea Simbarashe Rabson
Published: May 2022

This study examines the impact of corporate social responsibility on organisational citizenship behaviour, work engagement, and job embeddedness. Structural equation modeling tests were conducted on 522 responses gathered from telecommunications companies in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The results depicted that corporate social responsibility improvements have positive effects on organisational citizenship behaviour, work engagement, and job embeddedness. Further observations depicted an insignificant positive partial causal path between corporate social responsibility, work engagement, and organizational citizenship behaviour. This study's novelty elements are inherent in its potency to examine the causal path between corporate social responsibility, work engagement, and organizational citizenship behavior. This study contributes to the literature by further expanding job embeddedness theory and proposing a comprehensive job embeddedness framework that researchers and practitioners can adopt in future research.
Corporate Social Performance and Governance Quality Across the BRICS Countries
Authors: Ates Sinem
Published: May 2022

This chapter seeks to examine the level of corporate social performance of the BRICS companies and investigate the effect of the country's governance quality on the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance of the companies. Analysis of the BRICS companies' ESG scores for 2009 - 2018 indicated that the level of ESG performance in the BRICS countries differs from each other considerably. Overall, results of fixed effects regression analysis revealed that governance quality of countries has a positive effect on ESG scores of companies. Based on these findings, it was suggested to improve governance quality thereby encouraging companies to fulfill their social responsibilities.
CSR Initiatives of Family Firms
Authors: Guajardo Salvador S. , Correa-Flores Aurora , Mojarro-Durán Barbara I. , Fraile Alfonso Ernesto Benito
Published: May 2022

This chapter studies the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of the leading Mexican business groups. Investigating in family firms is essential because they represent the world's most predominant form of organization. One way in which family firms organize their economic activity and structure are business groups. Mexican family firms conform to business groups within the same family. The purpose of this chapter is to inquiry the corporate social initiatives emanating from the main Mexican business groups. Through quantitative and qualitative exploratory research, findings show that business groups in Mexico orient their corporate social initiatives into internal and external strategies, and tend to distribute disproportionally the amount of initiatives and money invested among each of its affiliates. Also, firms affiliated to a business group have a higher probability than unaffiliated firms of being classified as “sustainable,” according to the IPC Sustainable Index.
CSR Activities in Maritime and Shipping Industries
Authors: Akkan Erdem
Published: May 2022

In today's global business, customers, governments, and international organizations are more sensitive to environmental (such as oil spills, explosions) and ethical (such as sexual harassment at office, child labor, labor safety) issues caused by business activities. The shipping industry seems to be a “usual suspect” because of comparatively big potential environmental risk taken. Corporate social responsibility (CSR), which is simply defined as adopting continuously responsible business activities to customers, public, and environment, is a helpful tool to achieve many business outcomes such as increased revenue, sales, or firm reputation. This chapter explores CSR in the maritime and shipping industries.
The Effects of CSR on Tourist Loyalty Toward Rural Hospitality Enterprises and the Moderating Effects of Religiosity
Authors: Alrowais Sattam Saud , Abdelwahab Mohamed Sobhy Tawfik , Aboul-Dahab Sameh Abd-el Maksoud Mohamed
Published: May 2022

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays an important role in hospitality industry due to its effects on tourist loyalty. This article seeks to develop and empirically test a comprehensive framework to examine the indirect influence of CSR dimensions on tourist loyalty through the mediation of satisfaction and trust as well as the moderating effects of religiosity. Using SEM to analyse the data collected from a sample of 2600 tourists, the results indicate that CSR has indirect influence on tourist loyalty through tourist satisfaction and trust. This study confirms that satisfaction and trust partially or fully mediate the effect of the four CSR dimensions on tourist loyalty. This outcome indicates that CSR create tourist trust and satisfaction, which in turn, builds tourist loyalty. Furthermore, religiosity plays an important role in understanding tourist loyalty and behaviour toward rural hospitality enterprises. The findings offer important implications for tourism and hospitality companies and are likely to stimulate further research in the area of rural hospitality.
Social Responsibility and Sustainability of Fast Fashion Retail Companies in the Textile Sector
Authors: Sierra-Sánchez Javier , Mañas-Viniegra Luis
Published: May 2022

Social and environmental sustainability in the supply chain has been a major concern over the last decade as public opinion has placed responsibility on the shoulders of retail companies for their lack of control over suppliers that go beyond the first tier, which are usually located in emerging countries with regulations far below international standards. The objective of this research is to identify the variables through which retail companies are building their brand equity with a fast fashion business model in the textile sector. An analysis has been carried out regarding the content of annual reports, as well as CSR and sustainability reports, of the main retail companies in the textile sector: The TJX Companies, Inditex, and H&M. Inditex, the company with the highest level of compliance, can be identified and considered as a case study.
Event Management
Authors: Sahidi Bilan
Published: May 2022

In this chapter, the sustainability and development related to corporate social responsibility is assessed. The intermediate approaches of group thinking and their future possibilities are discussed in brief. It will be helpful to break the orthodox mentality and also for future purpose to bring development and innovation in the society. The techniques of current approaches regarding the thinking process and their impact on the society are assessed. The group thinking has been assessed through a particular mentality of the society. The process of implementing change in the recent mentality and the platform to implement the process has been analyzed in the context of learning and development.
Millennial's Involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: Rapiti Eleonora , Silvestri Cecilia
Published: May 2022

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has come to be regarded as a great strategic marketing tool and an important part of the business paradigm (Supanti and Butcher, 2019). Several authors (i.e. Choi and La, 2013) studied CSR as a driver of satisfaction and loyalty. This chapter focused on the behavior of Millennials to which CRS is an integral part of their lives. However, studies in the literature on this topic are limited. The chapter fills the gap of existing literature and increases knowledge on this issue by: (1) identifying, through factor analysis, the dimensions of CSR and (2) analyzing, through cluster analysis, the relationships between CSR and Customer Satisfaction (CS) and Customer Loyalty (CL) of different Millennials groups. The results show how the knowledge of the CSR conditions the behavior of millennials by helping to increase their level of satisfaction and loyalty.
What Is Cyberbullying?
Authors: Wright Michelle F.
Published: May 2022

Children and adolescents spend a great deal of time using and interacting through electronic technologies, including cell phones, gaming consoles, and the internet. Cyberbullying occurs through electronic technologies, including gaming consoles, email, instant messaging, chatrooms, social media, and text messages via mobile phones. The attention given to cyberbullying incidences are due to the nature of electronic communications. Through electronic technologies, children and adolescents can remain anonymous, allowing them to harm their victims without experiencing repercussions. Cyberbullying can also involve multiple bystanders who are also capable of resharing content. The literature in this chapter draws on research from various disciplines, including communication, computer science, education, media studies, psychology, social work, and sociology. Furthermore, the literature involves a variety of different research designs, including cross-sectional and longitudinal methodologies as well as qualitative and quantitative designs.
Codifying Civility on Campus for Employees and Students
Authors: Hollis Leah P.
Published: May 2022

School-level bullying and workplace bullying are globally recognized as threats to organizational productivity, emotional safety, psychological wellness, and overall morale. Consequently, some countries have instituted legislation to prohibit bullying at various levels in society. This essay will proceed from two vantage points. First, workplace bullying will be addressed, considering the cost to organizations and individuals. Second, school bullying will be addressed with an examination of the bully as a threat to the school's reputation and individual student welfare. Further, cyberbullying affects both children and adults. Therefore, the purpose of this essay is to consider policy development for international leaders who are managing both students and professional educators.
Social Network Security Risks and Vulnerabilities in Corporate Environments
Authors: Almeida Fernando , Pinheiro José , Oliveira Vítor
Published: May 2022

Increasingly social networks are used both in the personal and professional levels, being companies and employees also exposed to the risks posed by them. In this sense, it is relevant to analyze employees' perception of the risks and vulnerabilities posed by the use of social networks in corporate environments. For this purpose, a questionnaire was developed and distributed to 372 employees of small and medium-sized companies that allowed the characterization and analysis of those risks. The results indicate that the security risks are perceived moderately by employees, emphasizing the risk of defamation and cyberbullying as being the most pertinent. On the other hand, the findings indicate that older employees, the existence of lower academic qualifications, and those working in medium-sized companies are more aware of these risks.
Auto-Detection of Human Factor Contents on Social Media Posts Using Word2vec and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)
Authors: Yinka-Banjo Chika , Raji Gafar Lekan , Ohalete Ifeanyi Precious
Published: May 2022

The threat posed by cyberbullying to the mental health in our society cannot be overemphasized. Victims of this menace are reported to have suffered poor academic performance, depression, and suicidal thoughts. There is need to find an efficient and effective solution to this problem within the academic environment. In this research, one of the popular deep learning models—long short-term memory (LSTM)—known for its optimized performance in training sequential data was combined with Word2Vec embedding technique to create a model trained for classifying the content of social media post as containing cyberbullying content or otherwise. The result was observed to have shown improvements in its performance with respect to accuracy in the classification task with over 80% of the test dataset correctly classified as against the existing model with about 74.9% accuracy.
AI-Based Cyberbullying Prevention in 5G Networks
Authors: Ramezanian Sara , Meskanen Tommi , Niemi Valtteri
Published: May 2022

Children and teenagers that have been victims of bullying can possibly suffer its psychological effects for a lifetime. With the increase of online social media, cyberbullying incidents have been increased as well. In this paper, the authors discuss how they can detect cyberbullying with AI techniques, using term frequency-inverse document frequency. The authors label messages as benign or bully. The authors want their method of cyberbullying detection to be privacy-preserving, such that the subscribers' benign messages should not be revealed to the operator. Moreover, the operator labels subscribers as normal, bully, and victim. The operator utilizes policy control in 5G networks to protect victims of cyberbullying from harmful traffic.
Research Journey of Hate Content Detection From Cyberspace
Authors: Ghosal Sayani , Jain Amita
Published: May 2022

Hate content detection is the most prospective and challenging research area under the natural language processing domain. Hate speech abuse individuals or groups of people based on religion, caste, language, or sex. Enormous growth of digital media and cyberspace has encouraged researchers to work on hatred speech detection. A commonly acceptable automatic hate detection system is required to stop flowing hate-motivated data. Anonymous hate content is affecting the young generation and adults on social networking sites. Through numerous studies and review papers, the chapter identifies the need for artificial intelligence (AI) in hate speech research. The chapter explores the current state-of-the-art and prospects of AI in natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms. The chapter aims to identify the most successful methods or techniques for hate speech detection to date. Revolution in this research helps social media to provide a healthy environment for everyone.
In-Person Video and Peer-Delivered Approaches to Cyberbullying Prevention
Authors: Doane Ashley N.
Published: May 2022

In this chapter, the researcher evaluated the short-term efficacy of two theory of reasoned action-based cyberbullying prevention programs in college student samples using different methods of delivery. In Study 1 (N = 335), immediately following a cyberbullying video prevention presentation during class, attitudes and injunctive norms regarding all four types of cyberbullying (i.e., malice, deception, public humiliation, and unwanted contact), intentions to engage in malice, willingness to engage in malice and deception, and empathy toward victims for three forms of cyberbullying, improved. Most differences remained at one-month follow-up. In Study 2 (N = 80), the author evaluated a live skit-based version of the Study 1 prevention program in a voluntary event setting. Attitudes and injunctive norms toward malice, deception, and public humiliation and intentions and willingness to engage in malice decreased, whereas cyberbullying knowledge increased pre- to post-test. Both video-based and peer-led cyberbullying programs may benefit adults. Workplace implications are discussed.
Mapping Cyberbullying and Workplace Cyberbullying
Authors: Sadia Halima , Yadav Sonali , Faisal Mohammad
Published: May 2022

In this increasingly connected world, the internet has affected almost every aspect of human life. With the advancements in technology came the curse of many cyber offences. Cyberbullying studies are usually focused on children and adolescents, but the last decade had witnessed a paradigm shift on the working adults. Cyberbullying is more complex and insidious than traditional forms of workplace bullying. Workplace bullying has negative impacts on the employees' health and organization repute. Studies indicate that organizations are not well equipped to deal with workplace cyberbullying. The chapter includes definitions of cyber violence and cyberbullying, cyberbullying statistics, workplace cyberbullying, and case studies in the Indian context. Further, the chapter presents studies of workplace cyberbullying in India, maintaining that more longitudinal work is required to facilitate relevant and effective interventions to tackle the problem in the subcontinent. It is crucial that workplace cyberbullying are recognized in law, so as to deal with the risks to employee health and safety.
Explicit Content
Authors: Shufford Kevin N.
Published: May 2022

This chapter investigates the transformation of traditional face-to-face sexual harassment (SH) to online sexual harassment (OSH). First, an overview of traditional workplace sexual harassment is discussed. Next, the issues of cyberbullying and cyberstalking are presented as a bridge to online sexual harassment, as the two former types of behavior can be seen in online sexual harassment and have both received considerable attention. Then, current research concerning online sexual harassment will be presented, including a discussion of factors that facilitate OSH, social media as a site of harassment, coping strategies, and effects. This concept is worthy of study because online sexual harassment represents a way for the perpetrator to victimize his or her target without the boundaries and restrictions of time, location, or fear of consequence. This chapter concludes with some practical recommendations for organizational leaders to implement to prevent both on- and offline SH from occurring within their company.
Compassion and Empathy as Transformative Intervention Approaches
Authors: Ramos Salazar Leslie , Khandewal Priyanka
Published: May 2022

The use of empathy, compassion, and self-compassion can aid in the reduction of workplace suffering due to workplace cyberbullying. As such, this chapter defines each of these constructs and reviews their relevance to the management of workplace bullying. The main purpose of the chapter was to review prosocial interventions that incorporate positive psychological constructs such as empathy, compassion, and self-compassion. Prosocial workplace interventions serve to prevent and reduce workplace cyberbullying behavior in at-risk organizations. Interventions can be used to educate and train employees and leaders across organizations on how to cope with workplace cyberbullying as it emerges at work. A case study is offered along with recommendations to highlight how organizations might use an intervention approach to manage workplace cyberbullying. Future research directions are also offered to inspire workplace cyberbullying intervention research in organizations.
Educational Approaches for Tackling Cyberbullying
Authors: Marzano Gilberto
Published: May 2022

It is indisputably true that education is invoked by researchers and practitioners as an essential element to reverse the growth of cyberbullying and to mitigate the serious negative mental and physical consequences it has on victims. The key idea emerging from expert opinion is that online safety education and anti-cyberbullying educational programs are both essential in schools. These programs should involve, at different levels, students, educators, and parents. However, designing and running effective educational programs requires not only the comprehensive knowledge of the cyberbullying phenomenon but also educational competencies. In this chapter, the leading educational approaches adopted in cyberbullying educational interventions will be introduced highlighting the underlying psychological theories on which their effectiveness has grounded. In particular, participatory approaches, as well as peer education, will be introduced and discussed since they are universally recognized to be the most fruitful in cyberbullying educational programs.
Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Interventions in Schools
Authors: Bianchini Elena
Published: May 2022

Issues of bullying and cyberbullying among schoolchildren are nowadays a matter of international concern, with school bullies, cyberbullies, and victims having become a topic of public concern and research in various countries around the world. This chapter, besides a definition of bullying and cyberbullying, explains the characteristics, types, causes, and consequences of these acts based on findings from various studies. In addition, the chapter presents some school-based intervention programs, implemented in different school settings, with the aim of effectively reducing levels of bullying and cyberbullying in schools. Finally, the chapter aims to provide guidelines and propose best practices in order to fight acts of violence and aggression.
Prevention of Cyberbullying at Schools
Authors: Nartgün Şenay Sezgin , Li̇mon İbrahim
Published: May 2022

This chapter aims to deal with cyberbullying as a globally increasing problem. Firstly, the context which facilitates the incidents is discussed. Then, the definition of cyberbullying, its distinctive features, forms of cyberbullying, and possible outcomes for the victims are briefly mentioned. And lastly, the main point of the chapter, which is the prevention strategies at school, is discussed based on the literature. When you enter the term “cyberbullying” in Google Academic and restrict the search for years 2000-2009, you get 3,720 results in .08 seconds. On the other hand, when you restrict the search for years between 2010-2019, you get 26,300 results in .09 seconds, which can be considered as the clear evidence of a globally growing interest in cyberbullying both as a research area and as a problem for parents, educators, and psychologists.
A Historic First
Authors: Alvarez Wilfredo
Published: May 2022

This chapter examines the nature, processes, and effects of Donald Trump's social media uses, Twitter in particular, to cyberbully individuals, groups, and organizations. Trump's discourse constitutes his role as a “cyberbully” and the “targets” of his attacks. Trump's social media discourse also illustrates how power, intimidation, and aggression are contextually situated within the relationship between the president and the public. The president's social media messages—which for historically marginalized groups such as women, nonwhites, and nonwhite immigrants constitute their everyday lived experiences—additionally function to preserve communication systems that keep those groups in marginalized positions within a white supremacist ideological framework. As a result, this discursive environment creates a form of “presidential cyberbullying” where the most influential person in the United States, and the world, consistently employs a modern communication technology not to uplift and unite, but to attack and aggress many of the people whom he is charged with serving.
The Dark Side of Engaging With Social Networking Sites (SNS)
Authors: O'Donnell Eileen , O'Donnell Liam
Published: May 2022

Although social networking sites (SNS) may have some positive aspects, for example, connecting family members and friends who no longer live close enough to each other to meet in person, or for connecting people with similar health conditions who may need the support of others who understand and can manage the condition, or for groups of people with similar interests to engage and plan events and activities, there are also some possible negative aspects of engaging with SNS, for example, addiction or addictive behaviour, child pornography, cyberbullying, fake news, fear of missing out (FOMO), social comparisons, stalking, amongst many others, which can all lead to neglect of other duties, sleep deprivation, loneliness, isolation, depression, and so forth. The possible negative effects of engaging with SNS on the surface web will perhaps be also relevant to users of the deep and dark web. This article explores the dark side of social networking sites.
Understanding Cyberbullying and Where We Go From Here
Authors: Ricks Sabrina Brandon
Published: May 2022

Cyberbullying has become a recent threat to the K-12 age group over the past couple of decades. Per the author, this chapter addresses ways to define cyberbullying, the history regarding when it emerged and current societal challenges, recognition and advancements of regulations, and the introduction of local laws, challenges with enforcing regulations, and recovery efforts to ensure students can move forward in a healthy and safe school environment. There are a few case studies throughout the chapter that demonstrate the dangers of cyberbullying and further exemplify the aforementioned points. Finally, the chapter offers information that allows readers to grasp the concept of cyberbullying, understand the current state of affairs and determine how each individual, including students, parents, school employees, and others, can play a role in recognizing, addressing, and preventing this issue.
Sexting Behaviors Among Adolescents and Adults
Authors: Ehrenreich Samuel E. , Meter Diana J. , Underwood Marion K.
Published: May 2022

Exchanging sexually explicit messages has become an increasingly common form of interaction for both adolescents and adults. Although sexting has been identified as a risk factor for a variety of negative outcomes, this research has generally been conducted without attention to the relationship context of the communicators. This chapter will examine the prevalence of sexting in the context of existing romantic relationships, and how sexting may relate to features of the relationship. The authors will review existing research examining motivations for sexting with romantic partners, pressure to engage in sexting, and associations between sexting and romantic attachment styles and relationship satisfaction. The chapter will conclude with discussion of important future directions for research.
The Effects of Social Learning and Internet Ethics of College Students Engaging in Cyberbullying Behavior in Taiwan
Authors: Yang Hui-Ling , Wu Wei-Pang
Published: May 2022

Cyberbullying is a major problem among our school-age population. The growing number of studies suggests that cyberbullying can often cause serious academic, emotional, social, and safety issues for its peer victims. The purpose of current study is to examine the nature of respondents' experience of cyberbullying and determine independently the impact of social learning and internet ethics on cyberbullying behavior among college students in Taiwan. The preliminary analysis is of a survey data collected from 359 undergraduate students in south of Taiwan through convenient sampling. The results of this study provide support for the hypotheses and explore the effect of social learning and perception of internet ethics on cyberbullying behavior among college students. Finding suggests that college students with lower level of social learning and with higher level of internet ethics will have less cyberbullying behavior than those with higher social learning and lower internet ethics.
Cybercrime Research
Authors: Barnor Jonathan Nii , Patterson Alfred A.
Published: May 2022

Technological advancements have transformed the way people go about their daily lives. However, this development is not without unintended consequences, as cyber-criminals have also devised ways to gain leverage. The authors conducted a literature review on 106 articles across 40 journals to bring to fore cybercrime studies that have been conducted according to the research themes, methodological approaches, level of analysis, geographical focus, and publication outlets. Themes identified in the review were categorized under an existing typology of cybercrime: cyber-trespass, cyber-deception/theft, cyber-pornography and obscenity, and cyber-violence. This review suggested two main directions for future research in terms of socio-technical and theoretical approaches with five research questions. The originality of this review stems from the fact that it is arguably one of the first reviews that have reviewed cybercrime from a holistic perspective.
Support for Cyberbullying Victims and Actors
Authors: Alim Sophia , Khalid Shehla
Published: May 2022

This study analyses the post content and the emotions reflected in 10 open Facebook groups associated with cyberbullying, with the highest number of group members. Automated extraction via Facebook API was used to gather the data. Altogether, 313 Facebook posts were extracted and coded for content analysis. Sentiment analysis and parts of speech (POS) tagging was used to explore the emotions reflected in the content. The study findings revealed that (1) the content of the posts was mainly opinion-based in comparison to expressing personal experiences of cyberbullying. This indicated Facebook groups require stronger moderation due to digression of topics discussed. (2) Only 3% of posts in this study contained advice about cyberbullying. (3) Sentiment analysis of the posts showed that the Facebook groups focused on cyberbullying, reflected more positive sentiments in their posts. This is encouraging to cyberbullying victims to share information on cyberbullying. The findings in this study lay the foundations for more research into support for cyberbullying victims.
Using the NIST Framework and COBIT 2019 in Offering Cybersecurity Consulting and Assurance Services
Authors: Zanzig Jeffrey S.
Published: May 2022

Information processing in a cyber environment offers tremendous benefits but is also accompanied by inevitable dangers including compromised confidentiality and malware such as ransomware that can shut down major segments of a country's operations. A variety of forms of guidance and regulation have been developed to deal with these cybersecurity issues. The professions of public accounting and internal audit have long worked with organizations to protect the integrity of their information systems. Both of these professions are working diligently to guide organization management in the area of cybersecurity. An important aspect of such services is an appropriate framework to use as a basis for advisement and assurance. One such framework is the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The Effect of Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 on Research Data Ethics in South Africa
Authors: Netshakhuma Nkholedzeni Sidney
Published: May 2022

This study aims to assess the effect of the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 on research data ethics in South Africa. The Protection of Personal information Act No 4 of 2013 includes a clause on protection of confidentiality and privacy during the collection of data. This research recommends universities to develop privacy data policy and records management policy to improve compliance with the legislation. Furthermore, training and awareness of staff on data ethics is necessary in universities. The research ethics committees are to be established to provide advice on conducting of research in South African universities.
Use of Nano-Bio-Chemicals in Modern Agriculture to Accelerate Sustainable Growth
Authors: Singh Garvita , Singh Divya , Kumar Jay , Kumar Ashok
Published: May 2022

Nanotechnology is an emerging field having diverse applications and potential in providing new strategies to many challenges agriculture. Nanotechnology in the agricultural sector focuses on sustainable food production. This nascent technology provides novel opportunities to enhance crop production and reduce environmental issues. Sustainable agriculture must be taken as an ecological method, where abiotic-biotic-living beings live together with coordinated stability of food chains and their related energy balances. The use of a network of sensors, a global positioning system (GPS), global information system, and actuators throughout an agricultural area could measure and report on a number of environmental, crop, and pest variables at a time. These reports would further support the farmers and allow choices for intervention during agricultural practices. By employing robust, portable, or remote in-situ nanotechnology-based sensing and monitoring systems in the agricultural sector, farmers can begin to market their own choices and will apply agrochemicals as and when required.
Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cells (CW-MFCs)
Authors: Narayan Maitreyie , Solanki Praveen , Srivastava R. K.
Published: May 2022

By 2025, two-thirds of the world's population may be facing water shortages, according to the World Wildlife Federation. By 2030, water demand is forecast to increase by 40%. Over 1.2 billion are basically living in areas of physical water scarcity. And almost 1.6 billion face economic water shortage. And as our population continues to grow, there's just going to be more problems. So, we are in extreme need of that creation which can treat used water and can also provide us electricity so that we can use that water for irrigation purposes, toilet flush, and industrial purposes. In recent years the research work reported about an innovative constructed wetland microbial fuel cell (CW-MFCs) for more deduction of pollutants and instantaneous bioelectricity generation. A microbial fuel cell joined with constructed wetland (CW-MFC) is a novel device to treat the wastewater and create power that has more volume for wastewater treatment, is easy to repair, environmentally friendly, requires less space, and is also most cost-efficient than other devices.
Sustainable Watershed Management
Authors: Pathak Sonal Sareen , Batalia Sandhya
Published: May 2022

In the present scenario, adequate water supply for agriculture, inland transportation, public health services, power production, and other industries is a subject of concern. The proper watershed management structure is essential to achieve sustainable land and water resource management and for eradication of rural poverty. Thus, a watershed management plan will achieve both socio-economic and ecological goals for sustainable water management. The integrated watershed management plan includes application of cost-effective soil water nutrient management practices. The chapter focuses on the watershed management system, its types and multidisciplinary approaches, and the impact of watershed management programs in improving economy and crop productivity. Thus, watershed serves as an important unit for the management of interdependent natural resources like water, land, and vegetation. However, in the future, the inevitable integration of information and computer technology into environmental technologies is promising solutions for the advanced management of water resources.
Green Technology for Weed Management to Promote Agro-Eco System Health and Sustainable Development
Authors: Kumar Devendra , Malik Nisha , Vivek  , Sinha S. K.
Published: May 2022

In the agriculture system, weed emergence is going to a major constraint to cropped as well as non-cropped areas. They compete with crop plants and hinder their uptake of nutrients, water, and space by suppressing their growth, which ultimately reduces crop yield as well as quality of produce. Due to the dynamic nature of weeds, adoption attains a presence of serious magnitude in different parts of the country. Thus, the prior need is to adopt practices that lead to prevention of weed establishment within the cultivated crop and also protect the environment from these hazards. In this chapter, the authors discuss the management strategies to mitigate the adverse effect of weeds on agricultural productivity and environmental health using green technology. Green technology is a combination of management techniques to keep the soil alive and in good health by the adoption of eco-friendly management practices such as soil solarization, plant arrangement, crop rotation, cultural practices, etc. Some future prospects of weeds management are also discussed here.
Fostering Sustainable Productivity Through Maize Technology Intensification
Authors: Onuwa Godfrey
Published: May 2022

Farmers' efficiency in maize production resulting from adoption of technological innovations has food security implications; low productivity from maize farms has been attributable to non-adoption of improved technologies. Multistage sampling procedure was employed for this study. Primary data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study revealed that most (78.2%) of the respondents got information on production technologies through their membership of social groups or cooperatives. Production technologies were prevalent among maize farmers in the study area; however, the level of adoption was relatively low. In addition, the constraints identified significantly affected maize farmers' adoption decisions in the study area. Formulation and implementation of policies are strongly recommended to ameliorate adoption constraints.