Spotlight on Research Ethics: by Robert Davison
Appropriate standards of research ethics are critical to scholarship in our discipline. In the last few years, a number of ethical issues have cropped up, including those associated with plagiarism and self-plagiarism, the fabrication of data, and inappropriate authorships (for instance when a prominent 'name' is added to a paper so as to increase the likelihood that the paper is accepted).
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President's Message
What's in store for AIS in 2009?
David Avison discusses the many new initiatives AIS is undertaking in 2009. From the Student Chapter Planning Conference in April to the creation of Regional Boards to address the needs of AIS members on a local level, the AIS volunteer leadership remains at the forefront of addressing the needs of the IS Community!
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Regionally Speaking: by Nicholas Romano and Guillermo Rodriguez-Abitia, Region 1 Representatives
Nicholas Romano and Guillermo Rodriguez-Abitia, Region 1 Representatives, provide insight into the activities within the Americas Region and its members through recent and future events.
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AIS Student Chapter Planning Conference
The Next Step
On April 3-4, 2009, AIS will host the Student Chapter Planning Conference with Temple University in Philadelphia. The conference will bring together faculty and student leaders to discuss and be a part of founding the AIS branded student chapter structure. It is intended for faculty advisors and other faculty leaders at universities with existing student organizations as well as student leaders.
Registration is now open for this groundbreaking event.
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