Best known scholar in psychology of ethical decision making and behavior

In Learning from Experience: Anne Mulcahy, Chairman and Former CEO of Xerox, Commits to Business Ethics: Xerox fired CEO Richard Thoman, who was charged with, but not convicted of, accounting fraud, and promoted Mulcahy to chief operating officer (COO).

ANS: T Creation of Value

2. In Learning from Experience: Anne Mulcahy, Chairman and Former CEO of Xerox, Commits to Business Ethics: Mulcahy says that it is best for Xerox to only release certain information, and to present Xerox in the best image possible.

ANS: F

Mulcahy believes in transparency and on October 3, 2000, she candidly told analysts, “Xerox’s business model is unsustainable.” 

 Creation of Value

3. The ethics competency involves the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by individuals, teams, and organizations to incorporate values and principles that distinguish right from wrong when making decisions and choosing behaviors.

ANS: T Creation of Value


4. Most, if not all, ethical issues are very clear in regards to what is the right and wrong response.


ANS: F

Some ethical issues involve factors that blur individual perceptions between “right” and “wrong.” As a result, some employees may differ in their opinions about what is ethical or unethical in various situations.


 Individual Dynamics

5. Lawrence Kohlberg probably is the best known scholar in the field of the psychology of ethical decision making and behavior.

ANS: T
 Analytic | Individual Dynamics


6. According to Kohlberg, people have a set ethical level at childhood, and this level rarely changes as people go through adulthood.


ANS: F

Kohlberg held that people develop morally, much as they do physically, from early childhood to adulthood. As they develop, their ethical criteria and patterns of moral reasoning go through stages.

Individual Dynamics

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Fujitsu Ex Demo Sale in Australia

If you live in Australia or New Zealand and are interested in purchasing some Ex-Demo Fujitsu Tablet PCs (both Slate and Convertible) then read here. From what we know Fujitsu is reboxing them (as new), re-imaging them, and supplying a brand new 3yr warranty with each device.

So if youve ever thought of owning but had no excuse - check out this PDF. (theres 2x P1510s available).

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EO one minute gone the next

FedEX man came today and left these; shame they were gone 45 minutes later. Atleast he is back again tomorrow.

Since pictures speak louder than words, enjoy this:

TabletKiosk EO i7210

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How does a tablet use memory

So we have looked at screens and connectivity, next up is one of the next major considerations - how do I decide on the level of memory I need and does memory affect how quickly the tablet operates.

How does a tablet store memory

The site Everything About Tablets advises that tablets store data in three ways, emphasising that although you will have a headline figure quoted on the box or information about the tablet not all of this is available to you.

So what are the three types of storage?

1. Internal - apps

A tablet will be quoted with a certain amount of Gigabytes (GB) the more memory it has, the more it can do and the quicker it will be when you have lots of apps open.

2. Internal - storage

This refers to the storage inside the tablet for you to store movies, music, applications, pdfs or indeed any type of data you download. It is often referred to as flash memory or a flash drive. Everything About Tablets advises 16 GB is a good starting level.

3. External flash memory

Some tablets allow you to insert what is known as an SD Card to supplement the internal storage - not all allow this - so if storing a lot of data is something you will be using your tablet for, make sure you choose one with this feature, or with a larger size to start with.

Everything About Tablets note it is important to note that this memory is separate from that in the device so storage here will not affect the tablets performance and are available in sizes to 64 GB. Examples of SD cards are below although those in tablets are generally the micro size shown at the bottom, adaptors can be used to put them into computers or other devices.

Examples of SD Cards - Image courtesy of Wikipedia

Should you have any comments or queries, do not hesitate to post these, or drop an email.

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Hugo Ortega phones his wife using

I’ve been hiding from you all wanting to scream out “surprise” and yet the only surprise I had this week was on me. It seems FedEX had clearance delays so my new arrival turned into a new debacle. So with several emails, phone calls, attachments and a recent drive to the FedEX warehouse I am proud to say that the HSDPA Raon Digital EVERUN is with me!

I will be posting a GottaBeMobile InkShow later this month regarding the EVERUN and once again am asking for your diligent involvement. Let me know you need me to find out/test and explore. As you’ll see from the video HSDPA is plug and play (at least in Australia).

By the way, thank you for your involvement on yesterday’s post! It’s always fun hanging out with the UberTablet Family!



View it on MyYouTube.com

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Quick impressions of the Samsung Q1 SSD

Master spokesman and class act, James Kendrick, has today started to post from within the realms of SSD Q1 land. What is that you may ask - well just before heading over, its the latest toy device to grace the market by Samsung (sort of). SSD stands for Solid State Drive and in my eyes its what the future holds.

Showing why he is number one in so many peoples eyes JK has jumped in head first and submerged himself in this little number. Here are some points I like from a post that should hold lots of insights.

snippings:

4. I do not like the 800x600 resolution on the wide-screen. It makes everything look “squooshy”. I use it in the other two resolutions only.

7. Vectoring is an issue when writing with the stylus but I found I quickly adapted to it. Now it rarely happens at all, especially in landscape orientation where the bottom bezel of the screen is a natural resting place for the palm while inking.

13. The Q1 SSD is made very solidly and feels very sturdy. It is obvious that Samsung put all their experience making mobile devices into the design and manufacture of this device.

15. The little stylus sucks. That’s all I’ll say about it. (if you saw my video you know that I didnt hold back on the stylus either)

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Afternoon Day One Vista Labs Beijing

Today we heard from Nicholas White from Redmond. Nick has an interesting role in that he works with all Non Traditional Media, i.e. like this blog! He is a great guy that some of you may recognise (virtually) as the author of the WindowsVistaBlog.com and an active organiser on The Hive. While the Vista blog is not overly "techy" it does delve into some subjects quite well. A white paper that Nick wrote really caught my attention regarding Direct X 10 (DX10) so if youre interested and want to read more on Direct X 10 go to this white paper. DX10 will ONLY be available on Vista and will ship as part of a Windows Update shortly (not sure if Im allowed to say that).

Richer scenes and complex environments

Picture 6: Windows Vista wallpaper rendered in DirectX9

Picture 7: Windows Vista wallpaper rendered in DirectX10

Then there was a surprisingly enthusiastic presentation by Microsoft Chinas DPE General Manager named Nigel Burton. He gave a personal account of major Corporations and Chinese Companies working to develop "rich" mobile user experiences. I am not sure how NDA this is so I will not go into it further however if you are a developer and think you have a killer application for a mobile device then maybe contact Nigel as he has an active market place waiting for you!

For me, the highlight of the day was Binggong Don, of Microsoft China, who gave a great talk on Text-to-Speech (TTS) in Windows Vista. While Windows XP only had one language supported (English) it seems that TTS has added Chinese too. XP had a voice in it called Sam while Vistas launch will see Anna added and in Chinese our Asian counterparts will get a chance to hear from Lili! Here is brief history of TTS up to the present date:

Seems like TTS has been of interest for a long time...way before Vista

• 1791: Speaking Machine was invented
• 1939: Homer Duley Electronic Processing Sound Machine
• 1992: Speech Team Created
• 1998: Product Group Formed
• 2000: Division-level investment (SAM, Worked on XP)
• Today: shipped fully packed in Vista, brand new TTS engine in Windows Vista. Microsoft China innovated next wave of TTS system.

The interesting thing about TTS I that it is not created by a massive database of words stored and cut/pasted together. Firstly it is created by Text Analysis, then Unit Selection and finally Wave Generation. In the first portion the word needs to be broken down into pronunciation and Normalization. The second portion of the equation takes the best "most suitable" candidate of each sound, then places it into a combination of sounds that help generate the intended word , e.g. an "E" sound may differ dramatically in different words, so via the above mentioned algorithm TTS plays a role in judging how and when to best describe that "E". Finally the wave generation portion takes into account the word formation as best practice while forming Sounds Waves, i.e. inflections.

You think that sounds complicated?!?! You try explaining it! LOL...OK guys, Im off to bed after having a banquet/feast at a very classy restaurant! Let me know if you want me to chase anything else up for you.

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