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Changes and Challenges of the Role of a Trustee in a Commercial Context: Does this Separate Commercial Trusts from Trusts?
As well as acting as a guardian of family assets, trusts have increasingly become a commercial device to manage portfolios of financial assets. One of the most dramatic transformations of a role that has accompanied the evolution of trusts has been that of the trustee. The objective of this article is to examine the key changes and challenges that the commercial use of trusts has brought to the trustee’s role and to answer whether or not those changes or challenges suggest the separation of commercial trusts from trusts. I argue that the role of a trustee in a commercial context has developed in various ways from that of a traditional family trust so that it accommodates the complex commercial uses of trusts; however, the fundamental rules of trusts and the essential duties of trustees have remained the same, and the trust law itself has continually developed to resolve problems that arise in the commercial uses of trusts. Thus, it is neither correct nor necessary to separate a commercial trust from a traditional trust in order for it to be an independent legal vehicle; this would consequently require the establishment of a new set of rules. Trust law, commercial trust, evolution of the role of a trustee, rule of law, whether a commercial trust is in the essence of a trust
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Why different trust relationships matter for information systems users
Technology acceptance research has shown that trust is an important factor fostering use of information systems (IS). As a result, numerous IS researchers have studied factors that build trust in IS. However, IS research on trust has mainly focused on the trust relationship between the user and the IS itself, largely neglecting that other targets of trust might also drive IS use from a user's point of view. Accordingly, we investigate the importance of different targets of trust in IS use. Therefore, we use the concept of a network of trust and identify four different targets of trust that are prevalent from a user's point of view. Afterwards, we develop our research model and evaluate it using a free simulation experiment. The results show that multiple targets of trust are important in the context of IS use. In particular, we highlight the importance of a second target - trust in the provider - which is equally important as trust in the IS itself. Consequently, IS providers should focus not only on fostering users' trust in their IS but also on positioning themselves as trustworthy providers. In addition, we show that a third target - trust in the Internet - has significant indirect effects on multiple constructs that impact IS use.
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Advancing Public Trust Relationships in Electronic Government: The Singapore E-Filing Journey
E-governments have become an increasingly integral part of the virtual economic landscape. However, e-government systems have been plagued by an unsatisfactory, or even a decreasing, level of trust among citizen users. The political exclusivity and longstanding bureaucracy of governmental institutions have amplified the level of difficulty in gaining citizens' acceptance of e-government systems. Through the synthesis of trust-building processes with trust relational forms, we construct a multidimensional, integrated analytical framework to guide our investigation of how e-government systems can be structured to restore trust in citizen-government relationships. Specifically, the analytical framework identifies trust-building strategies (calculative-based, prediction-based, intentionality-based, capability-based, and transference-based trust) to be enacted for restoring public trust via e-government systems. Applying the analytical framework to the case of Singapore's Electronic Tax-Filing (E-Filing) system, we advance an e-government developmental model that yields both developmental prescriptions and technological specifications for the realization of these trust-building strategies. Further, we highlight the impact of sociopolitical climates on the speed of e-government maturity.
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Trust in scientists in times of pandemic
This article analyzes the specific and critical role of trust in scientists on both the support for and compliance with nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We exploit large-scale, longitudinal, and representative surveys for 12 countries over the period from March to December 2020, and we complement the analysis with experimental data. We find that trust in scientists is the key driving force behind individual support for and compliance with NPIs and for favorable attitudes toward vaccination. The effect of trust in government is more ambiguous and tends to diminish support for and compliance with NPIs in countries where the recommendations from scientists and the government were not aligned. Trust in others also has seemingly paradoxical effects: in countries where social trust is high, the support for NPIs is low due to higher expectations that others will voluntary social distance. Our individual-level longitudinal data also allows us to evaluate the effects of within-person changes in trust over the pandemic: we show that trust levels and, in particular, trust in scientists have changed dramatically for individuals and within countries, with important subsequent effects on compliant behavior and support for NPIs. Such findings point out the challenging but critical need to maintain trust in scientists during a lasting pandemic that strains citizens and governments.
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