The Wiki & the Domestic Abuse Foundation

1. The Wiki & theDomestic Abuse Foundation BUSM2392 Assignment 2

2. Introduction • The Domestic Abuse Foundation was established in 2008 by Sally McGregor, a inspirational victim and survivor of domestic abuse. • DAF is a non for profit foundation and soley exists from donations • DAF is based in Melbourne, Australia and since Feburary 2008, now has coverage Australia wide. • DAF porvides free services including shelter, counselling, legal and medical advice to all victims of domestic abuse BUSM2392 Assignment 2

3. Vision Statement • To promote the eradication of domestic violence across Australia • To ensure the saftey of survivors and provide them with access to services • To hold offenders accountable for the violence they perpetrate • To encourage better policy surrounding impact on survivors of domestic abuse BUSM2392 Assignment 2

4. Mission Statement • Provide a voice for survivors of domestic violence • Change societies attitudes that promote domestic violence • Ensure that all people have knowledge and access to all services BUSM2392 Assignment 2

5. An identified need • Recently is has come to the attention of DAF management that current code of standards, specifically in the area of councelling, are outdated. • Therefore, a small internal team of staff members has been established to develop a new custom set of ethical standards, for the use with cliental of DAF. BUSM2392 Assignment 2

6. DAF ECCD Team • The ethical code of conduct development team • Sophie- Team Leader • Christian- Technician Manager • Eli- Project- Research Manager • Michael- Quality Manager Research Manager Quality Manager Technician Manager Team Leader BUSM2392 Assignment 2

7. Tour of DAF Wiki • Enter DAF wiki • www.wikispaces.com BUSM2392 Assignment 2

8. Aims and Objectives • To provide qualitative foundations to the staff at DAF surrounding the implementation of new set of ethical standards. • To keep all DAF staff Australia wide informed of current ethical standards and changes been made. • Only the development team can edit the Wiki, all staff Australia wide can view and read the Wiki BUSM2392 Assignment 2

9. Wiki Progress BUSM2392 Assignment 2

10. Why a Wiki? • This short Youtube demonstrates advantages and disadvantages of the Wiki for information collaboration • http:://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9nCOCSvR8 BUSM2392 Assignment 2

11. Disadvantages • If not made private; • Open to SPAM and Vandalism • Information privacy could be compromised • Internet and electricity connections required • Could become disorganised BUSM2392 Assignment 2

12. Advantages • Anyone can edit • Easy to use • Instantaneous • Virtual • Tracking progress made easy • Don’t have to be technical • Custom made structures BUSM2392 Assignment 2

13. Professional Literature BUSM2392 Assignment 2

14. Evaluation • Usefulness of Wiki • Communication problems • Lack of literature • Deadlines • Understanding the Wiki BUSM2392 Assignment 2

15. References • Antioch University New England Library 2006, Antioch University New England Library Staff Training and Support Wiki, viewed 14 July 2008, http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/antioch_university_new_england_library_staff_training_and_support_wiki/this_wiki?wpid=225709. • Baumeister, J, Reutelshoefer, J & Puppe F 2007, ‘KnowWE – community-based knowledge capture with knowledge wikis’, K-CAP’07, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Knowledge Capture, Whistler, Canada, 28–31 October 2007, ACM, New York, pp. 189–190, viewed 14 July 2008, http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1298448. • Barsky, E & Giustini, D 2007, ‘Introducing web 2.0: Wikis for health librarians’, Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, vol. 28, pp. 147–150, viewed 14 July 2008, http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/jchla/jchla28/c07-036.pdf. • Fichter, D 2006, ‘Using wikis to support online collaboration in libraries’, Information Outlook, vol. 10, no. 1,  pp. 30–31. BUSM2392 Assignment 2

16. Thank you for your time • Questions and feedback BUSM2392 Assignment 2