Social Progress and Sustainable Development

Thin, Neil

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“…Identifying the main key themes of social sustainability encompasses especially equity [34], poverty reduction and livelihood [35], human rights, employment [36], social homogeneity [37], social security and basic needs. These key themes have been renewed or replaced by more vague and less measurable concepts such as identity [23], sense of place and the benefits of social networks [38]. This can be caused by the significant breakthrough and innovation caused by information technology that forces the social progress and the balance, ensuring social equality, freedom and a healthy standard of living [33].…”

Section: Social Sustainabilitymentioning

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An Index to Measure the Sustainable Information Society: The Polish Households Case

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Since the 1960s, a turning point for civilization related to the increasing role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in creating the modern society can be observed. The sustainable information society (SIS) entails a new phase of information society development, in which the ICT adoption by the society stakeholders is the key enabler of sustainability. One of the most important issues in the debate about the SIS is the means to measure it. In this paper, a methodological framework for creating SIS evaluation indexes is presented. In practical terms, an exemplary adjustable index for evaluating SIS in households is created based on the presented approach. During the empirical research, the presented index is used to evaluate SIS in Polish households. The study showed the usefulness of the proposed approach and confirmed the fact that it can be used to build other SIS indices.

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Section: Social Sustainabilitymentioning

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An Index to Measure the Sustainable Information Society: The Polish Households Case

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“…Networks of social trust create a sense of shared identity, mutual understanding, common objectives, and solidarity that promotes group commitment and positive responses to development efforts (Krishna and Shrader 1999;Thin 2002). Hence it is logical to state that social capital brings out the best in human capital.…”

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Lessons from Biafra: The Structuration of Socially Relevant Science in the Research and Production Directorate

Ukaegbu

2005

Social Forces

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Africa's dismal economic performance is directly attributable to its weakness in the production and use of modern technology. Even Nigeria, a country with immense human and material resources, coupled with significant scientific infrastructure, has not yet been able to manage the all-important technological leap forward. The situation was different in Biafra , when indigenous scientists and engineers performed socially relevant science without the preconditions conventionally perceived as necessary for technological development. Anchored in structuration theory, this article explores the sociology of scientific and technological practice in Biafra, outlines the achievements of Biafran scientists and engineers, and offers explanationsof why the Biafran technological success has not been replicable in post-civil war Nigeria. Discussion concludes with a suggestion for developmentdriven geopolitical restructuring.The literature on development, especially from the 1960s through the 1980s, has emphasized several perceived obstacles to technological development in [4][5][6] 2003 . This article reflects on my experience as a young accounts clerk in the Biafran office of Research and Production (RAP),where I observed firsthand the magic of will and the power of social capital to evoke the best of human potentialities. I thank Simon Ottenberg, whose pioneering work on Igbo institutions and culture providedme with the rightforum and motivationfinally to write this presentwork, which had lingered in my mind since the end of the Nigerian-Biafran war in 1970. Thanksalso to Christian Iroegbu, Emmanuel Enekwechi, Emmanuel Nnadozie, Ebere Onwudiwe, Chudi Uwazuruike, and Ifeanyi Uzoka for the series of informal discussions and conversations that directly and indirectly helped to crystallize my idea, and to Gale Bandsma and Elaine Force for their secretarial help. I thank the anonymous reviewers of Social Forces for their help in sharpening my thoughts. Direct correspondence to Chikwendu Christian Ukaegbu,

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“…However, because studies in social sustainability, compared with those in the other two pillars, are lagging behind (Dempsey, Bramley, Powers, & Brown, 2011;Granovetter, 1973;Thin, 2002;Vifell & Soneryd, 2012), practitioners lack knowledge in terms of what fosters social sustainability implementation (Khan, Hussain, Gunasekaren, Ajmal, & Helo, 2018). In fact, most existing research on social sustainability motivators in the context of healthcare supply chains have focused on factors that either resulted from stakeholders' influence (Park-Poaps & Rees, 2010), are related to organizational practices (Belal, 2002;Huq, Stevenson, & Zorzini, 2014;Jiang, 2009;Liu, Fellows, & Tuuli, 2011;Marshall, McCarthy, McGrath, & Claudy, 2015), or are concerned with values and attitudes (Huq et al, 2014;Pullman & Dillard, 2010).…”

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Exploration and assessment of the motivators of social sustainability in healthcare supply chains: Multistake holder's perspective

Hussain

Khan

Ajmal

2019

Sustainable Development

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The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for the identification, categorization, and prioritization of social sustainability motivators across four main stakeholders of healthcare supply chains. A survey tool is initially used for the identification of motivators of social sustainability that are relevant to the healthcare supply chain. The exploration phase identified 34 motivators that were grouped to introduce a hierarchal framework. Finally, an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is utilized to prioritize the criteria and subcriteria of motivators of social sustainability. The results of this study identified five main categories (Organizational Practice, Media and Reputation, Excellence and Awards, Technology and Innovation, and Attitude) and 34 subcategories. The AHP results assigned the highest priority to Media and Reputation and Organizational Practice. The framework developed in this study provides healthcare professionals with a structured approach that will be helpful in the acceptance of social sustainability across the chain. The proposed approach can be adapted to the healthcare industry in different contexts, and the study findings can provide insights and guidelines for the effective adoption of sustainability, in general, and social sustainability across different supply chains, in particular. Most of the previous research did not explore the various motivators across healthcare supply chains in terms of relevance and priority. There is also a lack of conceptual and structured approaches for identifying and prioritizing the motivators of social sustainability.

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Social Progress and Sustainable Development

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An Index to Measure the Sustainable Information Society: The Polish Households Case

An Index to Measure the Sustainable Information Society: The Polish Households Case

Lessons from Biafra: The Structuration of Socially Relevant Science in the Research and Production Directorate

Exploration and assessment of the motivators of social sustainability in healthcare supply chains: Multistake holder's perspective

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