Technology for Social Good Foundations: A Perspective From the Smallholder Farmer in Sustainable Supply Chains

Quayson, Matthew; Bai, Chunguang; Sarkis, Joseph

doi:10.1109/tem.2020.2996003

“…The term Social Good has been embraced in domains such as sociology and social work [12], [13], business and nonprofit world [37]- [39]. Mor Barak refers to social good as the heart of the social work profession [13] and pointed out that, in contrast with public goods, social good does not depend on public policy and funding.…”

Section: A Social Good Outside Computer Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social good has been essential to promote activities and attract public attention and support: hackathons evolved in social work with new goals of changing the world for good [40], and contributing to social good can improve volunteers' happiness and well-being [41], [42]. In management science, social good is discussed in the context of corporation social responsibility with the goal to positively impact both corporations and society [37]- [39].…”

Section: A Social Good Outside Computer Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good

Huang¹,

Ford²,

Zimmermann³

2021

2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

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When inspiring software developers to contribute to open source software, the act is often referenced as an opportunity to build tools to support the developer community. However, that is not the only charge that propels contributionsgrowing interest in open source has also been attributed to software developers deciding to use their technical skills to benefit a common societal good. To understand how developers identify these projects, their motivations for contributing, and challenges they face, we conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with OSS for Social Good (OSS4SG) contributors. From our interview analysis, we identified themes of contribution styles that we wanted to understand at scale by deploying a survey to over 5765 OSS and Open Source Software for Social Good contributors. From our quantitative analysis of 517 responses, we find that the majority of contributors demonstrate a distinction between OSS4SG and OSS. Likewise, contributors described definitions based on what societal issue the project was to mitigate and who the outcomes of the project were going to benefit. In addition, we find that OSS4SG contributors focus less on benefiting themselves by padding their resume with new technology skills and are more interested in leaving their mark on society at statistically significant levels. We also find that OSS4SG contributors evaluate the owners of the project significantly more than OSS contributors. These findings inform implications to help contributors identify high societal impact projects, help project maintainers reduce barriers to entry, and help organizations understand why contributors are drawn to these projects to sustain active participation.

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“…The term Social Good has been embraced in domains such as sociology and social work [12], [13], business and nonprofit world [37]- [39]. Mor Barak refers to social good as the heart of the social work profession [13] and pointed out that, in contrast with public goods, social good does not depend on public policy and funding.…”

Section: A Social Good Outside Computer Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Supplementary Material for Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good

Huang¹,

Ford²,

Zimmermann³

2021

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When inspiring software developers to contribute to open source software, the act is often referenced as an opportunity to build tools to support the developer community. However, that is not the only charge that propels contributionsgrowing interest in open source has also been attributed to software developers deciding to use their technical skills to benefit a common societal good. To understand how developers identify these projects, their motivations for contributing, and challenges they face, we conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with OSS for Social Good (OSS4SG) contributors. From our interview analysis, we identified themes of contribution styles that we wanted to understand at scale by deploying a survey to over 5765 OSS and Open Source Software for Social Good contributors. From our quantitative analysis of 517 responses, we find that the majority of contributors demonstrate a distinction between OSS4SG and OSS. Likewise, contributors described definitions based on what societal issue the project was to mitigate and who the outcomes of the project were going to benefit. In addition, we find that OSS4SG contributors focus less on benefiting themselves by padding their resume with new technology skills and are more interested in leaving their mark on society at statistically significant levels. We also find that OSS4SG contributors evaluate the owners of the project significantly more than OSS contributors. These findings inform implications to help contributors identify high societal impact projects, help project maintainers reduce barriers to entry, and help organizations understand why contributors are drawn to these projects to sustain active participation.

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“…It is one of the most important aspects of the IEEE society. Quayson et al consider digitalization in its various forms to come to aid for some of our most vulnerable populations-people and organizations in developing countries who manage small and family-owned operations [10]. This special issue article provides evidence and argument to develop and continue digitalization in agri-food supply chains, where smallholder farmers can benefit and have greater inclusion in the global supply chain.…”

Section: The Organization and Its Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

Managing in a Post-COVID-19 World

Sarkis

¹

2020

IEEE Eng. Manag. Rev.

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ATthe time of this editorial, the world has been battling the COVID-19-coronavirus-pandemic for a few months. A vaccine has yet to appear, and over 750 000 global deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus. Industry and economy to some extent has slightly rebounded, but with dark clouds looming. The debates about reestablishing complete normalcy continue. We are devoting this IEEE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT REVIEW (EMR) issue to the topic of managing in a post-COVID-19 world. By post-COVID-19 world, we mean since the crisis has appeared-and hopefully what to do after an effective vaccine has been found-and when life returns to normal.

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Technology for Social Good Foundations: A Perspective From the Smallholder Farmer in Sustainable Supply Chains

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Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good

Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good

Supplementary Material for Leaving My Fingerprints: Motivations and Challenges of Contributing to OSS for Social Good

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