Wellbeing Indices: A Comprehensive Inventory of Standards and a Review of Current Comparative Measures

Maridal, J. Haavard; Palich, Les; Morgan, Grant B.; Gardner, Steven D.; McKinney, Joe; Bolbocean, Corneliu

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.02.016

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“…Likewise, it would be necessary to deepen the proposed SSMM by introducing measurable variables in quantitative and qualitative terms as proposed by the authors Venturelli et al [190], developing key performance indicators to measure the degree of implementation of sustainability as suggested by the authors Hristov and Chirico [191], or implementing "wellbeing indices" as suggested by Haavard et al [192]. Voluntary reporting of non-financial results that demonstrate the degree of compliance with the SSMM would also be welcome, as it contributes to generating 'trust among investors and improve company reputation', as stated by the authors Caputo et al [193].…”

Section: Limitations and Future Lines Of Researchmentioning

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Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

2020

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As we reach the fifth anniversary of the Declaration of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the tourism sector responsible for over 10% of the world’s GDP still does not have an open-source, sustainable management criteria that would enable and empower them to “walk the talk” to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of this paper is to fill the gap in the social sciences and business management literature by providing a theoretical Sustainable Strategic Management Model (SSMM) proposal for the Fourth Sector (4S), Small- and Medium-sized (SMEs) Hotel companies (4S-SM-HCs), which are committed and have the will to contribute firmly to the 2030 Agenda. Based on their corporate purpose and aligned with the SDGs, this article provides a holistic proposal with a multi-stakeholder approach, adding the SDG perspective. Through a qualitative research methodology based on two focus groups in which the main stakeholders and the management team of the 4S-SM-HC under examination took part, a theoretical SSMM is co-defined so that the hotel company can make significant contributions to the five areas of the SDGs. Basing their structure on the internationally recognized Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Criteria and co-created through social learning, this SSMM proposes four strategic management axis and develops ten principles of ethical performance (PEP). The main contributions of this article are two: (1) to provide an ecosystemic SSMM proposal to the 4S-SM-HCs to allow them to make significant contributions to the SDGs, and (2) to facilitate a methodological framework with a multi-stakeholder approach and SDG perspective to enable them to contribute to the wellbeing of people, the community and the planet.

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Section: Limitations and Future Lines Of Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

2020

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“…Such an appeal was welcomed by many national statistical institutes (e.g., Canadian Index of Well-being, Measures of Australia's Progress, UK Measuring National Well-Being) and by international bodies and institutions (e.g., ISO with the ISO 37,120 standard: Sustainable Development of Communities and the UN 2030 Agenda). Several frameworks, also rooted on the early experimentations carried out by UN (e.g., Genuine Progress Index and Human Development Index), were developed [14][15][16].…”

Section: Equitable and Sustainable Well-beingmentioning

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Well-Being and Sustainability in Crisis Areas: The Case of Taranto

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Unresilient and fragile regions need methods and data able to make policy-makers acknowledge the specific criticalities by which they are affected, so as to build effective development strategies and policies. This research explores whether and to what extent well-being and sustainability measurement frameworks are able to recognize crisis areas. We identified Taranto (Italy), declared as both a National Priority Contaminated Site and a Complex Industrial Crisis area, as a paradigmatic and extreme case of crisis areas and adopted the single case approach to address our research question. After reviewing several frameworks able to measure well-being at local level, we focused on Benessere Equo e Sostenibile dei Territori (Equitable and Sustainable Territorial Well-being, BESdT). We used two aggregate indexes to analyze data, namely the Adjusted Mazziotta-Pareto Index and the Adjusted Differences Mean Index. The study shows that, although BESdT does detect some criticalities of the examined area, it seems not able to adequately frame the multifaceted crisis that affects the area of Taranto. Even in presence of a full-blown crisis, the problematic situation does not always reflect into lower territorial performance, neither at the level of single indicators nor at the level of entire domains. Such discrepancy appears to be particularly evident within the economic domain. The paper ends with a discussion on the research and policy implications and some proposals for further research.

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“…Some authors further include sustainability measures in the calculation to also consider environmental sustainability as a dimension of wellbeing (Biggeri and Mauro, 2018;Hickel, 2020), while others add further dimensions such as peace and happiness (Prakash and Garg, 2019). Other indicators of wellbeing have been deeply analysed by Maridal et al (2018).…”

Section: Public Governance and Wellbeingmentioning

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Fiscal policies, public investments and wellbeing: mapping the evolution of the EU

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Mazzarano²,

Pronti³

et al. 2020

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The European Union faced several crises in the last twenty years that destabilized its macroeconomic equilibrium and development capacity. Standard economic methodologies were capable of neither predicting nor completely solving these crises through appropriate investments. To understand the overall development performance, the well-known Human Development Index (HDI) is the most widely deployed conceptual framework. In this article, we look at the components of welfare dynamics in the EU by examining socio-economic performance. Through a 'beyond gross domestic product (GDP)' approach, we analyse public expenditures, especially focusing on the pillars of growth and socio-economic development:* The research is conceptually related to the activities of the European Topic Centre on Waste, materials and the Green Economy (ETC WMGE, European Environment Agency). It is also within the research activities of the 2018-2022 UNIFE project on Circular economy, Innovations and SMEs funded by MIUR Italian ministry under the 'Departments of excellence' programme, and the activities of the related CERCIS research centre on Circular Economy, Innovation and SMEs.

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Wellbeing Indices: A Comprehensive Inventory of Standards and a Review of Current Comparative Measures

Cited by 13 publications

References 35 publications

Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

Sustainable Strategic Management Model for Hotel Companies: A Multi-Stakeholder Proposal to “Walk the Talk” toward SDGs

Well-Being and Sustainability in Crisis Areas: The Case of Taranto

Fiscal policies, public investments and wellbeing: mapping the evolution of the EU

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