Assessment of ecological compensation information ethics in China: A case study of the Huainan city mining area in China

Abstract

In addition to the “hard” rules of institutions and their implementation mechanism, the “soft” guidance of ethics is indispensable for achieving ecological compensation. Moreover, this “soft” guidance favors self-discipline regarding practical intervention and is also beneficial to the avoidance of “negative externalities”. In this paper, indicators of ecological compensation information ethics are introduced and hypotheses are presented and verified statistically using data on the Huainan city mining area (China). An analysis of the case study results showed that even though each indicator is significantly correlated with the overall satisfaction, the hypothesis regarding the relationship between the indicators “satisfaction with access to convenience” and “maturity of information revenue” was abnormal after regression model optimization. Furthermore, the relative importance of eight indicators in the optimal model was clarified, and the strength of the resistance of 10 indicators in the resistance diagnosis model was also observed. Therefore, this study highlighted the control of key protons and focuses on the accurate identification of resistance indicators. Additionally, it also showed that the avoidance of “negative externalities” results in effective ecological compensation, and favors its improvement.