Promotion Of Social Responsibility Research Articles

Quantyfing the impact of the water security index on socio-economic development in EU27

The issue of environmental security in the context of sustainable development is a highly topical one, being intensively studied by specialists both in terms of its impact on biodiversity and on the protection of non-renewable resources, and in terms of its economic and social impact. The authors aim to quantify the impact of water security on economic and social development based on a new structural equation model and identify changes in the latent variable Water Security Index. (WSI), economic development (ED) and social development (SD) dynamics over the period 2000–2022 for the 27 EU Member States. The methodology is based on the use of structural equation systems and the use of the Independent-Samples Kruskal-Wallis Test to identify the influences of water security measures on economic and social indicators and to assess regional disparities of environmental policy development in relation to economic and social development. The research results will highlight the level of homogeneity of regional water security clusters in Europe and the influence of this approach on economic and social disparities. The results of the study highlight the significant correlation between population density, pollution levels and the costs associated with maintaining water quality. The study shows that high population density and high pollution levels disproportionately increase the financial burden of water quality management. In addition, the analysis highlights the social ramifications of neglecting the sustainability of water sources, particularly in regions experiencing low economic growth. In such scenarios, the negative social impact intensifies, highlighting the importance of sustainable practices. The results allow the formulation of the following public policies: Standardization of the national water quality management framework in line with the European framework; Establishment of organizations to monitor the safety of water sources and the health of the local population; Continuation of innovations in the field of water environment protection; Promotion of social responsibility towards the aquatic environment; Continuation of the process of improving water management governance. The results are useful for economic, environmental and social policy makers to optimise European sustainable development strategies.

Exploring stakeholder preferences and spatial heterogeneity in policy scenario analysis for vulnerable ecosystems: A choice experiment approach

The importance of understanding people's preferences and the well-being of river systems cannot be overstated when it comes to the effective restoration and long-term management of these systems. This study aimed to determine the preferences of people in the Hei River Basin of China regarding the conservation, restoration, and development of ecological systems and their associated services. The research utilized a combination of random parameter logit models for distance decay. The study collected data using a choice experiment method and separated the study area into three distance-based groups: group I (within 25 km), group II (25 to 50 km), and group III (beyond 50 km). The findings showed that there was spatial heterogeneity among the people, with a higher willingness to pay for high-quality agricultural production and the lowest willingness to pay for oasis. The results revealed a complex pattern of spatial heterogeneity and indicated the need for increased awareness programs, environmental education, and the promotion of social responsibility towards environmental protection. It is essential to implement environmental policies, restore properties, and preserve ecological systems to achieve sustainable development and a sustainable environment. The findings highlight the importance of considering spatial heterogeneity and the need for increased environmental awareness, education, and policy implementation. This research can contribute to developing effective strategies for the preservation of river systems and ensuring sustainable development and a sustainable environment.

Social life cycle assessment of green methanol and benchmarking against conventional fossil methanol

Green methanol could play a major role in decarbonising both the chemical and energy sectors. While techno-economic and environmental studies on green methanol following a life-cycle perspective are available, its social implications from a supply-chain standpoint remain largely unexplored. In order to fill this gap, this work presents the first social life cycle assessment of green methanol produced with CO2 directly captured from the air and hydrogen from wind power electrolysis. When compared to conventional methanol from natural gas, the results suggest an unfavourable performance of green methanol under negative social indicators (forced labour, women in the sectoral labour force, health expenditure, social responsibility promotion, and fair salary) due to the increased supply-chain complexity of the green system. In contrast, green methanol would outperform its conventional counterpart in terms of sectoral contribution to economic development, a positive social indicator which would benefit from the increase in working hours. Besides future consideration of a higher number of positive indicators and potential improvements in country- and sector-specific risk levels towards high-quality social and working conditions, an enhanced social life-cycle performance of green methanol requires technical improvements to reduce the high demand for energy inputs and equipment across its supply chain. Acknowledging decarbonisation as the actual driver of green methanol deployment, future social studies are suggested to focus on the comparison of renewable alternatives for its production and the effect of social regulations.

Is the Promotion of Social Responsibility Helpful for Chinese Multinational Enterprises to Deal with International Investment Protection? An Empirical Study Based on the Perspective of Overseas Subsidiaries

International investment protection is defined as the behavior of host country to take various policy measures to limit foreign investment. It has intensified with the outbreak of the global financial crisis in 2008 and is likely to deteriorate further in COVID-19’s uncertain impact on the global economy. Due to targeted restrictions, Chinese multinational enterprises have become the biggest victims of international investment protection behavior, which affects the normal operation of overseas subsidiaries. Corporate social responsibility is one of the means for the host country to restrict the entry of foreign capital, and has become the main form of international investment protection, which makes Chinese enterprises face greater social responsibility risks in foreign direct investment. In this context, to deal with international investment protection has become an urgent task to enhance the security of Chinese enterprises’ foreign direct investment.This paper attempts to study whether the promotion of social responsibility can help Chinese multinational enterprises to cope with international investment protection. By matching multiple databases to carry out the empirical research, we find that the promotion of corporate social responsibility can not only directly increase the performance of overseas subsidiaries, but also indirectly deal with the adverse impact of international investment protection on the performance of overseas subsidiaries. However, the response effect is also heterogeneous, and the promotion of social responsibility of state-owned enterprises can cope with international investment protection, while non-state-owned enterprises do not have such effect; the improvement of corporate social responsibility helps developed country subsidiaries to deal with international investment protection, while developing country subsidiaries do not have this effect. In addition, we also find that the transmission mechanism of improving social responsibility in response to international investment protection is to increase the number of executives with overseas background and inhibit executives’ overconfidence. Therefore, business departments and multinational enterprises should attach importance to and strengthen the implementation of social responsibility strategy in the management practice of overseas subsidiaries.The academic value of this paper is mainly reflected in three aspects: First, it broadens the scope of the positive impact of corporate social responsibility from the dimension of replying to international investment protection. Second, it provides micro level evidence for emerging market countries’ multinational enterprises to enhance their social responsibility to overcome the adverse international economic and political environment. Third, it expands the understanding of the correlation between the characteristics of parent company and the performance of overseas subsidiaries with corporate social responsibility as the link.

A contribuição da universidade corporativa na disseminação da responsabilidade social

Este estudo tem como objetivo identificar de que maneiras a universidade corporativa pode contribuir para a promoção da responsabilidade social no ambiente de trabalho. Trata-se de uma pesquisa em uma empresa do segmento de óleo e gás com localização em vários estados brasileiros, elaborado com base em pesquisa qualitativa para captar a percepção dos empregados sobre responsabilidade social. Os resultados demonstraram a importância da universidade corporativa na promoção da responsabilidade social como valor agregado aos negócios da empresa. A partir dos resultados desse estudo, espera-se estimular a redução da lacuna entre o discurso e a prática.

Financial Sustainable Growth System 2030 Evidence from Russian and Chinese Gas Companies

The aim of the article is to study the prospects for sustainable financial growth of the gas industry in Russia and China until 2030. unlike traditional interpretations, the authors consider financial sustainability as a result of the interaction and mutual influence of energy, environmental, economic and social processes grouped into subsystems. The authors analyzed the statistical indicators of the sustainable financial growth system of the largest oil and gas companies in Russia and China from 1996 to 2016. A model for calculating the financial sustainable growth system in the Python programming language was developed. The Lasso regression analysis method and the SARIMA model were used. The sustainable financial growth system index of oil and gas companies was substantiated. By means of the system methodology, the authors identified problems and systematized the contradictions in the organization of the sustainable financial growth in the gas industry of the two countries. As part of the proposed methodological approach, the original SARIMA model was built. The model explains the internal structure of the financial growth sustainability of the oil and gas industry in Russia and China. The authors calculated the sustainable financial growth system forecast for Russia and China until 2030. The calculations showed that in the future the system of sustainable financial growth in China’s oil and gas industry may be disrupted. The authors offer ways to prevent the development of these negative trends. Namely: the promotion of social responsibility of state corporations, the development of green and social financing, the study of energy efficiency. In Russia, the stability of the financial growth of the oil and gas industry is characterized by stability over the entire forecast period.

The Aesthetic Function of New Media “Serious Games”

New media serious games are a branch of new media games. A significant feature of new media serious games is their emphasis on social problems and promotion of social responsibility. As new media serious games have the advantage of “teach through lively activities,” they are widely used in education trainings, military strategies, social welfares, etc. Further, social aesthetic functions are an important feature of these games. This essay focuses on the basic features and design methods with regards to the aesthetic functions of new media serious games.

Molding the nascent corporate social responsibility agenda in Singapore: of pragmatism, soft regulation, and the economic imperative

This paper seeks to examine the putative growth of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Singapore. A key impetus for the nascent CSR movement in twenty-first century Singapore is the economic imperative. As a trade-dependent industrializing economy, the economic development drive coupled with the need for international expansion has made it necessary for Singapore businesses to be cognizant of the growing CSR movement in the western, industrialized world. The government supports the CSR endeavour with an instrumental bent, where CSR ideas and concepts are adapted, incorporated, and promoted in various sectors of the economy. This paper assesses the state’s active encouragement of CSR in various facets of economic life in Singapore. The government sees itself as a promoter and practitioner of CSR. For instance, Singapore’s unique tripartite labor relations have recently emphasized a CSR gloss while CSR is also touted as being beneficial for corporate governance as well as improving the competitiveness of companies and improving the quality of life. However, CSR is too often seen as another form of corporate governance. This paper argues that the CSR drive in Singapore coheres with the government’s pragmatic approach to governance broadly conceived. There are many intrinsic and tangible benefits in the government being seen as an active promoter of CSR in various facets of Singapore life. The close association with the various concerns of CSR ensures that the government is seen to be involved in issues, such as environmentalism, work–life balance, anti-corruption, and philanthropy, that concern and appeal to the younger generation of Singaporeans. The CSR endorsement by the state, while not taking a legislative framework and still very much a private sector-driven initiative, is in accord with Singapore’s political and cultural values where the promotion of social responsibility (individual and group), harmony, cohesion, and stability in a multi-racial, multi-religious, and multi-lingual society are very much valued. In studying the putative CSR movement in Singapore, a sense of the values that the state, in partnership with the business world, hopes to inculcate would be evident.

Petroleum industry and renewables

In this paper, we review activity by the large petroleum majors in the renewables sector. Oil companies have traditionally invested in other energy sectors (e.g., coal, nuclear) but in recent years the trend has been to concentrate on the petroleum sector. The low price of oil throughout the last decade of the 20th century limited the scope for speculative investments outside the core oil and gas business. Most majors sold off other ventures, although there were some notable long term investors in solar. As we enter the new century certain major oil and gas companies are once again investing in alternative energy to become broader ‘energy’ companies. This trend is the result of greater awareness of future energy demand, greater pressure and incentives to reduce emissions in their own operations, and the promotion of social responsibility and other general sustainability issues.

German engineering education in transition: The function of nontechnical studies

Against the background of a brief historical overview of earlier roles played by nontechnical subjects in German engineering curricula, this paper considers the current aims of non-technical subjects in the promotion of social responsibility in engineering, especially in light of recent recommendations by a professional group on integrating transdisciplinary work into the academic study of engineering. The analysis is then related to the results of an empirical study of the status of nontechnical curricula in Germany. Finally, problems that impede curricular reform in regard to nontechnical subjects are identified.