scholarly journals Responsible nudging for social good: new healthcare skills for AI-driven digital personal assistants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Capasso ◽  
Steven Umbrello
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Social Good ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Personal Assistants ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

AbstractTraditional medical practices and relationships are changing given the widespread adoption of AI-driven technologies across the various domains of health and healthcare. In many cases, these new technologies are not specific to the field of healthcare. Still, they are existent, ubiquitous, and commercially available systems upskilled to integrate these novel care practices. Given the widespread adoption, coupled with the dramatic changes in practices, new ethical and social issues emerge due to how these systems nudge users into making decisions and changing behaviours. This article discusses how these AI-driven systems pose particular ethical challenges with regards to nudging. To confront these issues, the value sensitive design (VSD) approach is adopted as a principled methodology that designers can adopt to design these systems to avoid harming and contribute to the social good. The AI for Social Good (AI4SG) factors are adopted as the norms constraining maleficence. In contrast, higher-order values specific to AI, such as those from the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, are adopted as the values to be promoted as much as possible in design. The use case of Amazon Alexa's Healthcare Skills is used to illustrate this design approach. It provides an exemplar of how designers and engineers can begin to orientate their design programs of these technologies towards the social good.

scholarly journals Communication, Social Networks and Sustainable Development Goals: A Reflection From the Perspective of Social Marketing and Happiness Management in the General Elections in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Araceli Galiano-Coronil ◽  
Gloria Jiménez-Marín ◽  
Rodrigo Elías Zambrano ◽  
Luis Bayardo Tobar-Pesántez
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Development Goals

The challenges imposed by the global development agenda imply reflecting on the role and contribution of political parties to development processes in the online environment. Social networks have been characterised as a part of the strategies of political campaigns, as it allows political leaders to establish bidirectional communication with citizens. In this context, the present study aims to empirically explore the leading Spanish political formations' publications from a social marketing perspective. In this way, it will be possible to verify how issues related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are addressed. On the one hand, this requires elaborating the communication profiles of the main political parties presented to the Spanish General Elections from 2015 to 2019. On the other hand, to analyse whether social themes better discriminate or distinguish one political party from another. For this purpose, a methodology based on text mining, content analysis from a quantitative and qualitative approach, and simple correspondence analysis has been used. Finally, it should be noted that the results of this research show that there are differences between political parties according to the social issues published, with a divergence between the social issues that provoke a better reaction from the public and those most published on Facebook.

scholarly journals SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF ECONOMIC ENTERPRISES AS A SOCIAL GOOD: PRACTICE OF THE EU AND UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Galetska ◽  
Topishko Natalya ◽  
Ivan Topishko
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Social Good ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Fundamental Value ◽  
Business Structures ◽  
The Eu

Current circumstances are shaping new conditions for the interaction of entities of society. The COVID- 19 coronavirus pandemic tests the partner relationship between government, business and civil society in the system of their social responsibility for the efficiency and morality. The purpose of the study is to reveal the theoretical foundations of the concept of “social responsibility of the state, business, citizen” as a determining factor of formation, self-organization, self-control, modernization of civil society and analysis of the practice of organizing the social responsibility system of economic entities in the EU and in Ukraine. The subject of the research is social responsibility as a fundamental value of society and social institute of regulation of relations in society for ensuring stability of living conditions. The methodology of the research is based on the set of methods of scientific analysis. In particular, dialectical (when characterizing the categorical apparatus of the subject of study); systemic (when analyzing the relationship of socio-economic processes); statistical method of comparisons and groupings; economic analysis (when processing statistics); historical (in the study of the evolution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) theory and practice); empirical (in the analysis of the practice of forming partnerships between business structures, the state and civil society in the European Union and Ukraine). Conclusions of the study. The concept of “social responsibility” is a fundamental value of society, and the system of social responsibility of its entities is a social good. It can be considered as a social institute of socio-economic relations regulation in order to ensure the stability of society and the development of living conditions. The systematization of scientific approaches to defining the social responsibility of economic entities as a social good made it possible to justify it from the standpoint of a public policy object, a system of ethical values of society, voluntary obligations of business and a way of managing a business entity. Features of the current socio-economic situation require strengthening of their socially responsible behavior, introduction and observance of new forms of interaction between business and society on the principles of systematic and longterm. The innovative model of the economy is raising new demands for socially responsible behavior of public relations entities. Models of its realization have their own peculiarities in every EU country. They are all stimulated by state institutional mechanisms (privileges in taxation, subsidies, control over compliance with social and environmental standards); international standards of doing business; control by the public (social reporting to stakeholders). Such institutional levers stimulate the integration of socially responsible behavior into the development strategy of the business structures. The European experience of forming and provision of social positioning of entrepreneurial activity is being studied in Ukraine and is gradually being implemented. The level of transparency of leading companies activities is increasing, especially those, the activities of which are focused on international markets (agribusinesses, energy and metallurgy companies). The lower level of transparency of such information is inherent for mining companies. Transnational companies operating in Ukraine have a higher level of CSR disclosure than domestic organizations. On their websites, twice as often as on websites of the Ukrainian companies, issues on human rights, CSR programs, policies and goals are covered. As the example of the high level of compliance with the CSR principles may serve the activities of the French-Ukrainian company “Verallia-Ukraine” PJSC ”Consumers-Sklo-Zorya” (Rivne region, Ukraine). Many Ukrainian business entities have not yet integrated CSR into their company management strategy. Further promotion of the CSR concept, activation of institutional, economic and social mechanisms for its implementation, evaluation of the effectiveness of its implementation are needed.

scholarly journals New technologies and new paradigms: the new technological societies approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (110) ◽  
pp. 155-163
Author(s):  
Martha Lorena Mendoza Navarrete ◽  
Yenny Alexandra Zambrano Villegas ◽  
Lilia del Rocio Bermudez Cevallos ◽  
Yanina Alexandra Viteri Alcivar
Keyword(s):  
Social Evolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Society Journal ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Computer Tools ◽  
The Social ◽  
Technological Impact

New technologies represent novelty depending on the era in which they are viewed, but in all cases they represent social evolution in some way. At present, new technologies are associated with the use of computer tools that strengthen processes, mechanisms, and undoubtedly, social communication. This paper evaluates new technologies focused on social transformations, their impact on human behavior and the social repercussions they may bring with their prevalence over time. Several academic documents of a scientific and technical nature are evaluated, with a view to defining the paradigms of technologies in their evolutionary process through societies. The most outstanding results show that the modern world is subject to a significant impact of information technology, that it encompasses not only educational aspects but also family, personal and economic aspects, and that the implications of traditional substitution by technology may be detrimental to mankind. Keywords: Technological implications, new societies, technological impact. References [1]C. Renfrew y P. Bahn, Arqueología: Teoría, métodos y práctica., Madrid: Akal, 1993. [2]Y. Laniuk, «Freedom in the Society of Control: Ethical challenges,» Ethics and Bioethics, vol. 10, nº 34, pp. 203-220, 2021. [3]J. Chaves, «Desarrollo tecnológico en la Primera Revolución Industrial,» Universidad de Extremadura, Servicio de Publicaciones, Extremadura, 2004. [4]A. Bessarab, O. Mitchuk, A. Baranetska, N. Kodatska, O. Kvasnytsia y G. Mykytiv, «Social networks as a phenomenon of the information society,» Journal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering, vol. 14, nº 1, pp. 35-42, 2021. [5]E. Popkova, A. Bogoviz y B. Sergi, «Towards digital society management and ‘capitalism 4.0’ in contemporary Russia,» Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, vol. 8, nº 1, p. 77, 2021. [6]A. Núñez, «Riesgo e Incertidumbre en las Sociedades Tecnológicas complejas.,» Cuaderno del ateneo, pp. 44-57, 2007. [7]wikipedia, «Accidente del transbordador espacial Challenger,» 1989. [Online]. Available: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidente_del_transbordador_espacial_Challenger. [Last access: 2021]. [8]J. Martínez, «La innovación tecnológica en las sociedades cooperativas y otras organizaciones de participación,» Rev.Est. Coop., vol. 48, 2001. [9]J. Echeverría, «Ética y sociedades tecnológicas,» Isegoría, vol. 41, pp. 217-229, 2009. [10]R. Pardo, «La cultura científico-tecnológica de las sociedades de la modernidad tardía,» Comunicar ciencia, vol. 51, pp. 35-86, 2001. [11]A. Zatls, «Metales, ambiente y las sociedades tecnológicas: ¿hacia dónde nos dirigimos?,» Química viva, vol. 10, nº 2, pp. 1-20, 2011.  

scholarly journals Communicating Inequalities: Social Disparity Phenomena in Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 11001
Author(s):  
Hadi Suprapto Arifin ◽  
Ditha Prasanti ◽  
Ikhsan Fuady
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Social Disparity ◽  
Hiv Aids

The phenomenon of HIV and AIDS has evolved into one of the most endless issues of health and social issues in the world, thereby becoming an agenda in the Suistanable Development Goals (SDG’s) Indonesia until this year. Like the iceberg phenomenon, the problem of HIV AIDS is a contemporary issue related to human risk behavior, not just about health problems, but also about the social problems of one’s relationship with the environment. This is what triggered the emergence of social disparity in the tourist area of Pangandaran. The latest data shows Pangandaran as one of the highest areas of HIV AIDS infections. In reality, there is still a gap or disparity between geographic regions, population groups, and socioeconomic levels. Therefore, authors want to know the efforts of local government in highlighting cases of social disparity for HIV AIDS infections in the tourist area Pangandaran. The result of the research shows that there is still a social disparity phenomenon for people living wih HIV AIDS (ODHA) in Pangandaran tourism area, mainly related to 1) Facilitation of health services; 2) HIV AIDS epidemic and; 3) Availability of trained human resources to serve ODHA in Pangandaran. In this case, the local government continues to work and coordinate with various parties, communities, including NGOs of the Matahati Foundation and AHF (AIDS Health Care Foundation) to minimize social disparities for people living with HIV AIDS (ODHA) in Pangandaran.

Reforming EU Company Law to Secure the Future of European Business

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-217
Author(s):  
Beate Sjåfjell
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Company Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
European Business ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The world faces a complex convergence of social and ecological crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, human rights violations, rising inequality and societal instability. The United Nations adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for ‘the future of humanity and of our planet’, calling on business to contribute to solving these pressing challenges. Yet business in aggregate is a driver of the current convergence of crises and the discussion of how to promote sustainable business is therefore high up also on the agenda of the European Union (EU). The EU increasingly shows recognition of the need for regulatory initiatives to promote the integration of sustainability into European business, resonating with the EU’s high-level commitment to sustainability. This article is a contribution to the discourse on how to regulate European business so that it contributes to a sustainable future for all, including for European business itself. The article briefly outlines the basis in the EU treaties for reform of EU company law and the risks of continued unsustainability, moving on to the argument for including company law in the legislative toolbox, and outlining ideas for how such a reform could be shaped.

Social mainstreaming through the European pillar of social rights: Shielding ‘the social’ from ‘the economic’ in EU policymaking

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ane Aranguiz
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Market Economy ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Article 9 ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Market ◽  
The Eu

Implementing fiscal consolidation measures without first considering social stabilisers has led to turn what originally was an economic recession into a social crisis too. The economic and social divergences in Europe have increased to a point where the future of the social dimension of the EU has been put into question. There is however, a provision in the Treaties that obliges the EU to take into account social issues in all its policies and activities, namely, the so-called horizontal social clause enshrined in Article 9 TFEU. The potential of this clause to mainstream the social dimension of the EU and foster balance between social and economic policies has, however, not yet been untapped. The recently launched European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), which aims at achieving a highly competitive social market economy, brings to the table a number of rights-based objectives along with a number of indicators that might shed some light over the constraints faced by the horizontal social clause. This article aims at unravelling the potential of the horizontal social clause in envisioning parity between the social and the economic and providing a social pillar to the EU. This contribution provides first a legal analysis of Article 9 TFEU and it briefly discusses the problematic behind its poor implementation. Later, the potential of the horizontal social clause is discussed in the light of the current developments in the framework of economic governance. This article also suggests a number of scenarios where social mainstreaming should be duly implemented. It suggests that Article 9 TFEU may have an important role, in particular, with regard to austerity measures when envisioning it together with the EPSR.

scholarly journals Legal Impediments in the EU to New Technologies in the Example of E-Residency

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerikmäe Tanel ◽  
Särav Sandra
Keyword(s):  
Identity Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
First Year ◽  
Digital Identity ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Estonia has created of itself the image of an e-state that is being supported with novel ICT-solutions, the perhaps most renowned of which is e-residency. However, created as a governmental start-up in the national best interest, e-residency could be of marginal relevance in light of global digital identity management. Purely national digital identity or an e-residency grants its holder several rights unknown to, or at least unapplied in a majority of the EU Member States and in the world more generally. But currently it lies on a vacillating legal pedestal which has resulted in copious administrative issues and proposed legal amendments already during its first year of implementation. Concerns, such as the administrative capacity of Estonia to handle potentially 10 million customers of national e-services, arise due to contingent legal footing. On this basis, efficiency of e-residency is critically analysed from the perspective of an autoschediastic regulatory framework presuming high-level administrative competence yet leaving the scope and limits of the functions of the public authorities legally unfurnished and isolated from the EU legal space.

scholarly journals Analysis of Similarities Between the European Union Countries in Terms of Sustainable Energy and Climate Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-96
Author(s):  
Magdalena Tutak
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Energy and climate issues are an essential part of the sustainable development process of the EU countries. They are also one of the primary objectives of international policy, as evidenced by their inclusion in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN in 2015 among the Sustainable Development Goals. The implementation of these goals is also taking place in the EU countries. Although climate protection and energy transition activities have been undertaken in the EU for years, individual countries significantly vary in this regard. The aim of the research, the results of which are presented in this paper, was to analyze similarities between the EU countries in terms of sustainable energy and climate development. The analysis was conducted for all EU countries, based on 14 indicators characterizing energy and climate sustainability, in energy, climate, social and economic dimensions. Kohonen’s artificial neural networks were used for analysis. The research was conducted for data from the period between 2009-2018. The results showed that in the studied period (10 years), significant differences were found between the EU countries. A high level of energy and climate development was reported for Sweden, Denmark, Austria and France, among other states, and a low level for e.g., the Czech Republic, Poland and Bulgaria.

scholarly journals Poland’s national and EU agricultural budget after 2015. Reduction in expenditures and directions of change

Management ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-250
Author(s):  
Andrzej Czyżewski ◽  
Anna Matuszczak
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Initial Increase ◽  
Insurance Fund ◽  
Social Insurance Fund ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The aim of the article was to present changes which took place in the financing of the agricultural sector in Poland after 2015, i.e. from the moment when a new economic option started to emerge in the national economic policy. A transition from the pro-liberal to the pro-social option is noticeable, which is reflected in the restrictions on expenditures in the national agricultural budget. Similar trends can be observed in the expenditures from the European funds budget, which are also increasingly lower. Symptoms of the renationalisation of the agricultural budget can also be observed, consisting in an initial increase in national expenditures and a relative decrease in the expenditures from the European funds budget, but to a different extent in the years under study. The article analyses the level, then the share of expenditures on the agricultural sector in the budget altogether and in GDP, taking into consideration both the expenditures on the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (ASIF) and funds from the EU budget. Next, it concentrates more closely on relations in the financing of domestic agriculture from national and EU funds, and finally, points to the social issues related to the agricultural sector through the prism of expenditures on ASIF.

scholarly journals Realization of the Aims of Sustainable Development in “Strategy for the Social and Economic Growth of Eastern Poland by 2020”

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Anna Busłowska
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Eu

The realization of the idea of the sustainable development is a direction of development of many countries in the world, also in the European Union. It is possible to find examples of such action in the structural policy conducted by the  EU. It is directed at deliberate and intentional activity of the official authority  aiming at the harmonious development of EU regions. In particular it is regarding eastern regions of Poland which are reporting wide financial support from the budget of the European Union for social, economic and ecological growth. Particular directions of that growth contains “Strategy for the social and economic       growth of Eastern Poland by 2020”. The purpose of this article is to evaluate (using       available statistical data) the implementation of development goals in eastern  Polish regions contained in the Strategy in the context of sustainable development.    

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