scholarly journals Social sustainability in the food value chain: what is and how to adopt an integrative approach?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Toussaint ◽  
Pablo Cabanelas ◽  
Pilar Muñoz-Dueñas
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Food Value

AbstractDespite sustainability is a trending topic in the literature, the analysis of the social dimension in the food industry is almost neglected due to its complexity and the lack of an integrative approach. This research intends to advance on its conceptualization by incorporating multiple insights from stakeholders at various levels of the food value chain. It also aims at analyzing current challenges and problems, its scope and key actors to improve social sustainability initiatives throughout the food value chain. Through a qualitative-exploratory approach by in-depth interviews with high-level authorities, this research explores its scope and implications for the food industry. Findings suggest that sustainability in the food value chain cannot be achieved without considering the social dimension. Social sustainability should include not only human and labor rights but also living conditions, quality of life, food safety, cultural nuances, vulnerable groups and final customers through international agreed instruments. Social sustainability will only be possible with the commitment of all actors and good traceability systems from the seed’s recollection to final distribution. Actually, the Sustainable Developments Goals can become a good starting point to involve local, national and international government levels on a joint effort with other actors beyond the industry, always considering the specificities of the region under analysis.

How to foster employee satisfaction by means of coaching, motivation, emotional salary and social media skills in the agri-food value chain

New Medit ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Food Value ◽  
Insight Into

Most employee satisfaction studies do not consider the current digital transformation of the social world. The aim of this research is to provide insight into employee satisfaction in agribusiness by means of coaching, motivation, emotional salary and social media with a value chain methodology. The model is tested empirically by analysing a survey data set of 381 observations in Spanish agribusiness firms of the agri-food value chain. The results show flexible remunerations of emotional salary are determinants of employee satisfaction. Additionally, motivation is relevant in the production within commercialisation link and coaching in the production within transformation link. Whole-of-chain employees showed the greatest satisfaction with the use of social media in personnel management. Findings also confirmed that employees will stay when a job is satisfying. This study contributes to the literature by investigating the effect of current social and digital business skills on employee satisfaction in the agri-food value chain.

scholarly journals Socio-Problematization of Green Chemistry: Enriching Systems Thinking and Social Sustainability by Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Marcelino ◽  
Jesper Sjöström ◽  
Carlos Alberto Marques
Keyword(s):  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
The Social

The current research on systems thinking criticizes the additive nature of green chemistry (GC) not being supportive of systems thinking to achieve holism in its practices. This paper argues that systems thinking should comprise of the social issues, and, therefore, it studies renowned papers by GC pioneers and reviews on the field regarding how they address the social dimension of sustainability. It points out how GC has ignored social sustainability in its discourses, practices, and evaluations, leading to a reductionist interpretation of sustainability. Then, this paper presents some challenges to be overcome in order to achieve balanced sustainability. A systemic chemical thinking is advocated, considering chemistry in culture and chemistry as culture, expanding the chemistry rationality from ontological and technological dimensions into the epistemological and ethical ones. It is then discussed how chemistry education can help to promote sustainability in a broad and systemic way.

scholarly journals The Social and Vocational Integration of Former Users of the Child Protection System in Romania: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3306
Author(s):  
Dănuț Bălăuță ◽  
Alexandru Neagoe ◽  
Marius Vasiluță Ștefănescu ◽  
Ovidiu Florin Toderici
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
The Social

The social and vocational integration of vulnerable groups is an important aspect of social sustainability. Former users of the residential child protection system represent such a group. The purpose of our research was to investigate the social and vocational integration of individuals raised in the child protection system in Romania. Their experiences during and after their time in residential care are analyzed. The research sample was composed of 23 interviewees (18 male and 5 female) with an average age of thirty-five at the time of the interview (SD = 7.49). Our research method was a qualitative one, based on a semi-structured interview. The results paint a generally bleak image of life in such institutions, both before the fall of communism in Romania in December 1989 and subsequently. In addition, the respondents’ transition from institutional life to independent living was full of challenges. Nevertheless, most of the respondents have demonstrated a remarkable level of resilience, based on factors such as education, self-esteem, work, a life partner and the ability to acquire new skills. As a general conclusion, our study has shown that a sustainable social development plan should include social policies which strive for the de-institutionalization of the child protection system by preventing the separation of children from their biological families or, where necessary, by finding family-type solutions for children in difficulty. If institutional childcare is to continue, it must be accompanied by consistent efforts to prepare these children for their transition to independent living.

The social dimension of sustainable development: Defining urban social sustainability

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 289-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Dempsey ◽  
Glen Bramley ◽  
Sinéad Power ◽  
Caroline Brown
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals The social dimension and indicators of sustainability in agrifood supply chains

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1476
Author(s):  
Renato Rocha Dias Santos ◽  
Patricia Guarnieri ◽  
Otavio Moreira Do Carmo Jr. ◽  
Silvia Araújo Dos Reis ◽  
José Márcio Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Art Research

Several organizations aim to establish and manage cooperative and collaborative actions in order to incorporate the principles related to sustainable management in supply chains. The indicators related to the social dimension are still barely explored in academic research, since the perceived business practices are still emerging in the contemporary world and in the organizational relations. The opposite of the financial and environmental dimensions, which are already rooted in the business environment. In agrifood chains, social aspects are essential when suppliers are often impoverished farmers, and labor practices are generally painful and exploitative. This paper aims to identify, in the international literature, the state-of-the-art research related to social sustainability in agrifood supply chains. To achieve this goal, a systematic literature review covering papers published in the Science Direct, Directory of Open Access Journals and Emerald Insight databases was carried out. Results indicate that academic production is still low, despite its growth in recent years, and is limited to approaches containing indicators of social sustainability related to support communities affected by agrifood business. In addition, it evidences arrangements among members of supply chains, mostly of the cooperative type, having collaborative arrangements with more limited approaches among the analyzed works.

scholarly journals Habitar y des-habitar el rio Fucha: movimientos de auto gestión para la sostenibilidad ambiental

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 47-71
Author(s):  
Alejandro Mendoza Jaramillo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sustainability ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Urban Rivers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban Project ◽  
Del Rio ◽  
Political Negotiation ◽  
Buenas Prácticas

Resumen: El proceso de apropiación del territorio por parte de las comunidades, mediante la negociación colectiva y política, permite resolver y definir las relaciones entre diversos actores. De esta manera, el objetivo del presente artículo es describir el panorama actual de la cuenca hídrica en los aspectos señalados de la dimensión social al tiempo que destaca el potencial que ofrecen las actividades de autogestión ciudadana para hacer frente a los problemas que presenta el territorio específico. Con estas conclusiones interpretativas (que señalan aportes, oportunidades de mejora y dificultades), se busca rescatar aquellas “buenas prácticas” o actividades de autogestión que desde las comunidades se pueden encontrar en pro de recuperación del río. ___Palabras clave: territorialidad hídrica, autogestión, río Fucha, proyecto urbano, sostenibilidad social, ríos urbanos. ___Abstract: The process of appropriation of the territory by the communities, through collective and political negotiation, allows to solve and define the relationships between different actors. In this way, the objective of this article is to describe the current panorama of the water territoriality in the indicated aspects of the social dimension while highlighting the potential offered by the self-management activities of citizens to deal with the problems presented by the specific territory. With these interpretative conclusions (which point out contributions, opportunities for improvement and difficulties), it seeks to rescue those "good practices" or self-management activities that can be found in the communities for the recovery of the river.  ___Keywords: water territoriality, self-management, Fucha river, urban project, social sustainability, urban rivers. ___Resumo: O processo de apropriação do território pelas comunidades, através da negociação coletiva e política, permite resolver e definir as relações entre diferentes atores. Desta forma, o objetivo deste artigo é descrever o panorama atual da bacia hidrográfica nos aspectos indicados da dimensão social, destacando o potencial oferecido pelas atividades de autogestão dos cidadãos para lidar com os problemas apresentados pelo território específico. Com essas conclusões interpretativas (que apontam contribuições, oportunidades de melhoria e dificuldades), busca resgatar as "boas práticas" ou atividades de autogestão que podem ser encontradas nas comunidades para promover a recuperação do rio. ___Palavras-chave: territorialidade da água, autogestão, Rio Fucha, projeto urbano, sustentabilidade social, rios urbanos. ___Recibido: 14 de agosto 2017. Aceptado: 9 de octubre de 2017.

scholarly journals The Transcendences of Listening to Music: How Listening to Bob Dylan Moves His Fans

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREAS HÄGER
Keyword(s):  
Online Discussion ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Bob Dylan ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Emotional Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cognitive Awareness

The theoretical starting point for my article is the concept of transcendence in the writings of Thomas Luckmann and Alfred Schutz. Schutz describes a continuing flow of transcendences of the immediate lifeworld. Luckmann speaks of three levels of transcendence: the ‘little transcendences’ of an awareness of time and space, the ‘intermediate transcendences’ of an awareness of the social dimension, and the ‘great transcendences’, an awareness of dimensions beyond life and death. I add a distinction, central to music, between cognitive awareness and the emotional dimension. I apply this framework to a discussion among Bob Dylan fans of their experiences in listening to Dylan. The material is derived from a Swedish online discussion forum. Examples of both cognitive and emotional transcendence at all three levels are discussed, with particular focus on references to religious traditions in describing experiences of Dylan’s music.

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