Exploring the social reporting practices of public schools: survey and cluster analysis of the Italian educational system

Consumers are the most direct stakeholders of food safety, and their effective participation is the key to the social Co-governance of food safety. Based on the specific behaviors of Chinese consumers participating directly and indirectly in the social Co-governance of food safety, using the data of 350 consumers’ behavior survey and factor analysis and cluster analysis, this paper extracts two kinds of behavior models of Chinese consumers participating in the social Co-governance of food safety, namely, consumption choices model and environment improvement model. It is found that Chinese consumers are inclined to adopt the “environment improvement” model at this stage, which is the inevitable result of the current food safety pressure in China. The government should formulate corresponding policies to better guide consumers to participate in the social Co-governance of food safety.

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A study about the social actions in the Brazilian retail sector

RAM Revista de Administração Mackenzie ◽

10.1590/s1678-69712008000300006 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 115-137

Author(s):

Francisco José da Costa ◽

Rubens da Costa Santos

Keyword(s):

Cluster Analysis ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Economic Value ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Retail Sector ◽

Social Actions ◽

Geographic Spread ◽

The Social ◽

Getulio Vargas ◽

And Cluster Analysis

The purpose of this article is to analyze the social actions undertaken by Brazilian retail companies. The study is justified by the need to have an on-going assessment of actions of this nature, bearing in mind that over the last 15 years many retail companies have been developing many social initiatives. The empirical data were taken from the database of information recorded by the Centro de Excelência no Varejo, of the Fundação Getulio Vargas. In order to assess the data, an adaptation of the James Austin (2000) model was made. Analysis of the data was predominantly exploratory, and involved the descriptive analysis, factor analysis, and cluster analysis. It was also made the cross analysis of the clusters generated with some of the variables. The results indicated a strong relationship between the social and economic value generated by the actions of companies and characteristics relating to their size, partnerships and the geographic spread of the actions.

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Social Reporting in Italian Public Schools in Theory and Practice

Review of European Studies ◽

10.5539/res.v8n3p170 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 170 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Domenico Raucci ◽

Stefano Agostinone ◽

Lara Tarquinio

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

School System ◽

Stakeholder Engagement ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Social Reporting ◽

Management Tool ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Effective Response ◽

The Social

Some of the challenges that schools are currently facing include the stakeholders engagement, the necessity to open schools to the local territory and the need to be accountable for activities and results.The Italian reform of the school system has required schools to overcome their self-referentiality and to make themselves more accountable to stakeholders. The social reporting process can be considered as an effective response to enable schools to become accountable, triggering fruitful stakeholder engagement processes and, at the same time, implementing a management tool.This is an exploratory research paper. It aims to describe, through a questionnaire, the awareness and dissemination degree of social reporting in Public schools located in Southern Italy given the particularities of this area. Frequency percentage and descriptive statistical methods are used to interpret findings. Results show that, although social reporting is well known in theory, it is still under-used by schools in practice.

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The position of borderline areas of Southern Siberia in socio-economic ratings of the Russian regions

National Interests Priorities and Security ◽

10.24891/ni.17.7.1277 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (7) ◽

pp. 1277-1295

Author(s):

Tana M. OIDUP ◽

Yurii G. POLULYAKH ◽

Svetlana A. CHUPIKOVA

Keyword(s):

Cluster Analysis ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Subsistence Level ◽

Southern Siberia ◽

The Social ◽

The Status ◽

Geographical Position ◽

Spatial View ◽

And Cluster Analysis

Subject. The article discusses the position of borderline areas of Southern Siberia in terms of the socio-economic development and geographical position. Objectives. We perform the comparative analysis of the regions’ position, determine the place and status of each borderline area, find identical regions in Russia in terms of the economic situation and difficulties. Methods. The study addresses the multivariate classification of data through the method of grouping and cluster analysis. Results. We suggest using the methodological approach to determining the status of the regions from three dimensions, i.e. social, economic and geographical, and apply some indicators, such as the ratio of average income per capita and the subsistence level for the social view, the real fiscal capacity for the economic view, and the density of the population (man per km2) for the spatial view. To present the data conveniently and clearly, we conducted the cluster analysis, set the dendrogram of the borderline areas of Southern Siberia. Conclusions. Determining the regions’ status by three anchors is more beneficial than traditional types of ranking and grouping, since it provides an unbiased view of the region, helps analyze the current socio-economic difficulties.

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Grown Up Digital: Effect Social Media Usage on Consumer Behavior

Advanced Science Letters ◽

10.1166/asl.2015.5977 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 1035-1038 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robertus Tang Herman

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Cluster Analysis ◽

Significant Contribution ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Media Usage ◽

Customer Involvement ◽

The Social ◽

And Cluster Analysis ◽

And Behavior ◽

Behavior Profiling

The social media now becomes more powerful for customer in decision making process and behavior. In reality, social media also has a significant contribution for customer because many information and recommendation provided by social media. Social media usage and customer involvement in social networking will affect the consumers’ opinion, interest and behavior. This paper aims to investigate consumer usage behavior and mapping consumers profile based on the social media used. This research used Factor Analysis and Cluster Analysis to identify and analyze the social media usage. The result describes a significant affect of social media on consumer usage. From cluster analysis show the different consumer’s behavior profiling based on their social media usage relate to their profile. There is three characteristic level of consumers based on result study and the characteristic describe the consumers profile based on the reason of using social media.

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The analysis of the self-evolution of the Russian educational system

National Interests Priorities and Security ◽

10.24891/ni.17.4.758 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 758-780

Author(s):

Valerii V. SMIRNOV

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Cluster Analysis ◽

Educational System ◽

Growth Rates ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Social Reality ◽

World Order ◽

The Self ◽

Russian Society ◽

The Social

Subject. The article focuses on the self-motion of the Russian educational system. Objectives. The study determines directions of the self-evolution of the Russian educational system and shows the outcome. Methods. The study is based on the systems approach and statistical, neural network and cluster analysis. Results. I indicate what impedes the evolution and development of the Russian educational system. As a result of the neural network analysis of growth rates of the self-evolution of the Russian educational system and World Bank data, I figured out the hierarchy of material indicators of its structure. The hierarchy of the material indicators is declarative of the feminization of the Russian educational system in terms of its self-evolution, and the prevalence of women in the social reality. As a result of the cluster analysis of growth rates in the self-evolution of the Russian educational system, I revealed the cause of the feminization. Having analyzed growth rates of the self-evolution of the Russian educational system and referring to data of UNESCO Institute of Statistics, I completed a view of the future development of the Russian educational system. The self-evolution of the Russian educational system was found to have negative effects, such as a considerably slowed down growth in the number of younger schoolchildren and pre-school children, significantly lagging growth rates of governmental spending on education out of total governmental expenditures. Conclusions and Relevance. As the education system gets more and more important in the emerging world order, it is strategic for the national security. We witness the apparent feminization of the self-evolution of the Russian educational system, which changes principles of social development, paving the way to the predominance of women in the social reality. As the principles of the Russian society development change due to the feminization of the self-evolution of the Russian educational system, the uncertainty of its future existence grows even greater. The findings contribute to the required level of competence of governmental authorities to make administrative decisions that may save the Russian educational system.

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Social and cultural activity of Ukrainian progressive intellectuals of the late 19th – early 20th centuries

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/202110401001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 104 ◽

pp. 01001

Author(s):

Oksana Kravchenko ◽

Iryna Albul

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Teacher Training ◽

Primary Education ◽

Educational System ◽

Native Language ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

National Consciousness ◽

Cultural Activity ◽

Creative Activity ◽

The Social

The article deals with the social and cultural activities of Volodymyr Naumenko (1852–1919), a prominent representative of the Ukrainian progressive intellectuals of the late 19th – early 20th centuries, teacher and methodologist, editor and publisher, scholar and politician, educator and active public figure. Some aspects of V. Naumenko’s creative activity aimed at reviving the national consciousness of the Ukrainian people through the construction of an educational system on a democratic, national basis, the preparation and publishing of textbooks in the native language, the training of teaching staff for public schools are highlighted. The results of the active participation of a figure in such educational societies of the specified period as “Hromada”, “Prosvita”, “Society for promotion of primary education”, “Kyiv Literacy Society” are presented. V. Naumenko’s views on the process and features of teacher training for public schools are characterized.

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The Rubik’s cube of social accountability

Society and Business Review ◽

10.1108/sbr-01-2013-0011 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 243-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paolo Rossi

Keyword(s):

Social Accountability ◽

Reporting Guidelines ◽

Social Reporting ◽

Content Type ◽

Reporting Practices ◽

Documentary Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

Sectorial Analysis ◽

Institutional Expectations ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the convergence of the social reporting guidelines available in Italy. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a documentary analysis of four selected social reporting guidelines provided by Italian institutions or translated in Italian. Findings – The results of the analysis point out that it is possible to identify an isomorphic convergence among the guidelines, though differences remain relevant and express peculiar institutional expectations on the behaviours of different typologies of organizations. Research limitations/implications – The study is limited to Italian social reporting guidelines; however, it provides a methodology which could be applied in different contexts. Practical implications – This study identifies the leading and primary issues in social reporting practices across different sectorial and methodological schemes. Social implications – The convergence of social reporting guidelines has a twofold implication: on one hand, social accountability is plastic issue, adaptable to different organization sectors and typologies; on the other, a common codification and commodification of social accountability is emerging. Originality/value – The article proposes a cross-sectorial analysis of social reporting methodologies, to identify analogies, differences and trends of institutionalization and standardization of this process.

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