Responsible careers: Systemic reflexivity in shifting landscapes

2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svenja Tams ◽  
Judi Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Organizational Fields ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Social Investing ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
People’S Perceptions

This article examines responsible careers, in which people seek to have an impact on societal challenges such as environmental sustainability and social justice. We propose a dynamic model of responsible careers based on studying 32 individuals in the emerging organizational fields of corporate responsibility, social entrepreneurship, sustainability, and social investing. We describe six career practices — expressing self, connecting to others, constructing contribution, institutionalizing, field shaping, and engaging systemically. Observations suggest that development of these practices is influenced by four learning dynamics: people’s perceptions of ‘shifting landscapes’ in which they seek to orient themselves, exploration and both biographical and systemic reflexivity. Our interdisciplinary and empirically grounded approach, integrating psychological intentions and institutional context, strengthens theorizing about responsible careers. The proposed model depicts responsible careers as continually evolving, sometimes precarious, and as dynamically enacted in relation to pluralist, shifting landscapes.

“Go Social, Go Green”

2019 ◽  
pp. 77-115
Author(s):  
Sharon D. Welch
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Political Advocacy ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Direct Service

Progressives are accustomed to seeing work for social justice and environmental sustainability being expressed in political advocacy and in direct service to victims of injustice. We often are not aware of the ways in which we are not alone in our work for justice, but have allies in the business community. This chapter explores this burgeoning world of social entrepreneurship, its drivers, its impact, and its practical and ethical challenges.

scholarly journals Local Action with a Global Vision: The Transformative Potential of Food Social Enterprises in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 6756
Author(s):  
Vieira ◽  
Serrao-Neumann ◽  
Howes
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Global Vision ◽  
Operational Models

There is an urgent need to make food systems more sustainable and resilient. Such a transformation goes beyond technological innovation and requires economic and social change. Research interest in the transformative potential of community level action has increased. Food social enterprises often operate at the community level and consist of not-for-profit organisations that aim to make a positive contribution to social justice and environmental sustainability. The question addressed in this paper is whether these social enterprises are limited to isolated improvements or have the capacity to transform food systems more widely. This paper uses a multi-dimensional framework (involving the social setting, operational models, governance, and institutional context) to analyse the transformative potential of eight food social enterprises in the Australian cities of Brisbane and Melbourne. The analysis indicates that these enterprises create social networks, pursue agendas aligned with a global vision of transformation, and include a diversity of stakeholders. Their operational models are consistent with the goals of environmental sustainability and social justice. Their governance involves equality, transparency, and flexibility. In the institutional context, support from public policy is limited and there is a need to improve their engagement with governmental actors. While food social enterprises are well placed in the quest to make food systems more consistent with ecological dynamics and social justice, they need to engage in greater advocacy for institutional change in order to maximise their transformative potential.

Social entrepreneurship: Environmental sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Suriaty Daud Fhiri ◽  
Shuhairimi Abdullah ◽  
Yasmin Ahmad ◽  
Noor Salwani Hussin ◽  
Jamsari Jamaluddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Environmental Sustainability

The sustainability of urban renewal projects: a model for economic multi-criteria analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Nesticò ◽  
Francesco Sica
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Compromise Solutions ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Investment Programme

Purpose The decisions taken today relating to urban renewal interventions are rarely supported by logical and operational methodologies capable of effectively rationalising selection processes. For this purpose, it is necessary to propose and implement analysis models with the aim of promoting the sustainable development of the territory. The purpose of this paper is to define a model for the optimal allocation of scarce resources. Design/methodology/approach The Discrete Linear Programming (DLP) is used for selecting investments aimed at achieving financial, social, cultural and environmental sustainability. Findings The proposed model lends itself to the construction of investment plans on behalf of both types of decision makers, of both a public and a private nature. Research limitations/implications All projects are evaluated according to multi-criteria logics, so that it is possible to find compromise solutions, in accordance with the stakeholders’ different preferences. Practical implications The model, written with A Mathematical Programming Language using DLP logics, is tested – case study – so as to define an investment programme finalised for urban renewal of a vast area. Social implications The proposed econometric model makes it possible to obtain the optimal combination of projects for urban renewal with a view to achieving the sustainable development of the territory. Originality/value Using the proposed model, all projects are evaluated according to multi-criteria logics, so that it is possible to find compromise solutions, in accordance with the stakeholders’ different preferences.

scholarly journals How children living in poor informal settlements in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, perceive global citizenship

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
Jane Leithead ◽  
Steve Humble
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Global Citizen ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Greater Accra Region

This investigation looks at the antecedents and outcomes of 141 children living in poor informal settlements in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana identifying with global citizenship. It finds that the model of global citizenship devised by Reysen and Katzarska-Miller (2013) is a moderately good fit for this group of children. Structural equation modelling demonstrates that antecedents of global awareness as well as friends and family supporting global citizenship (normative environment) predict the child’s self-identification as a global citizen. This in turn predicts six prosocial traits: intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping and responsibility to act. The research suggests that there may be other elements to a global citizenship model that could be investigated in future research.

scholarly journals Robust optimal usage modeling of product systems for environmental sustainability

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jungmok Ma
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Product Usage ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Usage Phase ◽  
Multiple Products ◽  
Product Systems ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
The Difference

Abstract Proper modeling of the usage phase in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is not only critical due to its high impact among life cycle phases but also challenging due to high variations and uncertainty. Furthermore, when multiple products can be utilized, the optimal product usage should be considered together. The robust optimal usage modeling is proposed in this paper as the framework of usage modeling for LCA with consideration of the uncertainty and optimal usage. The proposed method seeks to optimal product usage in order to minimize the environmental impact of the usage phase under uncertainty. Numerical examples demonstrate the application of the robust optimal usage modeling and the difference from the previous approaches. Highlights The robust optimal usage modeling is proposed for the usage modeling of LCA. The proposed model seeks to sustainable product usage under uncertainty. Numerical examples demonstrate the difference from the previous approaches.

Theorizing Young People's Perceptions of Their Citizenship Identity

2019 ◽  
pp. 537-550
Author(s):  
Ralph Leighton ◽  
Laila Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Economic Exclusion ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive ◽  
People’S Perceptions ◽  
Dignified Life ◽  
Citizenship Identity

The paradigm of social justice gives voice to those without the resources to deal with responsibilities imposed by a neoliberal agenda. The authors focus on pupils in Sweden and England, countries which have moved from a sense of communality to the growth of neoliberal societal individualism. To clarify real citizenship (rather than formal), they apply the concepts of intersectionality and of human capabilities in place of rights, which means that people adhere to numerous simultaneous collectivities and having the capability to do something requires more than an entitlement to it. While everyone might have the right to an education and to a dignified life, many live in powerlessness and in political, social, and economic exclusion. Sufficient human capabilities are required in order to receive the education necessary for citizenship in its real meaning, and the intersectional approach enables interrogation of factors that coalesce, rather than viewing in them in isolation.

Impacts of botanic gardens: economic, social, environmental, and health.

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-129
Author(s):  
Richard W. Benfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
The Usa ◽  
African Plants ◽  
Social Environmental

Abstract This chapter focuses on the economic impacts of gardens, presenting examples of regional economic impacts of gardens in the USA, UK and New Zealand. As important, the chapter also highlights the environmental, health, and social benefits of gardens in an era of environmental sustainability, and social justice. Case studies are presented of (1) the cultural benefits of Glenstone (USA), (2) the economic impact of the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden (South Australia), and (3) the Missouri Botanical Garden as a center for the study of African plants.

The Problem in Youth Social Entrepreneurship

Making Change ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Tina P. Kruse
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Youth Programs ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Clear Definition ◽  
Youth Program ◽  
Proposed Model

This chapter outlines central concerns to the book’s proposed model. This chapter highlights the lack of a clear definition and a common language to drive youth social entrepreneurship’s implementation and collaboration among stakeholders. It includes a review of original research into existing youth programs to suggest a typology within the youth social entrepreneurship field. Many example programs are described to help illustrate the suggested typology. Last, this chapter discusses the significant challenges to the measurement of youth social entrepreneurship’s impact and the noted necessity to identify evidence to move the field forward. Of particular note, the location-specificity for youth program effectiveness contributes to a lack of generalizability, an issue that needs to be resolved for measuring social impact of targeted practices.

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