Public Goods Provision and Well-Being: Empirical Evidence Consistent with the Warm Glow Theory

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio R Videras ◽  
Ann L Owen
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Warm Glow ◽  
Public Goods Provision ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Societal Norms

AbstractUsing a broad multi-country sample, we find that individuals who contribute to the public good of environmental protection report higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness. We show that this result is robust to the use of an instrumental variables technique and provide several pieces of evidence that this positive relationship between contributions and well-being is due to a warm-glow motive. First, well-being does not increase proportionally with contributions, consistent with the warm-glow model that it is the act of giving that generates utility. Second, individuals who think of themselves as socially responsible derive greater satisfaction from their contribution to environmental protection as would be the case if the contribution reinforces a favorable self image. Interestingly, conforming to a social norm may be a motivation for some individuals, but the presence of this motive depends on individual attitudes towards social responsibility. Among those who express the highest level of social responsibility, conforming to the norm makes them less satisfied with life. However, individuals with a moderate level of social responsibility do report higher levels of happiness when their public goods contributions conform to societal norms.

scholarly journals University Students' Perceptions of Social Responsibility Initiatives by Universities in Pakistan

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Ali ◽  
Murad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Responsible Attitude ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Student's Perceptions ◽  
Future Business

<p>Despite of all recent developments towards the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR), its significance is still under-emphasized. The research community still realizes the importance of CSR for the uplifting social well being and reducing vulnerabilities by increasing natural disasters. Academic institutions can also play a very important role to promote the spirit of social responsibility among student – the future business leaders. The objective of this study is to measure university student’s perceptions and level of awareness towards socially responsible actions undertaken by universities in Pakistan. An exhaustive survey is conducted to collect data regarding student’s perceptions towards nature and level of CSR actions performed by universities in Pakistan. The result shows that the student pays great attention to socially responsible initiatives taken by universities. Such activities also develop a socially responsible attitude among students which is very important for developing responsible business leaders. The applications and implications of this research are also discussed in detail. </p>

scholarly journals Socially responsible and accountable gambling in the public interest

2011 ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garry Smith ◽  
Dan Rubenstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Responsible Gambling ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gambling Industry ◽  
Consumer Safety ◽  
The Us ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Legislative Framework

While much has been written about the need for governments and the gambling industry to act responsibly in their provision of gambling, only modest advances have been made to establish best practices in this area. Worldwide, few governments even approach what William Eadington, in Trends in gambling and responsible gaming in the US and elsewhere (2003, http://www.888betsoff.com/links/04_presentations/Eadington.pdf), calls a stage-four level of responsible gambling stewardship, that is, the unconditional acceptance of strong measures to attenuate gambling-related harms. One of the cornerstones of a gambling regime oriented toward consumer safety and public interest is a commitment by government and the gambling industry to meet commendable standards for accountability and social responsibility. After studying the government's legislative framework for the operation and regulation of gambling in the province of Ontario (Canada), reviewing the province's gambling-related mission and public-policy statements, and interviewing key actors in the government's gambling administration, a template was developed for an optimally socially responsible and accountable gambling regime that operates in the public interest. The template, along with suggestions for improving accountability and social responsibility in the provision of gambling, is presented.

scholarly journals Socially Responsible Organizational Governance in the Public Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Gita Lasytė
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Organizational Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Public Governance ◽  
Corporate Social

The present paper aims to examine the theoretical assumptions of socially responsible organizational governance in the public sector. In public authorities, corporate social responsibility is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the paper focuses on the interaction between social responsibility and the New Public Governance. The article puts forward the assumption that the principles of governance of public goods and public services provided by the public sector are very close in content to the concept of social responsibility. The goal of the public governance process is efficiency and effectiveness not only in public administration institutions, but also in building a welfare society. In this context, the New public governance is in line with the principles of social responsibility. The similarities between the new public governance and social responsibility can be recognized in an understanding the values, processes and elements the primary standards of which are accountability, openness, efficiency, responsibility, compliance with procedural norms, division of power (involvement of stakeholders). The article also discusses the concept and characteristics of corporate social responsibility and provides criticism on the CSR phenomenon.

scholarly journals Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Tax Avoidance in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 72-75
Author(s):  
Tong Chen ◽  
◽  
Maisarah Mohamed Saat ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Effective Tax Rate ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
Aggressive Tax Avoidance ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has aroused heated discussion in recent years. The public generally believe that the enterprises with good CSR performance will not be involved in aggressive tax avoidance issues. However, as several famous socially responsible technology companies were found to be involved in aggressive tax avoidance, the association between those two variables has been doubted. This paper analyzes the effect of CSR on tax avoidance with the evidence of Chinese listed companies from 2016 to 2020. The finding is that good CSR performance leads to an increase in effective tax rate. In other words, the higher the CSR report score, the higher tax payment and the lower tendency in tax avoidance.

Government Fragmentation, Administrative Capacity, and Public Goods: The Negative Consequences of Reform in Burkina Faso

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trey Billing
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Public Goods Provision ◽  
Relative Difficulty ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
Nighttime Light ◽  
Administrative Units

Although countries throughout the developing world continue to increase their number of subnational administrative units, the consequences of administrative unit creation remain poorly understood. This paper argues that newly created administrative units face relative difficulty generating resources and staffing a full and competent bureaucracy, and as a result, are less capable of providing public goods to their constituencies. These challenges to administrative capacity are less consequential within mother units that were carved apart to create new splinter units and are entirely absent in nonsplitting units. Proxying the local provision of public goods with a measure of nighttime light intensity in Burkina Faso, the findings indicate that the public goods provision in newly created splinter provinces dropped significantly relative to prefragmentation levels, while other administrative units remained largely unaffected.

The contextualist function: US newspaper journalists value social responsibility

Journalism ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1657-1675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen McIntyre ◽  
Nicole Smith Dahmen ◽  
Jesse Abdenour
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Professional Roles ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Female Journalists ◽  
The World ◽  
Solutions Journalism ◽  
Constructive Journalism

A survey ( N = 1318) evaluated US newspaper journalists’ attitudes toward c ontextual reporting – stories that go beyond the immediacy of the news and contribute to societal well-being. Results indicated that journalists highly value professional roles associated with contextual reporting. Responses revealed new journalistic role functions, including the ‘Contextualist’, who placed high value on being socially responsible and accurately portraying the world. Analyses showed that younger journalists and female journalists highly valued three genres of contextual reporting: constructive journalism, solutions journalism, and restorative narrative. Additionally, a journalist’s belief in activist values such as setting the political agenda and pointing to possible solutions predicted more favorable views of all three forms of contextual journalism, while belief in an adversarial attitude predicted less favorable views of restorative narrative.

Emergence of Cooperation in Public Goods Problems

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Dalibor Roháč
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
Prisoner's Dilemma ◽  
Prisoner’S Dilemma ◽  
Public Goods Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
Weakest Link ◽  
Game Of Chicken ◽  
Emergence Of Cooperation ◽  
Assurance Game ◽  
The Difference

Abstract In this paper, we discuss several issues related to public goods provision. Unlike many Austrians, we do not think that the concept of public goods - or of collective action - is an inherently flawed idea, even though we reject the alleged welfare implications of public goods theory, as proposed by orthodox public finance literature. We then argue that the structure of a generic public goods problem is more a game of chicken or an assurance game than a prisoner's dilemma and that this has important implications with regard to the plausibility of cooperative outcomes. Namely, when the public goods problem has the weakest-link structure and can be represented as an assurance game, then the cooperative outcome will be self-enforcing. In many cases, the public goods problems can be transformed into weakest-link games or different mechanisms can be found to ensure cooperation. We also discuss the difference between a public goods problem and collusion. We assert that, unlike public goods problems, collusive agreements have the structure of a prisoner's dilemma. Overall, our paper suggests that there are reasons to be optimistic about stability and efficiency of stateless societal orders.

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