Diffusion and Adoption of Corruption in Developing Economies: Evidence from Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Solomon A. Keelson ◽  
Thomas Cudjoe ◽  
Manteaw Joy Tenkoran
Keyword(s):  
Social Values ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Theoretical Underpinning ◽  
Institutional Failure ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Diffusion

The present study investigates diffusion and adoption of corruption and factors that influence the rate of adoption of corruption in Ghana. In the current study, the diffusion and adoption of corruption and the factors that influence the speed with which corruption spreads in society is examined within Ghana as a developing economy. Data from public sector workers in Ghana are used to conduct the study. Our findings based on the results from One Sample T-Test suggest that corruption is perceived to be high in Ghana and diffusion and adoption of corruption has witnessed appreciative increases. Social and institutional factors seem to have a larger influence on the rate of corruption adoption than other factors. These findings indicate the need for theoretical underpinning in policy formulation to face corruption by incorporating the relationship between the social values and institutional failure, as represented by the rate of corruption adoption in developing economies.

The Role of Locally Produced and Digitally Animated Cartoons in the Process of Acquisition of Social Values

2019 ◽  
pp. 195-208
Author(s):  
Pınar Özgökbel Bilis ◽  
Ali Emre Bilis
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Television Channel ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

Television channels for children contain many cartoons and programs. These productions reach the viewers via both the television and the channel's official website. TRT Çocuk, broadcasting for children as a government television channel, presents many locally produced animated cartoons to the viewers. A product of the modern and digital technology, these locally produced cartoons carry importance in terms of transfer of social values. This study focuses on locally produced animation cartoons that have an important potential especially in the transfer of national and moral values. Determination of values conveyed via cartoons that bear importance in the transformation of television into an educational tool allows the media and child relationships to become visible. This work aims to examine the relationship between media and values by defining the concept of “value.” After creating a corporate frame, the study brings to light the social values conveyed in locally produced cartoons aired on TRT Çocuk television channel via qualitative analysis method.

scholarly journals Towards an Explanation of the Social Value of Health Systems: An Interpretive Synthesis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Beth Whyle ◽  
Jill Olivier
Keyword(s):  
Health Systems ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Explanatory Theory ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Value Of Health

Background: Health systems are complex social systems, and values constitute a central dimension of their complexity. Values are commonly understood as key drivers of health system change, operating across all health systems components and functions. Moreover, health systems are understood to influence and generate social values, presenting an opportunity to harness health systems to build stronger, more cohesive societies. However, there is little investigation (theoretical, conceptual, or empirical) on social values in health policy and systems research (HPSR), particularly regarding the capacity of health systems to influence and generate social values. This study develops an explanatory theory for the ‘social value of health systems.’ Methods: We present the results of an interpretive synthesis of HPSR literature on social values, drawing on a qualitative systematic review, focusing on claims about the relationship between ‘health systems’ and ‘social values.’ We combined relational claims extracted from the literature under a common framework in order to generate new explanatory theory. Results: We identify four mechanisms by which health systems are considered to contribute social value to society: Health systems can: (1) offer a unifying national ideal and build social cohesion, (2) influence and legitimise popular attitudes about rights and entitlements with regard to healthcare and inform citizen’s understanding of state responsibilities, (3) strengthen trust in the state and legitimise state authority, and (4) communicate the extent to which the state values various population groups. Conclusion: We conclude that, using a systems-thinking and complex adaptive systems perspective, the above mechanisms can be explained as emergent properties of the dynamic network of values-based connections operating within health systems. We also demonstrate that this theory accounts for how HPSR authors write about the relationship between health systems and social values. Finally, we offer lessons for researchers and policy-makers seeking to bring about values-based change in health systems.

“Colleague postgraduate supervision” and the production of space in higher education: a duoethnographic analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nomanesi Madikizela-Madiya ◽  
John Mushomi Atwebembeire
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Spatial Constraints ◽  
Production Of Space ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeIn this paper we contribute knowledge to the postgraduate supervision discourses by reflecting on our socio-spatial experiences of being supervised by colleagues, a process that we refer to as colleague postgraduate supervision (CPS).Design/methodology/approachWe followed a duoethnographic research design by dialogically presenting and exploring our lived experiences of CPS and critiquing and questioning the meanings we give to those experiences. The experiences shared arose from two different contexts: a contact university and an open distance learning university.FindingsThe reflection suggests that social values of trust, compassion and care in CPS can outrun the spatial constraints for the benefit of the supervisees in the relationship. However, the colleagues in the CPS can also experience some subtle power dynamics and tensions that produce a constraining space, if the CPS process is not well communicated.Originality/valueWhile CPS is a common practice in some universities, there is limited research that pays attention to its socio-spatiality, that is, the interaction between the social and the spatial aspects of this practice.

CSR at scale: the relationship between corporate social commitment and social progress in developing economies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith L. Whittingham
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Country Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeIn recent decades, companies have increasingly engaged in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), with the goal of providing benefit to both society and the company. While these efforts can have measurable social impact at the local level, the cumulative impact may be much harder to observe and measure, due to the wide variety in both the CSR initiatives and the social challenges they seek to address. This study is an initial investigation of the relationship between national levels of commitment to CSR and national measures of social progress, in a sample of developing countries.Design/methodology/approachUsing country-level participation in the UN Global Compact (UNGC) as a proxy for the level of CSR commitment, and 2018 Social Progress Index (SPI) scores, we investigate the relationship between these variables. SPI component and sub-component scores serve as dependent variables in several OLS regression models. Independent variables included the total number of companies participating in the UNGC, along with economic and socio-political control variables.FindingsRegression models indicate that higher CSR commitment levels are related with higher scores in the primary components of social progress, but only in some sub-components and not others. Practitioners and policymakers can leverage this understanding when developing and supporting corporate social initiatives.Originality/valueTo our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to demonstrate the country-level impact of firm-level CSR commitment and is among the first to employ the Social Progress Index.

Electronic Commerce Adoption Barriers in Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Developed and Developing Countries

2011 ◽  
pp. 1441-1457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitra Kartiwi ◽  
Robert C. MacGregor
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
The World ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Manager Perceptions ◽  
The Relationship

Today, electronic commerce (e-commerce) has been utilised as a rapid vehicle to transform the world into an information society. In the business environment, e-commerce has made considerable inroads not only into large organisations but also the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, SMEs are not adopting e-commerce with same speed as their larger counterparts. This slow growth has been attributed to various adoption barriers, which have been well documented in numerous research studies. While several recent studies have begun examining the relationship between the perceptions of adoption barriers in developed economies, the relationship between the perceptions of these barriers has not been fully examined in developing economies. This paper examines the correlation and underlying factors of barriers to e-commerce (as perceived by SME owner/managers) in a developing economy (Indonesia). It then compares these with SME owner/manager perceptions from a developed economy (Sweden). The study showed that there are differences in the groupings and priorities of barriers to e-commerce between the two locations. Most importantly, however, was the finding that while Swedish respondents were more concerned with technical issues, the Indonesian respondents were more concerned with organisational barriers.

scholarly journals Stilistic analysis and social value in andrea hirata's novel ordinary people (review through a literature sociology approach)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Jenumi Faidis ◽  
Missriani Missriani ◽  
Yessi Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Orang Asli ◽  
Figurative Meaning ◽  
Language Style ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Stylistic Analysis and Social Values in Andrea Hirata's novel Orang-Orang Asli (Review Through the Sociology of Literature Approach) is an analysis of the use of language and the relationship between literary works and society in the novel. This research is a descriptive qualitative study with the aim of describing the uniqueness and selection of vocabulary, particularly the use of diction (choice of words), figurative meaning (figurative meaning) and social values contained in the novel Orang-Orang Asli by Andrea Hirata. The data of this research are in the form of lingual units which contain unique vocabulary and morphosyntax as well as uniqueness of language style and social values. Data collection techniques using library techniques, observe and take notes. Data analysis techniques are flow analysis which consists of four activities that occur simultaneously, namely data collection and classification, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Furthermore, this study uses the theoretical triangulation method, meaning that the discussion of the problem is the discussion of the problem by using some data to obtain the same data. The results of this study indicate that the use of diction or choice of words in Andrea Hirata's novel Orang-Orang Asli is (1) denotation meaning, (2) connotation meaning, (3) synonymous words (4) antonyms (5) concrete words, (6) Abstract, (7) general words (8) special words (9) straightforward words, (10) narrowing and broadening of the meaning (11) active words and (12) amelioration and peryorasi words. Utilization of a figurative language style that is unique and creates aesthetic effects on readers, namely metaphor, simile, metonemia, synekdoke, allegory, climax and correction. The social values contained in the novel Orang-Orang Asli by Andrea Hirata are the social values of love which include love and affection, help to help, devotion, care. The value of responsibility includes empathy, discipline. Life harmony values include obligation, tolerance and cooperation. The analysis above shows that the writer is able to highlight the uniqueness of the selection and use of specific vocabulary and figurative language which is aesthetically pleasing and has social values. This uniqueness is motivated by social and educational factors of the author. This has resulted in a distinctive style that has become a special characteristic of Andrea Hirata in expressing his ideas through the novel Orang-Orang Asli.

scholarly journals Culture as a Problem in the Translation of Jordanian Proverbs into English

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Bakri Hussein Suleiman Al-Azzam
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

The study aims at identifying the cultural problems, encountered in the translation of Jordanian proverbs into English. The significance of the study stems from the fact that it stresses on the social, colloquial, and folkloric use of proverbs that adds to the various implications of them. It relies on the selection of proverbs that are used and understood in different regions of Jordan. They address different social and cultural issues, and this makes indispensible the relationship between Jordanians and their cultural and social values. The conventions of the proverbs reflect their historical background, and the actual incidents or events that have led to their formation, utterance, currency, and frequency. The whole proverbial context has been pivotally and elementally noticed in proverbs' construction, and this fact enhances both the utterer and the audience in the comprehension of the proverb. Translating the selected proverbs into English collides with many challenges, of which the cultural ones are observed as the most manifest. What adds to the translation challenges is the colloquialism of the proverbs, which gives them enough semantic, social, and cultural values that cannot be stripped or ignored in the literal translation of the proverbs.

scholarly journals BEBERAPA PENDEKATAN SOSIOLOGIS DALAM PENELITIAN KARAWITAN

Imaji ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Slamet Suparno
Keyword(s):  
Social Values ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Basically, several approaches from many different fields of study,such as history, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, economy and sociology,can be applied in any researches, including a research on karawitan. This writingexplains how sociological approach is applied to study karawitan. Principally,this approach analyze the relationship between society and karawitan art, itsliterary values and the social values, the artists' background and the problems ofart life in society. Several concepts and theories in sociology can be used toanalyze karawitan as the object.Key words: karawitan (a Javanese music), art and sociological approach

scholarly journals The relationship between turkish junior national judo team athletes’ social values beliefs and self-esteem levelsTürk genç milli judo takım sporcularının sosyal değer inançları ile özsaygı seviyeleri arasındaki ilişki

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1199
Author(s):  
Hande Baba Kaya ◽  
Atike Yılmaz ◽  
Nuri Muhammet Çelik ◽  
Hüseyin Kırımoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Social Values ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Value Perceptions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the self-esteem and the social value size of national youth judo team athletes. Data were collected by Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory adapted to Turkish by Özoğlu (1988) and Multidimensional Social Values Scale developed by Yavuz Bolat (2013) with a questionnaire developed by the researchers to gather personal information. Working group of the research consist of Turkish youths (15-19 years old) are struggling in national judo team between 2015-2016 year in a total 118 athletes including 58 women and 60 men. Data were analysed by using SPSS 20 statistical programme, with oneway anova test. Results showed that there is a positive relation between the selfesteem and the social value size that family values, religious values, traditional values, scientific values but political values  have not found a significant relationship between self-esteem. As a result of that social value perceptions effect on self-esteem levels of young national judoka and that correlates positively with each other. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı genç milli judo takım sporcularının sahip oldukları sosyal değer boyutları ile özsaygı düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Katılımcıların sosyal değer boyutlarının ve özsaygı düzeylerini belirlemek için araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen Kişisel Bilgi Formu ve Coopersmith (1959) tarafından geliştirilen, ülkemizde Özoğlu (1988) tarafından geçerlilik ve güvenilirlik çalışması yapılan ‘Benlik Saygısı Envanteri (Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory) ve Yavuz Bolat (2013) tarafından geliştirilen Çok Boyutlu Sosyal Değerler Ölçeği (Multidimensional Social Values Scale ) uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2015-2016 yılları arasında Türk genç (15-19 yaş arası) milli judo takımında mücadele eden 58 kadın 60 erkek olmak üzere toplam 118 sporcu oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın verileri SPSS 20 istatistik programı kullanılarak, çözümlemeler için oneway anova testi kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgularda sosyal değer boyutları olan aile değerleri, dini değerler, geleneksel değerler, bilimsel değerler ve çalışma değerleri ile özsaygı düzeyleri arasında pozitif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişkiye rastlanırken siyasi değerler ve boyutu ile özsaygı arasında anlamlı bir ilişkiye rastlanmamıştır. Sonuç olarak genç milli judocularda sosyal değer algılarının özsaygı seviyeleri üzerine etkisinin olduğu ve birbirleri ile pozitif yönde paralellik gösterdiği söylenebilir.

scholarly journals Abuse and authority in the chester cycle : A socially-based discourse

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Begoña Crespo García
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
The Social ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this paper is to describe the relationship between the derogatory function of language -as the maximum lexical expression of the language of abuse and authority- and the social values of the late Middle Ages. To this end, the Chester Cycle, a speech-based body of work, has been analysed. Given that, as many authors state, the lexicon or vocabulary is the subsystem that best transmits the connection between language and society, I have selected lexical items and phrases representing oaths, insults and expletives for the purpose of my analysis. The semantic study of the items and sequences collected reveals that the social, religious, political, economic and cultural trends of the period are manifested through the use of abusive forms of address and other linguistic expressions of self-assertion.

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