scholarly journals The Impact of the Sustainability Principles on the Strategic Planning and Reporting of Universities. An Exploratory Study on a Qualified Italian Sample

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7269
Author(s):  
Primiano Di Nauta ◽  
Enrica Iannuzzi ◽  
Michele Milone ◽  
Claudio Nigro
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
University System ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Institutional Communication ◽  
Sustainability Principles ◽  
The Impact

Strategic Plans (SPs) and Sustainability Reports (SRs) represent institutional communication tools implemented by universities to demonstrate their adoption of sustainability and sustainable development goals (SDGs of Agenda 2030) as drivers in their strategic planning processes. These tools make the adopted strategies and operations visible and easily understandable to stakeholders, highlighting the university’s commitment to a new balance between business, environment, and the social sphere. Moving from this premise, with the aim to evaluate the degree of transposition of sustainability and sustainable development principles into the Italian university system, we propose an exploratory research on universities’ institutional declarations, in the form of the SRs and SPs available on their web sites. To this aim, we conducted a content analysis aiming at a preliminary phase of text coding, based on a set of analytical categories—pillars—namely Education and Learning, Research, Operations and Governance, and External Leadership. The work has allowed us to identify: an interesting extent to which the sustainability principles have been transposed into the Italian university system, with particular regard to the third category of Operations and Governance (36% of coded segments in SRs and 32% of coded segments in SPs); a considerable awareness of universities of their key role played on the sociopolitical and economic levels for the diffusion of the Agenda 2030 within civil society.

An Exploratory Study Into Perceptions of the Impact COVID-19 Has Had on Sustainable Development Using Concept Mapping

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen T. Homer ◽  
Kuan Siew Khor
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Concept System ◽  
The World ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Abstract COVID-19 affected the pursuit of sustainable development in multifaceted ways. This study presents eight clusters of perceived impact of the pandemic and duration of respective impact that constantly developed ‘new normal’ to cope with unprecedented disruptions. The exploratory research applied the bottom-up approach where Concept System® Global MAX™ software facilitated online brainstorming to generate diverse opinions. Gen Z individuals were prompted with the following excerpt, ‘The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world and led to unprecedented change. How do you believe this has impacted either positively or negatively, the global pursuit of sustainable development?’ Their opinions were analysed and reduced to generate unique statements for subsequent data collection, where participants sorting the items into thematic clusters before rating each of them. Subsequently, multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis is performed using Concept System® to propose eight-cluster solutions. In the pursuit of sustainability, this study suggested that the pandemic have contribute positive Impacts on environment and Development of ICT infrastructure, while highlighting negative and long-term Impacts on Economy and Impacts on Wellbeing on overall. This community-based participatory research provides explicit recommendation in prioritising response for managing the unprecedented effects of the pandemic.

African Traditional Religion and Law-Intersections between the Islamic and non-Islamic Worlds and the Impact on Development in the 2030 Agenda era

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Bakibinga-Gaswaga
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
The Body ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Law And Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
The Law ◽  
African Traditional Religion ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Indigenous Heritage

AbstractReligion, law and development intersect in a number of ways. Almost one-third of the world’s Muslim population resides in Africa. With a focus on Africa and taking into account Africa’s triple heritage as envisioned by A. Mazrui, a product resulting from three major influences: an indigenous heritage borne out of time and climate change; the heritage of Eurocentric capitalism forced on Africans by European colonialism; and the spread of Islam by both jihad and evangelism, this paper seeks to review the impact that African Traditional Religion (ATR) as a component of the indigenous heritage, have on the development and enforcement of law in Africa. This paper seeks to address the impact of religion on state formation, examining how colonialism, the Fulani jihads and migration have impacted on the body of law in Africa by introducing Islamic and Judeo-Christian tenets and constructs in the administration of secular states and theocracies. ATR presents itself as a lived reality, regulating the way of life, business transactions, etc. inter alia. There is close proximity between law and religion in Africa and also in the Islamic world. The practice of Islam in Africa is not static and is constantly being reshaped by prevalent social, economic, and political conditions. Generally, Islam in Africa often adapted to African cultural contexts and belief systems forming Africa’s own orthodoxies. The paper also examines how concepts of ATR have found place in the body of law through the inclusion of customary norms and usages in the law applicable, mainly through constitutional endorsement. It addresses the relevance of religion, culture to the development of the law (the intersection between religion and the law) and how the resultant body of law impacts on implementation of the law for development. The paper examines the role of the resultant body of law as a bridge and at times as a distraction to transactions between the Islamic and non-Islamic worlds for development. The paper concludes with recommendations on how the intersection of religion, law and development can better be utilised to foster sustainable development, most especially the Sustainable Development Goals premised in Agenda 2030, among others.

scholarly journals Fostering Sustainable Development through Shifting Toward Rural Areas and Digitalization—The Case of Romanian Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4020
Author(s):  
Maria-Floriana Popescu ◽  
Bogdan-Cristian Chiripuci ◽  
Andreea Orîndaru ◽  
Marius Constantin ◽  
Albert Scrieciu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leading Change ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Impact

Educational institutions, especially universities, have been major pillars in societal transformation throughout society’s history. They have been leading change through their discoveries, research results, and foremost, their example. Nowadays, universities have once again taken the role of leading change in a world that is profoundly determined to have a sustainable approach to life, paying attention to the long-term effects of their actions. In this sense, under the impact of deep digitalization, this paper advocates for the sustainable development of universities regarding campuses’ expansion to rural areas. Moreover, it was demonstrated that sustainable development can be achieved by embracing the potential of digitalization. Based on a multicriteria analysis of the Romanian development regions, the research results showed that the rural area might be a welcoming environment for campuses of sustainable universities, based on digitalization at the level of the rural area in all activity fields, which is an initiative that would generate positive outcomes on many levels for different types of stakeholders, such as universities, students, staff, rural area population, and the nearby business environment. Future research aims to approach and explain the compounded effects of such an approach in depth and establish an even clearer picture of how beneficial such an expansion could prove to all factors considered under a knowledge-based society with digitized information as a vital pillar.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF FDI PERFORMANCE IN DEVELOPED, DEVELOPING AND UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Tvaronavičienė ◽  
Toma Lankauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
Sustainable Development Indicators ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this article is to evaluate impact of FDI on sustainable development indicators of differently developed countries during two periods of time: a time span before (2000−2007) and a time span embracing the global economic crisis period (2000–2009). Reviewed ample supply of relevant scientific literature made a presumption to arise that the impact of FDI differs in developed, developing and underdeveloped countries, i.e. depends on the level of development: developed countries benefit most, developing less and underdeveloped least. Countries are attributed to respective groups according to their level of development and indicators are chosen for investigation. The following indicators capable of reflecting FDI impact on enhancing wellbeing in unevenly developed countries are: GDP, exports, inflation, population, life expectancy at birth, primary school pupils, infant mortality, total health expenditure per capita, total tax rate, internet users, residential consumption of electricity , and differences between developed and underdeveloped countries in the field of economic, social, business environment are taken into account. Several other hypotheses have been formulated and FDI impact on sustainable development indicators has been estimated with the help of empirical research in order to test the initial presumption. Obtained results enabled to compare peculiarities of FDI performance during two periods of time.

scholarly journals The Challenges of the VUCA World in the Development of Sustainable Investment Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-204
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
Sustainable Investment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

The volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) of the business environment require that investment projects carried out within organizations also include sustainability aspects, in order to maintain a superior competitive position. Investors as well as other stakeholders from organizations are more inclined to companies that implement sustainable investment projects compared to traditional ones for which only profit and financial benefits matter. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to reveal how the rapid and often unfounded changes specific to today's world, the VUCA world influences the way that projects are carried out within organizations. Particular attention was also paid to the way in which organizations implement project-specific activities and sub-activities, in order to ensure sustainable development, even in a crisis situation. In order to achieve these objectives, a bibliometric and systematic analysis of the specialized literature was carried out, analyzing the present studies and articles from the area, that revealed the influence of the VUCA world on the business environment. Thus, this paper aims to present how the VUCA world affects organizations, the effects that complex and rapid organizational changes specific to the VUCA world have on the sustainability of investment projects, the impact of crises of the sustainable development on organizations, the implications of the VUCA world on strategies organizations. Following the analyzes carried out, the results showed that the elements specific to the VUCA world have a great influence on the sustainable development of organizations and, implicitly, on the projects carried out within it.

scholarly journals Sustainable recovery – challenges and opportunities for Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-97
Author(s):  
Andrei Sakharov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
National Development ◽  
Planning System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this article is to check Russia’s strategic planning system and anti-crisis measures against the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by monitoring the documents for policy objectives directly or indirectly corresponding to the targets of the sustainable development goals (SDG); comparing the indicators present in the Russian documents with those in the 2030 Agenda; assessing the impact of anti-crisis measures on the sustainable development outlook in the country; and tracing the changes present in the latest socio-economic development initiatives of the Russian government. The scope of the study in terms of the number of documents analyzed was determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of the Federal Law No. 172-FZ On Strategic Planning in the Russian Federation, and includes a vast array of federal strategies, sectoral strategic planning documents, national and federal projects, state programmes, the 2020 Presidential Decree No. 474 On the National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the Period Until 2030 and its auxiliary documents, as well as other ad hoc anti-crisis planning instruments, such as the 2020 Nationwide Action Plan. The results of the analysis make it possible to trace the paradigm shift in Russia’s decision-making toward incorporating more elements of the sustainability discourse characteristic of the 2030 Agenda and other multilateral arrangements, particularly in regard to climate change and environment, taking place in 2020–21.

scholarly journals Las nuevas necesidades formativas en el marco de la digitalización y demás avatares 4.0 (la agenda 2030 y los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible como herramientas docentes)

2017 ◽  
pp. 128-149
Author(s):  
M.ªGema Quintero Lima
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Social Law ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact

En apariencia, los primeros análisis de la digitalización y la robotización de la economía parecen coincidir en que tendrá efectos negativos para el empleo: en la medida en que ciertas actividades puedan ser sustituidas totalmente por procesos digitales o por sujetos robotizados, se hace prescindible ya la presencia total o parcial de trabajadores en las empresas. Solo indirectamente se hace referencia a la incidencia de esos nuevos procesos en el estatuto jurídico del trabajador, en las relaciones laborales colectivas y en la revisión de los sistemas de protección social.Desde septiembre 2015 se han activado desde las Naciones Unidas los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), que pueden ser las nuevas directrices de inspiración para nuevas herramientas de gestionar el cambio, o para nuevos contenidos de herramientas clásicas. La legislación y la negociación colectiva son destinatarias de algunos mandatos (referidos a regulaciones de salarios y demás condiciones decentes, son los ejemplos más inmediatos), de ahí que sea preciso insertar nuevas vías de reflexión en la docencia del Derecho Social 4.0. Al mismo tiempo, los ODS son susceptibles de actuar como acelerantes del aprendizaje, por lo que de estimulantes tienen en el ámbito material del Trabajo Decente y del Desarrollo Sostenible.The first analysis of digitalisation and the robotization of the economy seem to converge in the idea that Revolution 4.o will have negative effects on employment: if certain activities can be completely replaced by digital processes or by robotic subjects, then it is possible that workers in companies are totally o partially replaced. There are just only indirect references to the impact of these new processes on the legal status of the worker, on collective labor relations and on the revision of social protection systems.Since September 2016 the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have been activated from the United Nations, which may be new inspiration guidelines for new tools to manage change, or for new contents of classic tools. Legislation and collective bargaining are the recipients of some mandates (referring to salary regulations and other decent conditions, are the most immediate examples) hence it is necessary to insert new ways of rethinking the teaching of Social Law 4.0. At the same time, the SDG are likely to act as accelerators at learning processes, so that they are stimulating frameworks in the material scope of Decent Work and Sustainable Development

scholarly journals Flipped Classroom as an Active Learning Methodology in Sustainable Development Curricula

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Buil-Fabregá ◽  
Matilde Martínez Casanovas ◽  
Noemí Ruiz-Munzón ◽  
Walter Leal Filho
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Quality In Education ◽  
Sustainability Principles ◽  
And Training

Goal 4 of the Agenda 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) is aimed at working towards quality in education. Universities have an important role in teaching sustainability principles. Yet, which methods are effective for engaging students in understanding the importance of sustainable development and introducing them to new perspectives to make changes? The methodology of the flipped classroom is a possible alternative for the pedagogic renovation. This is known as an information-based environment in which teachers provide a variety of learning resources so that students can complete the knowledge transfer process before the class. Once inside classroom, teachers and students can complete the internalization of knowledge by answering questions, and through collaborative consultations and interactive exchanges, among others. A survey of 154 students taught by flipped classroom methodology was conducted in order to analyze whether this helps with learning about sustainable development. The results show the active and reflexive learning from flipped classroom methodology makes students more committed to sustainable development. This research would be useful to anyone interested in applying the flip the class teaching methodology as an integrated form of thinking and training in the curriculum of sustainable development for higher education students.

scholarly journals Sharing the Economy in Tourism and Sustainable City Development in the Light of Agenda 2030

Economies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaremen ◽  
Nawrocka ◽  
Żemła
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Synthesis Process ◽  
City Development ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Impact

The dynamic development of the sharing economy is clearly seen in particular, in the area of tourism in large cities. There is, therefore, an increasingly urgent need to study its impact on the functioning of cities, especially when they implement a sustainable development policy. Therefore, the need to study its impact on cities’ performances is more and more urgent, particularly, when they implement a sustainable development policy. This study discussed the influence of a sharing economy in tourism on city sustainability from the perspective of the Agenda 2030 goals. The main objective of the paper was achieved, thanks to in-depth analysis of the content of secondary sources. Results of the analysis were subjected to the synthesis process, using the tabular method. In Agenda 2030, when diagnosing the importance of this issue, one of 17 goals, i.e., goal 11, and 10 tasks within it, were devoted to the sustainable development of cities. The results of this study showed that sharing economy in tourism has an impact on the implementation of seven of them, but the direction of the impact is diversified. The domination of positive sharing economy (SE) effects was observed in the following areas: providing access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all (Target 11.2) and upgrading slums (Target 11.1), while the negative effects were noticed particularly clearly in implementing Targets 11.6 (reducing the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities) and 11.7 (providing universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces).

scholarly journals Empowering Collections-Based Organizations to Participate in Agenda 2030: The “Our Collections Matter Toolkit”

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13964
Author(s):  
Marzia Loddo ◽  
Ilaria Rosetti ◽  
Henry McGhie ◽  
José Luiz Pedersoli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Process Of Change ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Sustainability Transition ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Sustainability Practices ◽  
The Impact

Collections-based organizations (CBOs) can play a crucial role in addressing sustainable development (SD), but their aspiration to become more sustainable, as seen in policies and guidelines, is confronted with several challenges in practice. To facilitate a sustainability transition, this process of change needs to be managed and adequate tools adopted and implemented. Many tools exist to support this transition; however, a scarcity of centralized resources available to CBOs might negatively affect the integration of sustainability practices in their work. With the aim to address this gap, ICCROM launched the project “Our Collections Matter” (OCM) and developed an online toolkit (OCMT) to centralize resources and help CBOs align their work to the UN Agenda 2030. Recently, a workshop was organized with professionals in the field to discuss shared challenges and aspirations and to test the OCMT. This study reflects on how such centralization of resources can contribute to overcoming existing challenges and support the sustainability aspirations of CBOs, fostering change in the field. To do that, the workshop outcomes are analyzed and discussed from a change management perspective, looking at the impact that the OCM project and its activities can have on fostering change, and the role that ICCROM can play in facilitating the sustainability transition of the field.

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