Crowdsourcing Social Innovation

2017 ◽  
pp. 54-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Musa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Tony Blair ◽  
The Common

The growing awareness of humanity's finite resources and recognition of the limitations of one-off projects are prompting step changes in development planning. Sustainable development addresses the limitations of current practices; its aim is to achieve the triple bottom line of economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity, meeting the needs of present society without compromising resources for future generations. Collective intelligence is considered by both Charles Leadbeater (former advisor to Tony Blair) and MIT as one of the most powerful ways to tackle complex problems, like climate change. This chapter explores the principles of crowdsourcing, its applications and the main trends. It presents theories, practices and examples of the use of crowdsourcing to innovate in the area of sustainable development for the common good. It announces the rise of collective brain-power to the challenge of creating better and more effective forms of civic and social engagement to solve problems on a world scale.

Crowdsourcing Social Innovation

2019 ◽  
pp. 83-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Musa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Tony Blair ◽  
The Common

The growing awareness of humanity's finite resources and recognition of the limitations of one-off projects are prompting step changes in development planning. Sustainable development addresses the limitations of current practices; its aim is to achieve the triple bottom line of economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity, meeting the needs of present society without compromising resources for future generations. Collective intelligence is considered by both Charles Leadbeater (former advisor to Tony Blair) and MIT as one of the most powerful ways to tackle complex problems, like climate change. This chapter explores the principles of crowdsourcing, its applications and the main trends. It presents theories, practices and examples of the use of crowdsourcing to innovate in the area of sustainable development for the common good. It announces the rise of collective brain-power to the challenge of creating better and more effective forms of civic and social engagement to solve problems on a world scale.

Crowdsourcing Social Innovation

Crowdsourcing ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 517-540
Author(s):  
Emanuele Musa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Tony Blair ◽  
The Common

The growing awareness of humanity's finite resources and recognition of the limitations of one-off projects are prompting step changes in development planning. Sustainable development addresses the limitations of current practices; its aim is to achieve the triple bottom line of economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity, meeting the needs of present society without compromising resources for future generations. Collective intelligence is considered by both Charles Leadbeater (former advisor to Tony Blair) and MIT as one of the most powerful ways to tackle complex problems, like climate change. This chapter explores the principles of crowdsourcing, its applications and the main trends. It presents theories, practices and examples of the use of crowdsourcing to innovate in the area of sustainable development for the common good. It announces the rise of collective brain-power to the challenge of creating better and more effective forms of civic and social engagement to solve problems on a world scale.

scholarly journals Digital Platforms for the Common Good: Social Innovation for Active Citizenship and ESG

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 639
Author(s):  
Evangelos Katsamakas ◽  
Kostapanos Miliaresis ◽  
Oleg V. Pavlov
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Feedback Loops ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common

The platform business model has attracted significant attention in business research and practice. However, much of the existing literature studies commercial platforms that seek to maximize profit. In contrast, we focus on a platform for volunteers that aims to maximize social impact. This business model is called a platform for the common good. The article proposes a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) model that explains how a platform for the common good creates value. Our model maps the key strategic feedback loops that constitute the core structure of the platform and explains its growth and performance through time. We show that multiple types of network effects create interlocking, reinforcing feedback loops. Overall, the article contributes towards a dynamic theory of the platforms for the common good. Moreover, the article provides insights for social entrepreneurs who seek to build, understand, and optimize platforms that maximize social value and managers of companies that seek to participate in such platforms. Social entrepreneurs should seek to leverage the critical feedback loops of their platform.

The Breath of Life

2019 ◽  
pp. 1574-1592
Author(s):  
Gönül Kaya Özbağ
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Corporate Citizenship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Ethical Concept ◽  
Global Corporate Citizenship ◽  
The Common ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter aims to contribute to the debate about corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainable development (SD) and global corporate citizenship (GCC) that is becoming increasingly an important issue for the human well being as well as that of ecological systems. It contains three sections. The first section looks at the concept of CSR with a historical perspective. The dimensions of CSR and its relationship with ethical theories is investigated in the second section since CSR is an ethical concept. Throughout this chapter three main groups of ethical theories classified by Garriga and Mele (2004) will be presented such as normative stakeholder theory, universal rights, the common good approach. Based on the relationship between common good approach and sustainable development, the author will discuss a requirement for global corporate citizenship approach in the third section.

Managing Social Innovation Through CSR 2.0 and the Quadruple Helix

2019 ◽  
pp. 228-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Novel Model

The quadruple helix models are widely used when you want to have an integrating vision of the strategies used to combat poverty in emerging countries, including Mexico. The objective of this chapter is to propose a novel model of quadruple helix based on ethics and CSR 2.0 that can lay the foundations to develop the Industry 4.0 in emerging countries. To achieve this objective, the author distinguishes between CSR 1.0 and 2.0. Second, these concepts are united with the economy of the common good and the economy of solidarity. These conceptual bases will allow us to develop the relationship between business ethics and the Industry 4.0 to reach some conclusions.

scholarly journals The Common Good Provision Scale (CGP): A Tool for Assessing People’s Orientation towards Economic and Social Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinzia Castiglioni ◽  
Edoardo Lozza ◽  
Andrea Bonanomi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Personal Gain ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
Good Provision

Many governments and institutions are currently challenged with insecurity, economic instability, and ongoing turbulence which may undermine the quality of life of each human being and the sustainable development of civil society. As this kind of sustainable development is strictly related to the promotion of the ‘common good’, it is of paramount importance to understand the different motives that lead people to give their contribution to the common good, in order to sustainably align individual needs with the needs of the society. By adopting a psychological perspective for the promotion of the sustainable development, the aim of this study is to develop and validate a new metric, the Common Good Provision scale (CGP), to assess people’s orientation towards economic and social sustainability. Items were generated from a preliminary qualitative study investigating meaning and representations on the common good and its provision. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were undertaken to validate and improve the scale. The final scale, which consists of seven items, contains two dimensions: Accessibility (i.e., making the common good accessible to anyone and fulfilling people’s basic needs) and Personal Gain (i.e., getting a return and personal advantage in exchange for one’s contribution). In addition, we tested a model in relation to a specific form of contribution: Paying taxes and making charitable donations, that are two complementary ways to financially provide for the common good. It was found that when the Accessibility motive prevails, people are more willing to pay taxes and make donations, whereas when the Personal Gain motive prevails, people are more likely to commit tax evasion and less willing to make monetary donations. The study is novel in that it represents the first attempt to develop a metric to assess people’s motives towards the common good provision. Potentialities and further applications of the CGP scale to other contexts are discussed in relation to the promotion of people’s wellbeing and sustainable development.

Ethics of social innovation

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut J. Ims ◽  
Laszlo Zsolnai
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
The Common

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the main reasons for social innovations to be successful in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, four famous cases of social innovation are studied and contrasted in the following dimensions: goals, means and skills/resources needed by the user. Findings – Exemplary social innovations do not have profit as their primary objective but emphasize social, spiritual and humanitarian goals such as minimizing suffering, empowering people and strengthening local communities. Originality/value – The paper shows that sensitivity to local culture and an ethos for serving the common good are preconditions of successful and lasting social innovations by business.

scholarly journals Collective intelligence for the common good: cultivating the seeds for an intentional collaborative enterprise

AI & Society ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Schuler ◽  
Anna De Liddo ◽  
Justin Smith ◽  
Fiorella De Cindio
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common
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