Management of the Political Enterprise in the Service of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Cosmopolitan Society

Political Community ◽

Political Order ◽

The Political ◽

Political Values ◽

Contemporary Debate ◽

Social Agent ◽

This chapter proposes to analyze the theory of the political enterprise with focus on the concept of ethical values-driven management in the contemporary debate on the politization of business in service of sustainability in cosmopolitan society. By service of cosmopolitan society of the political enterprise the chapter investigates the idea of the political enterprise as being a responsible political, ethical, and social agent with focus on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are required to justify its mission and role in society as a political actor that makes a different for its social and political community. The company is embedded in a social and political order with a diversity of political values, and the discussion about the meaning of the concept of values-driven management is therefore fundamental if one is to analyze the concept of the political enterprise in service of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Political Translation and the Sustainable Development Goals

The Oxford Handbook of Translation and Social Practices ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190067205.013.18 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 169-188

Author(s):

Chris G. Pope ◽

Meng Ji ◽

Xuemei Bai

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Political Discourse ◽

Social Systems ◽

Political Process ◽

The Political ◽

Political Systems ◽

The World ◽

The chapter argues that whether or not the world is successful in attaining sustainability, political systems are in a process of epoch-defining change as a result of the unsustainable demands of our social systems. This chapter theorizes a framework for analyzing the political “translation” of sustainability norms within national polities. Translation, in this sense, denotes the political reinterpretation of sustainable development as well as the national capacities and contexts which impact how sustainability agendas can be instrumentalized. This requires an examination into the political architecture of a national polity, the norms that inform a political process, socioecological contexts, the main communicative channels involved in the dissemination of political discourse and other key structures and agencies, and the kinds of approaches toward sustainability that inform the political process. This framework aims to draw attention to the ways in which global economic, political, and social systems are adapting and transforming as a result of unsustainability and to further understanding of the effectiveness of globally diffused sustainability norms in directing that change.

Measuring Progress in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Governing through Goals ◽

10.7551/mitpress/9780262035620.003.0005 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

László Pintér ◽

Marcel Kok ◽

Dora Almassy

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Policy Design ◽

Policy Research ◽

Research Community ◽

Political Interest ◽

The Political ◽

Supply Side ◽

The chapter argues that the global process that lead to the adoption of the sustainable development goals is synergistic with the decades-old ambition to redefine the framework of how society measures progress. The political interest in goals also brought renewed interest in measurement, but it is also raising the question whether standard ways of thinking about measurement will be enough to realize the SDGs transformative potential. Moving beyond its traditional conceptualization as a technical exercise, viewing measurement through the lens of political economy opens up new possibilities for understanding its potential as a transformative force. Conceptual aspects, actors and actor interests, mechanisms and institutions, and instruments are proposed for consideration both by the policy research community and by practitioners engaged in SDG implementation. The scope of inquiry would also need to go beyond questions related to the supply side and more explicitly address issues related to the use of measurement in policy design, monitoring, reporting and accountability mechanisms.

Connecting the Place of Woman and Education in the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals to the Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)

Open Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.4236/jss.2018.64006 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 06 (04) ◽

pp. 54-64

Author(s):

Diome Faye

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Political Thought ◽

Millennium Development Goals ◽

The Political ◽

Elizabeth Cady Stanton ◽

National Strategies for Sustainable Development G-7: Trends 2010-2020

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202020806015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 208 ◽

pp. 06015

Author(s):

Rail Khussamov ◽

Elena Galiy ◽

Evgeniy Anisimov ◽

Larisa Ershova ◽

Dmitry Nemkov

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

National Development ◽

The Political ◽

Special Role ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

The World ◽

Development Goals ◽

Global Agenda

Today many countries are participating in the implementation of the sustainable development goals in the framework of the global agenda 2030. The G-7 countries, having significant economic and political potential, play a special role in ensuring the sustainable development of the world. Despite the similarity of the political positions of the world’s largest economies on many pressing problems, each of them acts in its own way in the sphere of sustainable national development. The authors of the article intend to find similarities and differences in the actions of the G-7 countries to achieve the sustainable development goals. In this regard, a review of the G-7 national sustainable development strategies was carried out. As a result of the study, regularities are revealed and the features of the policies of these countries in the implementation of sustainable development goals in the period from 2010 to 2020 are presented.

Leaving no one behind in prison: improving the health of people in prison as a key contributor to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals 2030

BMJ Global Health ◽

10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004252 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. e004252

Author(s):

Nasrul Ismail ◽

Audrey Lazaris ◽

Éamonn O'Moore ◽

Emma Plugge ◽

Sunita Stürup-Toft

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

21St Century ◽

Prison Population ◽

The Political ◽

Social Challenges ◽

Prison Health ◽

Development Goals ◽

Political Economic

Worldwide, approximately 11 million people are currently being held in prison, a number that has steadily grown since the turn of the 21st century. The prison population is more likely to suffer from physical and mental ailments both during and prior to their imprisonment due to poverty, social exclusion and chaotic lifestyles. Recognition of people in prison is noticeably absent from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), despite the goals’ ethos of ‘leaving no one behind’.We present the first analysis of how improving the health of people in prison can contribute to achieving 15 SDGs. Relevant indicators are proposed to fulfil these goals while meeting the existing international prison health standards. We also assess the political, economic and social challenges, alongside the unparalleled COVID-19 pandemic that can thwart the realisation of the SDGs. To reach the ‘furthest behind first’, prison health must be at the forefront of the SDGs.

L’insostenibile leggerezza della sostenibilità: i limiti dell’attuale ecopolitica

Geography Notebooks ◽

10.7358/gn-2020-002-capu ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Isabella Capurso ◽

Emiliano Tolusso ◽

Andrea Marini ◽

Luca Bonardi

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Critical Review ◽

Political Agenda ◽

The Political ◽

Market Mechanisms ◽

Development Goals ◽

The Common

‘Sustainability’ is a ubiquitous term within the political agenda worldwide. The common recognition of such concept has its roots in the Seventies and is the outcome of a cultural process which integrates the ‘limits to the (capitalistic) growth’ in its paradigm. Notwithstanding, the consistency between ‘sustainability’ as a concept and its expected contents is doubtful. A trustful approach towards the technical domain, together with the incorporation of ‘sustainability’ within the market mechanisms, have largely weakened the opportunity for the concept to be disruptive on a political level, locally and globally. The relevant distance between ‘sustainability’ as a term and its actual contents is the object of the present proposal. The underlying ambiguity of the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ will be provided as a case-study for our critical review.