SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ECONOMIC WARFARE

2012 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-64
Author(s):  
Alina BOMBA ◽  
Paweł KUBISIAK
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Economic Warfare

The article presents definitional issues as well as the objectives and tools associated with the concept of economic warfare. It also highlights the changes in the existing approach to the issue of economic warfare. The topics presented as a conflict occurring nowadays in the relations between states and countries as well as other participants in international relations. Furthermore, an attempt was made to analyze the social consequences arising from the usage of the measures of economic warfare. Additionally, the authors show the forecast of the future trends of the issues discussed.

The Utopian, the Dystopian, and the Heroic Deeds of One

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Schmeink
Keyword(s):  
War On Terror ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Future ◽  
Present Possibility

Chapter 6 discusses the TV series Heroes as more optimistic in its depiction of the social consequences of posthuman evolution than the other texts analyzed. The show's premise of posthumanity as a result of evolutionary mutation reflects radical changes in subjectivity not onto an elite few, as in classic superhero narratives, but onto the everyday man. The series consequently emphasizes the potential of the posthuman condition as a catalyst for global social and political change – a solution to the 'big issues' that elude the current institutions of power. The posthuman becomes the site of struggle over the potential changes to the future, in effect over the concept of utopia. In contrasting dystopian futures with the present possibility of change through posthumanity, the show allows a utopian space to emerge, in which global issues such as the war on terror can be solved and attacks such as those on 9/11 could be prevented. In this, Heroes returns to humanist notions and concepts of history as events shaped by exceptional individuals, while at the same time complicating them with communal images of a cooperative and interconnected posthuman subjectivity.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the future of international trade

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
O. Vikulova ◽  
D. Gornostaeva
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

Based on the latest foreign sources, the article examines the impact of Artifi cial Intelligence and related robotics and automatization on the global economy, international trade, global value chains, the motivation and activities of companies, especially TNCs, the activities of the WTO, as well as the social consequences of these processes.

The Future of Love and Sex

2020 ◽  
pp. 220-228
Author(s):  
Elaine Hatfield ◽  
Richard L. Rapson ◽  
Jeanette Purvis
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future

Yale historian Robin Winks once observed that writing history is “like nailing jelly to the wall.” But, he added, “someone must keep trying.” Trying to describe sweeping historical trends and then to predict future trends is even more difficult. This chapter considers futurists’ predictions as to the social, economic, and behavioral advances we might expect in the next 50 years. The predictions are divided into three categories: technological transformations, economic and practical changes, and cultural alterations in general attitudes. The future of love and sex is discussed in the context of these changes, along with trends in globalization. Since we tend to think technology may be the major driver of change in history, the chapter starts there.

The Devil and Major Barbara

PMLA ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Charles A. Berst
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Social Criticism ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Devil

The usual interpretations of Major Barbara, which focus on Barbara and align Undershaft's views with those of Shaw, lead to a distorted estimate of the play. Shaw is concerned less with Barbara's religious experience than with the character of Undershaft and the social implications of a philosophy of money and gunpowder. He admires Undershaft's vital genius, but maintains esthetic distance by revealing the arms maker as psychologically conditioned by the experience of his rise to power, his idealism being debilitated by cynicism. In clarifying the social, political, and economic fact of society's dependence on money and gunpowder, Undershaft provides dramatically viable social criticism and suggests a basis for reform. But he is too ensnared in his profession to effect reform himself. Poetically, dramaturgically, and dialectically he plays a devil's role, part social and part Blakean, imposing his diabolism on the well-meaning but misdirected angelicalness of Barbara. Barbara's more sympathetic role offers the audience a spiritual bridge between the simplicity of Stephen and the complexity of Undershaft. As she comes to understand the devil's realities, she provides for the future a hope which Undershaft, with his entanglements, cannot fulfil.

Teaching a unit on the computer to academically talented elementary school children

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-219
Author(s):  
Lister W. Horn ◽  
Gary M. Gleason
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Academically Talented ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future

The last half of the twentieth century is likely to be known as the age of the computer revolution. The computer has become an integral part of many areas of life and is likely to assume greater importance in the future. This tool, like any other, must be understood and its use mastered to provide the greatest possible benefits. The present generation of elementary school children will be intimately involved with the computer as a tool and with the social implications of its use. This unit was designed to provide insights into the nature of the computer and the type of thinking that must be practiced to utilize the machine. As the computer becomes more and more important in our society. it will be increasingly necessary to provide all students with a background in this area.

scholarly journals The social consequences of control: accounting for indentured labour in Fiji 1879-1920

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umesh Sharma ◽  
Helen Irvine
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sugar Plantations ◽  
Accounting Control

Purpose This is a study of the social consequences of accounting controls over labour. This paper aims to examine the system of tasking used to control Indian indentured workers in the historical context of Fijian sugar plantations during the British colonial period from 1879 to 1920. Design/methodology/approach Archival data consisting of documents from the Colonial Secretary’s Office, reports and related literature on Indian indentured labour were accessed from the National Archives of Fiji. In addition, documented accounts of the experiences of indentured labourers over the period of the study gave voice to the social costs of the indenture system, highlighting the social impact of accounting control systems. Findings Accounting and management controls were developed to extract surplus value from Indian labour. The practice of tasking was implemented in a plantation structure where indentured labourers were controlled hierarchically. This resulted in their exploitation and consequent economic, social and racial marginalisation. Research limitations/implications Like all historical research, our interpretation is limited by the availability of archival documents and the theoretical framework chosen to examine these documents. Practical implications The study promotes a better understanding of the practice and impact of accounting controls within a particular institutional setting, in this case the British colony of Fiji. Social implications By highlighting the social implications of accounting controls in their historical context, we alert corporations, government policy makers, accountants and workers to the socially damaging effects of exploitive management control systems. Originality/value The paper contributes to the growing body of literature highlighting the social effects of accounting control systems. It exposes the social costs borne by indentured workers employed on Fijian sugar plantations.

Social Consequences of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula in Northern Nigeria

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Consequences ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Subsistence Farming ◽  
Vaginal Fistula ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Vesico Vaginal Fistula

SummaryThe social consequences to the patient who suffers from vesico-vaginal fistula are discussed. Patients are mainly young, come from subsistence farming backgrounds, are often considered to have brought shame on their families, and frequently lose their husband's support, especially if their condition is of long standing. In a society that places a high value on childbearing they have little hope for the future.

Social aspects of location-monitoring systems: the case of Guide Me and of My-SOS

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Joore
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Rebound Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conscious Attention

What are the social implications of the new geo-information systems and location based services (LBS) that are becoming more and more widely used in modern society, and how are these aspects incorporated into the current development process of these products? Based on his experience as an industrial design engineer closely involved in the development of several LBS in the area of safety and security, and care and sports, the author describes the development of two LBS in which the Dutch research organization TNO has been involved. He analyzes the positive social implications of the systems, designed to improve the safety and independence of their users, as well as the potentially less positive rebound effects that they could bring about. The author finds that developers focus primarily on the positive effects to be gained from their new LBS, but don't pay conscious attention to the potential negative rebound effects of their inventions. Although many stakeholders are involved in the development and implementation of the LBS, none of these actors seems to be responsible for the deliberate monitoring of the social effects the new products will have. This leaves space for one of the present parties involved, or for a new organization not yet involved at this stage, to claim this responsibility for monitoring the social consequences of new LBS to be introduced on the market.

scholarly journals Short-sighted Greed? Focusing on the Future Promotes Reputation-based Generosity (trans. Maria Yu. Beletskaya)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 46-73
Author(s):  
H. Sjåstad
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Causal Connection ◽  
Central Function ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Positive Effect

Long-term thinking and voluntary resource sharing are two distinctive traits of human nature. Across three experiments (N=1,082), I propose a causal connection: Sometimes people are generous because they think about the future. Participants were randomly assigned to either focus on the present or the future and then made specific decisions in hypothetical scenarios. In Study 1 (N=200), future-focused participants shared more money in a public dictator game than present-focused participants (+39%), and they were willing to donate more money to charity (+61%). Study 2 (N=410) replicated the positive effect of future-focus on dictator giving when the choice was framed as public (+36%), but found no such effect when the choice was framed as private. That is, focusing on the future made participants more generous only when others would know their identity. Study 3 was a high-powered and pre-registered replication of Study 1 (N=472), including a few extensions. Once again, future-focused participants gave more money to charity in a public donation scenario (+40%), and they were more likely to volunteer for the same charity (+17%). As predicted, the effect was mediated by reputational concern, indicating that future-orientation can make people more generous because it also makes them more attuned to the social consequences of their choices. Taken together, the results suggest that focusing on the future promotes reputation-based generosity. By stimulating voluntary resource sharing, a central function of human foresight might be to support cooperation in groups and society.   

scholarly journals Short-sighted greed? Focusing on the future promotes reputation-based generosity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hallgeir Sjåstad
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Future Orientation ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Causal Connection ◽  
Central Function ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Positive Effect

Long-term thinking and voluntary resource sharing are two distinctive traits of human nature. Across three experiments (N=1,082), I propose a causal connection: Sometimes people are generous because they think about the future. Participants were randomly assigned to either focus on the present or the future, and then made specific decisions in hypothetical scenarios. In Study 1 (N=200), future-focused participants shared more money in a public dictator game than present-focused participants (+39%), and they were willing to donate more money to charity (+61%). Study 2 (N=410) replicated the positive effect of future-focus on dictator giving when the choice was framed as public (+36%), but found no such effect when the choice was framed as private. That is, focusing on the future only made participants more generous when others would know their identity. Study 3 was a high-powered and pre-registered replication of Study 1 (N=472), including a few extensions. Once again, future-focused participants gave more money to charity in a public donation scenario (+40%), and they were more likely to volunteer for the same charity (+17%). As predicted, the effect was mediated by reputational concern, indicating that future-orientation can make people more generous because it also makes them more attuned to the social consequences of their choices. Taken together, the results suggest that focusing on the future promotes reputation-based generosity. By stimulating voluntary resource sharing, a central function of human foresight might be to support cooperation in groups and society.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document