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Measurement of S The above sections are just a few of the steps that are actually performed. At the heart of what companies can do to improve their social impact is understanding how to measure that impact. Assessing her S for ESG requires leaders to understand their organization’s impact on society and how it serves as a positive force for the future. When measuring both the positive and negative impacts of business activities on social sustainability, the challenge is to put into action the principles of respecting human dignity and rights, reducing inequalities and improving community relations, and It’s about…
A Socially Engaged Design Practice Since 2011, the Studio Experimental Design at the HFBK Hamburg has been offering support to people in the neighborhood of St. Pauli and elsewhere in the city who, for economic or socio-cultural reasons, do not have access or are prevented from wielding the agency of design. For the past ten years, we have hosted open Public Design Support sessions every Wednesdays from 6–7 pm in the storefront space of GWA St. Pauli, a social association that has been doing community work there for decades. In these weekly consultation hours, students pick up requests from local…
Episode Transcript: Marcus Johnson:eMarketer and Insider Intelligence’s Chart of the Day newsletter helps leaders to quickly understand key trend data so they can communicate insights to their teams, and make sound data-backed decisions. Visit emarketer.com/newsletters, and join the thousands of subscribers who rely on our actionable charts. Â Hello, everyone, and thanks for hanging out with us for the Behind the Numbers Weekly Listen: an eMarketer Podcast. This is the Friday show. That still has a 2005 World Atlas. Ross, what are you keeping it for? I feel like the roads have changed.Ross Benes:It’s my father-in-law’s.Marcus Johnson:Okay.Ross Benes:And it’s on his…
The frantic international search for the missing Titan submarine continues, and a documentary about the tragedy is already scheduled to be aired on British broadcaster Channel 5 on Thursday at 7pm local time. This comes just hours after the clock stopped due to lack of oxygen on board the Titanic, which disappeared near the wreckage on Sunday, leaving five people on board, including a father and his 19-year-old son. He died of slow suffocation.Even if Titan’s location is determined, it is increasingly likely that rescue will be technically impossible. The unimaginable tragedy attracted the kind of bizarre media frenzy we’ve…
In a market-based economy with private property and freedom of contract, businesses perform the economic function of producing goods and services for sale. The need to produce for consumption by people other than those involved in production results from specialization and division of labor, which increases productivity but creates interdependence in production and exchange. The society that results from the division of labor poses significant problems for organizations in terms of coordination and motivation. To solve these problems, private companies perform overlapping technical, organizational, and governance functions that are both functions of a market-based pricing system and functions of coercive…
Parents have worried about the impact of technology in recent years, as the cold light of smartphones increasingly follows teenagers from their bedrooms to school and back again. Facebook researchers secretly study how its app erodes girls’ body images, doctors explain TikTok-induced tics, and prosecutors and lawmakers warn social media companies of harming children No wonder he has promised to hold him accountable for his actions.But in the background, a quiet scientific debate is taking place about whether social media really causes harm. Although a few researchers argue that digital technology is a strong causal factor in increasing rates of…
The Welfare Board (WBB) was established with support from the World Bank-financed Social Safety Net Project to streamline the fragmented social protection system and introduce technology to improve efficiency. The Benefits Information System (WBIS) was established under the WBB to coordinate all forms of government cash transfers that are transferred directly to the bank accounts of beneficiaries. This allows recipients to withdraw money whenever they need to without having to line up at a government office. As part of WBIS, information on people claiming social protection has been digitized to enable the government to continually review and update the list…
LinkedIn ran an experiment with more than 20 million users over five years that, while aimed at improving the platform’s functionality for members, impacted some people’s lives. A new study reveals that it is possible.In an experiment conducted around the world from 2015 to 2019, Linkedin compared weak and strong contacts suggested by its “You May Know” algorithm (the company’s automated system for recommending new connections to users). The proportions were varied randomly. Researchers from LinkedIn, MIT, Stanford, and Harvard Business School then analyzed aggregate data from the tests in a study published this month in Science.LinkedIn’s algorithm experiment may…
In recent years, Ethiopia has faced a combination of domestic and global economic shocks. Starting with the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, followed by conflict in northern Ethiopia, followed by drought in southern and eastern Ethiopia, and the conflict in Ukraine that began in February 2022, these shocks have slowed growth and development. , leading to supply disruptions. , humanitarian crises, food insecurity. These shocks are occurring with increased frequency and severity than in the past and pose a clear challenge for governments, with poverty remaining widespread and most children experiencing some form of deprivation. . Inflation averaged more than…
Some photos are hard to forget. that This was posted on Twitter in April, when a black street sweeper in Paris wearing a yellow fluorescent vest was seen there the night before by young petty bourgeois protesters protesting against France’s new pension law. Sweeping up the trash left behind.This snapshot shows that a real revolution has not yet broken out in France. Social protests can mobilize more people from diverse social backgrounds than protests over gender, racial, religious, or cultural identity issues. There were certainly many young people among the demonstrators, who declared their solidarity with the working class. Ultimately,…