How Does Enhancing Cognition Affect Human Values? How Does This Translate into Social Responsibility?

2014 ◽  
pp. 223-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Y. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Human Values

Soft-systems approaches to knowledge-cum-values management as innovation drivers

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejana Zlatanović ◽  
Matjaž Mulej
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Diffusion Processes ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Soft Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Systems Approaches ◽  
Novel Concept

Purpose – Respecting the growing importance of interdependence of knowledge, values and social responsibility, the purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of knowledge-cum-values management and to show how some soft systems approaches can support interdependence of knowledge and human values resulting in socially responsible innovative behavior, hence in success. Design/methodology/approach – The selected soft systems approaches are used to double-check the usefulness of the requisitely holistic approach to knowledge-cum-values management and innovation. The applied methodology for qualitative analysis is the Dialectical Systems Theory. Findings – One-sidedness, unlike the requisite holism, causes oversights and hence disables innovations as a new users’ benefit. Requisitely holistic knowledge-cum-values management prevents one-sidedness and therefore many oversights; hence it is a valuable driver of innovation. It is supported by social responsibility (exposing the systemic behavior by suggesting interdependence and holistic approach to one’s responsibility for one’s influences on society). By including values and by enabling consideration of interdependence of human values and knowledge, some soft systems approaches support innovative behavior with social responsibility. Research limitations/implications – Research is limited to theoretical findings resulting from authors’ previous empirical studies. The novel concept “knowledge-cum-values” erases the human dangerous one-sidedness resulting from the irrational rationalistic division of the two. Social responsibility supports informal use of some soft systems theories and diminishes this danger. Practical implications – The practical application of the selected soft systems approaches and social responsibility offers great possibilities for managers to improve the holism of their innovation processes, driven by knowledge-cum-values management. Fewer oversights are possible and lead to fewer mistakes and more success in the invention-innovation-diffusion processes. No human is rational or emotional only, either as a creator or as a consumer, but this fact is disregarded in the management literature. Social implications – Social responsibility shall be considered as an important novel soft-system approach and part of organizational innovative behavior aimed to replace the one-sided approaches prevailing so far and causing crises: the overseen attributes do not cease, but they still impact life and are out of control. Originality/value – The contribution introduces the new, still insufficiently researched concept of knowledge-cum-values management; it highlights new ways of attaining the requisitely holistic knowledge-cum-values management that enhances enterprise’s innovation capacity by requisite holism, supported by social responsibility.

Strategic Greening and Social Responsibility of Organizational Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 110-132
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Main Assumption ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
And Training

This chapter analyzes the characteristics of the strategic greening and social responsibility of organizational development. The main assumption of the analysis is based on the consideration that the strategic organizational development should take into consideration the greening of organizations and the corporate social responsibility. Using a holistic and humanistic approaches on individual and organizational development, the analysis focuses on individual freedom, lifetime education and training, consciousness on human values, and ethical concerns related to the implementation of the organizational greening and corporate social responsibility. Finally, it proposes a strategic organizational development model.

Strategic Greening and Social Responsibility of Organizational Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 245-266
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Main Assumption ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
And Training

This study has the aim to analyze the characteristics of the strategic greening and social responsibility of organizational development. The main assumption of the analysis is based on the consideration that the strategic organizational development should take into consideration the greening of organizations and the corporate social responsibility. Using a holistic, humanistic, and critical analysis approaches on individual and organizational development, the analysis focuses on individual freedom, lifetime education and training, consciousness on human values, and ethical concerns related to the implementation of the organizational greening and corporate social responsibility. Finally, it proposes a strategic organizational development model.

scholarly journals RELATION BETWEEN BACKGROUND VARIABLES, VALUES AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARÍA DEL ROSARIO GONZÁLEZ-RODRÍGUEZ ◽  
MARÍA DEL CARMEN DÍAZ-FERNÁNDEZ ◽  
VALÉRIA RUEDA ELIAS SPERS ◽  
MARCELO DA SILVA LEITE
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Value Structures ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Individual Value ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Future Business

ABSTRACT Consumer perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be directly influenced by individual value structures. This research aims to provide new knowledge regarding the relationship between basic human values and the public's perception of CSR. It focuses on the values of higher education students and their views regarding a particular corporate social initiative. The study reveals that social, educational, and economic circumstances influence human values. Those values in turn influence why different students perceive CSR differently. These findings are relevant to companies as they provide a more detailed understanding of why certain consumer groups perceive certain CSR initiatives the way that they do. They also suggest that universities should increase their awareness of the importance of integrating human values and CSR in the curricula of future business managers and social leaders.

scholarly journals La medición e identificación de valores: complementariedad entre los modelos de Schwartz y Hall-Tonna / The Measurement and Identification of Values: Complementarity between Schwartz and Hall-Tonna Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oihane Korres ◽  
Itziar Elexpuru Albizuri
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Mixed Methodology ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Cultural Paradigm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Similarities And Differences

ABSTRACTThe new socioeconomic and cultural paradigm has brought a social discussion about the existence and transmission of human values. This concern has impacted on educational systems, where the social responsibility of education to encourage on young people values to promote a more just, equitable and tolerant world is highlighted. The aim of this paper is to analyze the possible complementarity between the models developed by Schwartz and Hall-Tonna for the measurement and the development of values. Both models provide a solid theoretical basis to work with values in education and, at the same time, there are empirical evidences that remark the contribution of these models in to the identification and development of values. Both models are described and instruments designed to identify values are analyzed comparing the similarities and differences between them to explore their interrelationship and practical application. The interaction between the two models could bring an approximation to the values from a mixed methodology (quantitative and qualitative), providing tools to recognize and work individual and group values in educational institutions.RESUMENEl nuevo paradigma socioeconómico y cultural ha traído consigo una discusión social entorno a la existencia y transmisión de valores. Esta preocupación ha repercutido en los sistemas educativos, donde se incide en la responsabilidad social de la educación para fomentar en los jóvenes valores que promuevan un mundo más justo, equitativo y tolerante. El objetivo de esta comunicación es analizar la posible complementariedad entre los modelos elaborados por Schwartz y Hall-Tonna para la medición y el desarrollo de valores. Ambos modelos ofrecen una base teórica sólida para trabajar los valores en el ámbito educativo y, a su vez, existen evidencias empíricas que subrayan la contribución de estos modelos a la identificación de valores para su desarrollo. Se describen ambos modelos y se analizan los instrumentos diseñados para la identificación de valores, realizando una comparación entre las semejanzas y las diferencias entre ellos, para profundizar en su interrelación y aplicación práctica. La interacción entre ambos modelos podría permitir una aproximación a los valores desde una metodología mixta (cuantitativo-cualitativa), proporcionando herramientas desde las que conocer y trabajar los valores, tanto individuales como grupales, en las instituciones educativas. Contacto principal: [email protected]

Book Review: Human Values and Social Responsibility

1963 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-154
Author(s):  
Benjamin E. Youngdahl
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Human Values
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