scholarly journals Classifying Economics for the Common Good: Connecting Sustainable Development Goals to JEL Codes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jussi Heikkilä
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Jel Codes ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Common

A Life of Good Governance, Positive Activism, Accountability & Integrated Thinking: An Interview with Mervyn King

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Ghio ◽  
Nicholas McGuigan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Common

This paper provides a critical discussion of integrated thinking, accountability, and corporate governance through an explorative interview with global corporate governance expert and positive activist Mervyn King. In a period in which the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are encouraging organizations to be connected and accountable to society and the environment, Mervyn King’s groundbreaking global corporate governance vision highlights how organizations may develop a “conscious leadership” to pursue the common good.

scholarly journals Classifying economics for the common good: a note on the links between sustainable development goals and JEL codes

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jussi T.S. Heikkilä
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Search Costs ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Jel Codes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Goals

PurposeThis brief note sheds light on the links between Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.Design/methodology/approachThree alternative methods based on keyword overlap to establish links between SDGs and JEL codes are presented.FindingsThese simple linkages illustrate that the themes of SDGs have corresponding closely related JEL classification codes.Research limitations/implicationsThe mappings presented in this note are based on simple keyword overlap and are therefore necessarily imperfect and incomplete. There is plenty of room for further development.Practical implicationsDespite the demonstrated possibility of linking SDGs to existing JEL codes, introducing a specific JEL code for each SDG would reduce search costs for those searching for economic research related to specific SDGs.Originality/valueThe first and preliminary attempt to link SDGs and JEL codes.

scholarly journals Educating for Public Happiness and Global Peace: Contributions from A Portuguese UNESCO Chair towards the Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9418
Author(s):  
Helena Águeda Marujo ◽  
Mafalda Casais
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Public Happiness ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Common ◽  
Global Peace ◽  
The Stability

For a positive global future, it is fundamental to tackle the existing web of psychological, economic, sociological, and cultural processes reflected in current education systems. Confronted with complex issues that are essential to the stability of civilizations, we need more voices addressing a critical analysis of education in its key role. This can result in more people participating as happy, informed, and engaged citizens. This paper introduces the argument for education to promote public happiness (Felicitas Publica) and support global peace, addressing the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) #3, #4, and #16. It begins by mapping the landscape of promising education-related practices supporting these SDGs and provides recommendations for research and actions. In addition, it presents the work of the UNESCO Chair on Education for Global Peace Sustainability, based at the Universidade de Lisboa, in Portugal, as an illustrative example. With this paper, we hope to convey the input of different branches of psychology that have the common good as their aim and address the positive transformation of our current educational processes.

Gross National Happiness (GNH)

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene R. Laczniak ◽  
Nicholas J. C. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gross National Happiness ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Classical Utilitarianism ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Common ◽  
National Happiness ◽  
Essential Contribution ◽  
Purpose Of Business

This theoretical commentary explores the concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH) and connects it with several central macromarketing concepts such as QoL, ethics, the common good, the purpose of market activity as well as the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The paper portrays GNH as a normative concept that captures collective well-being; it categorizes GNH, at least from the standpoint of Western moral philosophy, as most closely aligned with classical utilitarianism, and it distinguishes GNH from QoL on the basis of its predominantly aspirational and subjective orientation. It asserts that GNH can be seen as one manifestation of the common good, and, in that manner can be perceived as a ‘more ethical’ conception of the purpose of business activity. Finally, it links GNH to promising areas of Macromarketing scholarship. One essential contribution of this commentary is that it differentiates subjective community happiness from more objective measures of QoL familiar to macromarketing studies.

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.

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