The Sustainable Socially Responsible Society: Well-Being Society 6.0
16 Aug 2021-Sustainability (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)-Vol. 13, Iss: 16, pp 9186
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define the framework conditions of sustainable socially responsible society 6.0, where humans can both achieve and define their targeted quality of life, including work-life balance, etc.
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to introduce Sustainable Socially Responsible Society 6.0 as a new concept that is supposed to extend ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ to the entire society for humankind to gain a new chance to survive beyond the dangerous neoliberalism that abuses the market and democracy to the benefit of very few humans—the richest one percent and a few around them—and beyond Society 5.0. This study aims to define the framework conditions of ‘Well-being Society 6.0’, where humans can both achieve and define their targeted quality of life, including work–life balance, etc. Mulej’s Dialectical Systems Theory provides requisite (i.e., sufficient and necessary) integrity/holism of approach that leads to a Sustainable Socially Responsible (SSR) Society without overlooking the necessity of personal, including managerial, responsibility. Most humans try to satisfy their basic survival needs by management, which is requisitely holistic; it can and shall contribute to setting the framework conditions, foremost with non-technological innovation management. The Economy for the Common Good can contribute to SSR Society 6.0, including ‘Well-being society’. In addition, in 2019–2021 humankind is experiencing the ‘new Corona Virus’ crisis, killing millions, but also enabling a crucial step toward a well-being society by returning worldwide economic governance from neoliberalism to Keynes-based state capitalism with no loud objections.
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10 Nov 2021
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual framework was developed in which these factors were identified through a literature review and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methodology, and the way in which they relate was evaluated with the help of the interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology.
Abstract: Big Data, the Internet of Things, and robotic and augmented realities are just some of the technologies that belong to Industry 4.0. These technologies improve working conditions and increase productivity and the quality of industry production. However, they can also improve life and society as a whole. A new perspective is oriented towards social well-being and it is called Society 5.0. Industry 4.0 supports the transition to the new society, but other drivers are also needed. To guide the transition, it is necessary to identify the enabling factors that integrate Industry 4.0. A conceptual framework was developed in which these factors were identified through a literature review and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methodology. Furthermore, the way in which they relate was evaluated with the help of the interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology. The proposed framework fills a research gap, which has not yet consolidated a strategy that includes all aspects of Society 5.0. As a result, the main driver, in addition to technology, is international politics.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the scenarios of the Industry 4.0 platform comprising entire systems that largely function independently both in responding to impulses, planning the following process stages and generation of the respective automation programmes and monitoring of the processes generated.
Abstract: The joint future programme-platform of the German Government and representatives of the industrial sector – Industry 4.0 (in German – Industrie 4.0) consists in comprehensive and systematic digital networking of the creation, logistics and use of products or services. It is often regarded as an impetus which will start the fourth industrial revolution.1 For conventional automation in analogous world, machines are programmed to take over single functions by responding to certain signals. The scenarios of the Industry 4.0 platform comprise entire systems. These systems largely function independently both in responding to impulses, planning the following process stages and generation of the respective automation programmes and monitoring of the processes generated. The man-machine interaction points have changed in principle in that respect. The actual and digital, i.e. virtual world are increasingly merged. This creates a multi-level and intertwined data set which according to the estimates doubles in volume every two years and contains trillions of units (Big Data).
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TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the impact of social responsibility and organizational ethics on employees' wellbeing, emphasizing the positive impact of ethical and responsible behavior of the organization on the employees wellbeing.
Abstract: Social responsibility (SR) is a concept or practice by which organizations take into account the interest of society by taking responsibility for the impact of their activities on all stakeholders. The SR of organizations implies ethical behavior concerning all stakeholders and a company’s commitment to the sustainable economic development of society. Organizational ethics is a set of written and unwritten codes of principles and values that govern decisions and actions within an organization. Ethics has a rather internal perspective, while social responsibility has a rather external perspective. This study examines the impact of social responsibility and organizational ethics on employees’ wellbeing. To perform the empirical analysis, we conducted a survey among 423 employees from Romanian organizations. Using the structural equation modeling, we analyzed the relationships between social responsibility, organizational ethics, and employees’ wellbeing, emphasizing the positive impact of ethical and responsible behavior of the organization on the employees’ wellbeing. The organization’s employees play a dual role: firstly, they are all internal stakeholders, and secondly, they are constituents of an external stakeholder essential for the organization—the community. The results show a significant positive influence of social responsibility and organizational ethics on employees’ wellbeing as a result of a responsible and ethical behavior in relation to the organizational stakeholders.
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TL;DR: In this article , the concept of Society 5.0 is proposed as a form of a possible political nature to fulfil this digital society through a super-smart society, and the need for smart education in these smart societies as a way of contributing to responding to the pressing problem of sustainability.
Abstract: Digital society is already a reality and is increasingly shaping many aspects of social, economic and political life, among other aspects. The concept of Society 5.0 is a proposed form of a possible political nature to fulfil this digital society through a super-smart society. Based on document analysis of articles and books on this topic, this conceptual paper aims to critically discuss some aspects of Society 5.0, such as the dimensions of digitalization and sustainability. It is concluded that Society 5.0 is not an inevitability, and that the transformations it entails, as well as its advantages, also have challenges and limitations that should be considered, such as the risk of reproducing old forms of micro, meso and macrosocial inequalities within each country and between countries and regions, and, at the same time, creating new forms of social, cultural, economic and political inequalities, among others. A critical spirit seems to be necessary in the follow-up of this Society 5.0 and for which citizen-science logic, in an interdisciplinary way, can potentially provide tools for previous and prospective analysis of its implementation. We justify the need for smart education in these smart societies as a way of contributing to responding to the pressing problem of sustainability. It is smart education in and for a super smart society.
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24 Jun 2023
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors identify research trends on work life quality and its impact on productivity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, using the Pro-Know-C constructivist methodology.
Abstract: BACKGROUND
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it changes in the way of working in the well-being of workers.
OBJECTIVE
To identify research trends on work life quality and its impact on productivity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemicMETHOD:The Proknow-C constructivist methodology was used, with which a bibliographic portfolio of 49 articles obtained from the Web of Science was prepared, resulting from four stages of search between 2012 and 2022; a bibliometric analysis was performed on that database and bibliometric networks were created with the software VOSviewer; the systemic analysis of the articles was carried out, thus showing theories, definitions and indicators; and areas of opportunity of research were identified.
RESULTS
The most important high-impact specialized journals and authors, articles considered central, most used keywords such as job satisfaction, quality of work life and COVID-19, as well as the most representative countries such as European and Asian, are presented.
CONCLUSION
It was found that the health sector is one of the most studied, allowing researchers from other sectors the opportunity to delve into the issue of the affectations of the quality of work life reflected in productivity and common variables were synthesized such as job satisfaction, well-being, motivation and security, among others.
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