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Many botanic gardens are flourishing, and many others can learn from those leading the way; at the same time, all can form new allegiances informed by service research. We developed this paper to plant seeds for different stakeholders interested in putting a spotlight on botanic garden tourism opportunities. It is in response to a call to action by many stakeholders across the botanic garden sector for greater public engagement, to challenge plant awareness disparity, and to ensure the vitality and viability of the sector. Our commentary considers positive, transformative service making, marketing, management, and development. We recommend holistic, integrated services via ecosystemic thinking and collaborative partnerships across the sector and with non-traditional partnerships in the design of sustainable service ecosystems. It is envisaged that service research will spur on a more responsible, ethical, moral enterprise and sustainable botanic garden tourism with opportunities to drive positive, transformative change in meeting sustainable development goals for the good of plants, people, and planet.

Abstract Background In this study, we examined the ethical implications of Egypt’s new clinical trial law, employing the ethical framework proposed by Emanuel et al. and comparing it to various national and supranational laws. This analysis is crucial as Egypt, considered a high-growth pharmaceutical market, has become an attractive location for clinical trials, offering insights into the ethical implementation of bioethical regulations in a large population country with a robust healthcare infrastructure and predominantly treatment-naïve patients. Methods We conducted a comparative analysis of Egyptian law with regulations from Sweden and France, including the EU Clinical Trials Regulation, considering ethical human subject research criteria, and used a directed approach to qualitative content analysis to examine the laws and regulations. This study involved extensive peer scrutiny, frequent debriefing sessions, and collaboration with legal experts with relevant international legal expertise to ensure rigorous analysis and interpretation of the laws. Results On the rating of the seven different principles (social and scientific values, scientific validity, fair selection of participants, risk-benefit ratio, independent review, informed consent and respect for participants) Egypt, France, and EU regulations had comparable scores. Specific principles (Social Value, Scientific Value, and Fair selection of participants) were challenging to directly identify due to certain regulations embodying 'implicit' principles more than explicitly stated ones. Conclusion The analysis underscores Egypt's alignment with internationally recognized ethical principles, as outlined by Emanuel et al., through its comparison with French, Swedish, and EU regulations, emphasizing the critical need for Egypt to continuously refine its ethical regulations to safeguard participant protection and research integrity. Key issues identified include the necessity to clarify and standardize the concept of social value in research, alongside concerns regarding the expertise and impartiality of ethical review boards, pointing towards a broader agenda for enhancing research ethics in Egypt and beyond.

Abstract This review paper explores approaches to sustaining the enduring connection between communities and heritage places in conservation planning. Amidst global overtourism, the gradual outmigration and sudden displacement of local communities from heritage places disrupt not only physical ties between people and places but also shared traditions, memories and emotional bonds. These intangible qualities constitute the social dimension of heritage and are pivotal to its cultural significance. However, existing conservation approaches to safeguarding this social dimension often rely on the continued presence of local communities, which may yield limited effectiveness in restoring people–place bonds amidst challenges posed by overtourism and displacement. This review unpacks the term ‘social value’ within the framework of value-based assessment and progresses towards a dynamic conception of ‘sense of place’. In response to the changing social composition of ‘local communities’ at heritage places, this review examines approaches for conserving the social dimension of heritage, aiming to sustain the enduring continuity of people–place bonding. It proposes a broader definition of ‘sense of place’ that transcends the preconceived notion of stakeholder groups as a geographically defined community and suggests leveraging digital social platforms to re-establish these bonds. The review concludes by advocating for the ‘glocal community’ approach, acknowledging the personal emotional connections that individuals form with a heritage place regardless of their places of residence. This approach has the potential to complement existing methods, such as value-based assessment and the living heritage approach, which are commonly practised in contemporary conservation efforts.

Purpose – Governments worldwide seek to optimize value in public project bids. Social procurement (SP) has become a global tool for achieving project goals. The purpose of this study is to assess the understanding of SP among contractors and identify its drivers to optimize the value associated with public projects. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 15 major contractors were interviewed to obtain their views on SP, appreciate their current practices and identify the main drivers of SP in projects. A semistructured interview was used to gather relevant data. Neo-institutional theory is the lens of the study used to provide the focus of the research. The collected data were analyzed using the thematic data analysis technique. Findings – The study found that SP is understood as corporate social responsibility and is not handled in a structured manner guided by policies or clearly defined procedures. Additionally, research has shown that compliance requirements, rather than value and goodwill, are the main inspiration for SP practices. Research limitations/implications – The study’s limitation is the fact that it was conducted in the context of Botswana and only used the interview technique as the solo data collection method. The other limitation is the lack of empirical literature on SP concerning the lack of SP policy in Botswana. Originality/value – This study raises awareness of the concept of SP among contractors in Botswana and eases its implementation within the industry.

Community engagement is essential for creating social value and fostering high-quality development in megaprojects. However, organizing such engagement within public-private partnerships is particularly complex in weak institutional contexts, such as those found in sub-Saharan Africa. Existing research often depoliticizes community engagement, overlooking the critical role of government. Additionally, empirical studies on this phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa remain scarce. In this study, we adopt a governmentality lens and a design science research method to identify meta-organizing and responsibilization as governmental strategies for organizing community engagement in weak institutional contexts, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa. Through an embedded case study of a megaproject in Nigeria, we develop two sets of design principles that form a transformational community engagement framework. Our findings have implications for community engagement practices in megaprojects within weak institutional contexts and contribute to mainstream external stakeholder engagement research.

The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) faces various challenges detrimental to critical balance for socio-ecological systems resulting in adversely affecting the flow of ecosystem service (ES). With the context, present evaluation attempted to account a comprehensive understanding about flow of forest ES in community forests and other forests across the HKH for sustainable management of forests. We conducted a systematic literature review to critically analyse and understand the community perception about flow of forest ES and suggest a comprehensive framework for ES assessment through community. The ResearchGate, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases were used, employing the PRISMA, followed by the Rayyan for screening the article between 2010 to July 2023. The exclusion and inclusion criteria resulted in 47 articles. About 61.7% of ES assessment articles focussed to forest ecosystem, while 38.3% focused on community forests. The article accounts bias towards provisioning services (∼42.6%) with skewed geographical distribution to Nepal (∼45%) having favours to social values than economic value of forest ES. Various threats to the HKH forests were also identified jeopardizing the community's well-being. Based on evaluation, a comprehensive indicator-based assessment framework was proposed for comprehensive assessment of ES for sustainable management of community and forests. Precisely, identification of threats and integration of trade-offs and synergies in policies along with participatory approach of management i.e. community and government hand holding may contribute to conserve the forests in the HKH along with ensuring sustainable supply of ES to communities.

This article takes Viviana Zelizer's (1985) Pricing the Priceless Child to the new millennium. Zelizer documented the transformation between the 19th and 20th century from an "economically useful" to an "emotionally priceless" child. She observed that by the 1930s, American children were practically economically worthless but invested with significant emotional value. What has happened to this emotionally priceless child at the dawn of the new millennium? Has there been a new transformation in the social value of children, and, if so, what might have such a transformation entailed? To address these questions, we examine overtime trends that point to increasing devotion of resources and time to children's education, a key input in the exceedingly influential human capital theory, which connects investment into children's human capital with their future market value. Therefore, we argue that the priceless child 2.0 is a useful-to-be human capital investment child. We use four empirical examples of overtime growth in children's human capital investment: (a) enrollments in early childhood education, (b) federal spending on early education, (c) federal spending on K-12 programs, and (d) parental spending on child care, education and extracurricular activities. In the conclusion, we discuss some potential consequences and concerns about raising children as human capital investment.

The objective of this study was to analyze studies that researched the social value of marketing, identifying the main research and the understanding of the theme. We performed a systematic literature review using the Web of Science database to select and analyze articles that investigated the social value of marketing. After the initial search with filters and exclusion criteria, the final sample consisted of 142 articles submitted to bibliometric analysis. The analysis of the literature revealed advances in the understanding of the social value of marketing. We made the connection between the four groupings of keywords and the five themes of the bibliographic coupling. This result revealed the various nuances of how the social value of marketing is addressed in the literature. The study proposes an agenda for future research, with topics such as social enterprise marketing, social value and consumers’ perception, charity, cause-related marketing, ethical consumption. This study reveals the connections between marketing and social issues, indicating that the social value of marketing tends to be the result of a combination of resources, capabilities, and behaviors that link marketing and the market to social value and society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How to promote wellbeing in old age is an issue that is drawing increasing attention as populations age in societies around the world. This study explores arts participation in later life and creative ageing through artistic engagement. We focus on potential participants who have had little prior experience with the arts, examining their journey through artistic activities, and the broader benefits to society of a creatively engaged population. We applied an action research methodology by designing two phases of arts workshops, one focused on hands-on creation activities and the other on appreciation of professional artists' works. This approach yielded the following findings. First, facilitation is key to initiating and sustaining artistic engagement among older adults, in part by helping them adapt to a changing society. Second, potential participants should be centred in discussions on creative initiatives. In particular, still active pre-seniors have much to offer in developing creative ageing initiatives. Third, arts participation for creative ageing goes far beyond the individual; it promotes community wellbeing and contributes to creating social value. Finally, we make an actionable suggestion that 'facilitation for arts participation' be developed as a specialised professional field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The liberation of the nation's indigenous languages and linguistic equality are directly tied to multilingualism in South Africa. This implies that the successful implementation of multilingual education in South Africa will require a thorough understanding of the linguistic implications of multilingualism. Many South African colleges and universities are still far from completely implementing multilingual education, despite a wealth of data supporting multilingualism in higher education. Furthermore, not much research has looked into the real reasons behind the notable slowdown in its implementation in South African higher education. This study identified and examined factors that may have slowed or are still slowing down the adoption of multilingualism in South African higher education. This study used a desktop research approach based on source document reviews and analysis of secondary research literature on multilingualism to identify and interrogate factors that may have hindered or continue to slow its implementation in higher education. This review presents a comprehensive analysis that adds fresh information to support and enhance the process of implementing multilingualism in higher education. We advised that the government increase financing for bilingual and multilingual programs and closely monitor the implementation of language policies at universities. Furthermore, rather than considering multilingualism in terms of a select few isolated multilingual practices, we advise higher education institutions to begin embracing multilingualism as a broad term. This will be made possible by improving collaborative platforms that let academic institutions share information about successful multilingual education strategies, reopening or creating language departments at universities, and conducting surveys and parent and student consultations to learn more about attitudes toward multilingualism and the silent student voice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite widespread claims about the benefits of social procurement, there is little robust evidence that emerging social procurement policies are achieving their intended outcomes. Addressing this gap in research, this paper presents a case study of a theoretically informed and methodologically robust evaluative social return on investment (SROI) analysis of a construction training initiative developed in Wales to reduce the risk of youth homelessness. Utilising Sen and Nussbaum's Capability Empowerment Approach, the results contribute to social procurement research by providing much needed empirical legitimacy to an under theorised field. Ensuring that new social procurement initiatives developed by the construction industry are theoretically and empirically sound is critical to ensure they are transparent, robust, testable, reliable and replicable in achieving the social outcomes they purport to deliver. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is based on the study of advocate activity as a social value protected by criminal law, based on the concept of recognition of social values as the object of a criminal offense. The author came to the conclusion that the nature and types of negative changes that occur as a result of a socially dangerous encroachment on advocate activity can be determined taking into account the following aspects of advocacy: 1) characteristics of an advocate and legal status of an advocate; subjects of advocate activity and participants of relevant groups of legal relations formed in connection with the implementation of advocacy activities or appeals to a lawyer; 2) the set of rights and freedoms, interests of the lawyer and other participants of the relevant groups of legal relations, which are formed in connection with the implementation of the advocate activity or the appeal to the lawyer; 3) social ties between such entities that arise in connection with the implementation of advocacy activities; 4) tangible and intangible goods. Taking this into account, we aim to identify those types of socially dangerous human behavior that encroach on advocate activity. Based on this, the author carried out a study of the mechanism of damage to the legal profession as an object of criminal law protection and its components such as a lawyer, a law office, a lawyer association. It has been established that the key to uncovering these features is to identify those types of behavior that cause violations of the proper procedure for professional advocacy. It was determined that a socially dangerous influence on a lawyer can be directed both at a person who is already practicing law, and at a person who has received the legal status of a lawyer but is not yet practicing law. The article lists the types of such influence by the form of implementation, by the purpose of implementation, by the method of implementation. At the same time, a negative impact on the law firm, the law association may also result in a violation of the proper procedure for practicing law, considering the legal relationship between the lawyer and the law firm, the law association. In addition, the impact on the law firm or association may cause negative changes in the components of the object of criminal law protection in case of access, destruction, illegal modification or illegal distribution of information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to address a fundamental flaw in prominent approaches to managing businesses for sustainability. Current management strategies fail to recognize the fundamental differences between economic, social, and moral or ethical values. Economic values are instrumental, individual, and impersonal. Social values are reciprocal, communal, and personal. Moral values are altruistic, spiritual, and universal. These are not arbitrary definitions but expressions of basic differences among the three types of value. These differences reveal the fundamental flaws in attempts to assign economic value or objectively quantify the social and ecological costs and benefits of economic enterprises. The transactional, social, and moral economies are defined in ways that avoid compromising the differences in values. In addition, a natural hierarchy exists among nature, society, and economy that requires a corresponding hierarchy of moral, social, and economic values in managing sustainable organizations. The strategies, motives, and metrics that have dominated sustainable business management for the past several decades, and the related research and educational programs that support them, fail to reflect differences among economic, social, and moral values that are critical to sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: In this study, we examined the ethical implications of Egypt's new clinical trial law, employing the ethical framework proposed by Emanuel et al. and comparing it to various national and supranational laws. This analysis is crucial as Egypt, considered a high-growth pharmaceutical market, has become an attractive location for clinical trials, offering insights into the ethical implementation of bioethical regulations in a large population country with a robust healthcare infrastructure and predominantly treatment-naïve patients. Methods: We conducted a comparative analysis of Egyptian law with regulations from Sweden and France, including the EU Clinical Trials Regulation, considering ethical human subject research criteria, and used a directed approach to qualitative content analysis to examine the laws and regulations. This study involved extensive peer scrutiny, frequent debriefing sessions, and collaboration with legal experts with relevant international legal expertise to ensure rigorous analysis and interpretation of the laws. Results: On the rating of the seven different principles (social and scientific values, scientific validity, fair selection of participants, risk-benefit ratio, independent review, informed consent and respect for participants) Egypt, France, and EU regulations had comparable scores. Specific principles (Social Value, Scientific Value, and Fair selection of participants) were challenging to directly identify due to certain regulations embodying 'implicit' principles more than explicitly stated ones. Conclusion: The analysis underscores Egypt's alignment with internationally recognized ethical principles, as outlined by Emanuel et al., through its comparison with French, Swedish, and EU regulations, emphasizing the critical need for Egypt to continuously refine its ethical regulations to safeguard participant protection and research integrity. Key issues identified include the necessity to clarify and standardize the concept of social value in research, alongside concerns regarding the expertise and impartiality of ethical review boards, pointing towards a broader agenda for enhancing research ethics in Egypt and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This perspective article positions social justice as an addition to the aims of organizational justice, and core to diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI). It problematizes simplistic DEI rhetoric and positions paradoxes within DEI, as experienced by employers, based on an explanation of key justice concepts and the introduction of fairness, equality, desert, and need. The paper broadens perspective-taking beyond a sole focus on beneficiaries of DEI, towards tensions that employers experience in working towards the aims of workplace justice, including the embeddedness of social justice within both organizations and social systems. The paper concludes with avenues for future research and a call to carefully examine simplistic notions of organizational justice in effecting DEI, suggesting a paradoxical lens on embracing, rather than avoiding, multiple and often conflicting workplace justice imperatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban Social Innovation Capacity is determined as a key aspect to explain Social Value creation in European cities suffering increased social problems derived from the urban growth and exacerbated by COVID-19. New Public Value Management paradigm has appeared involving urban managers in new city-centred management models based on Social Innovation networking processes, increasing their capacity to innovate as they face the current social challenges. The main purpose in this study is to assess the Social Value performed within specific systems and to propose instruments to provide local managers with valid and reliable tools for assessing both Social Value and Urban Social Innovation Capacity. The study conducted a mixed-method research technique. A qualitative study to validate the theoretical approach and, with the objective to examine the positive effect of Urban Social Innovation Capacity on Social Value, an empirical work based on PLS well stocked with data collected from a survey aimed at urban social innovation managers in Eurocities. Results showed a direct positive effect of Urban Social Innovation Capacity on Social Value but no effect between Socioeconomic Context and Social Value. The study additionally offers a modern definition for Social Innovation and implications for local managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines the factors and motivations behind social entrepreneurial behavior in Saudi Arabia, specifically highlighting the main findings. The research employs the Web of Science and Scopus databases to conduct a literature review following the PRISMA statement guidelines. Using the VOS viewer software, the analysis and identification of key terms result in three primary classifications. (1) The study of social entrepreneurial behavior and its consequences. (2) The examination of organizational dynamics and the creation of social value, including social innovation and corporate social responsibility. (3) The exploration of the relationship between the entrepreneurial ecosystem and planned behavioral constructs. The study explores Saudi Arabia's efforts to promote entrepreneurial development and tackle ongoing challenges like high unemployment rates. The research highlights the potential of social entrepreneurship to create positive societal change. The text emphasizes the importance of improving the entrepreneurial ecosystem by focusing on cultural factors, social networks, institutional frameworks, investment capital, and economic policies. The findings enhance our comprehension of planned behavior outcomes in the context of social entrepreneurial behavior in Saudi Arabia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Building on the literature on luxury consumption behavior, this study investigates customers' perceived values on their patronage behavior toward luxury service brands. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling is used to test the research model with a sample of 177 American luxury hotel customers. The findings suggest that functional, individual, and social values from experiences influence customers' perceived connection with a luxury service brand. The bond between customers and brands affects customers' patronage behavior. Moreover, the role of the self-brand connection on the relationship between the perceived value and behavioral intention indicates that the impact of functional, individual, and social values on patronage behavior, and the self-brand connection is different depending on the perceived congruity with the luxury hotel brand. However, the affluent customers' perception of financial value does not enhance the self-brand connection. The results suggest that it would be more effective for luxury hotel service providers to build strong and meaningful ties with customers. This study identifies the role of the self-brand connection in the relationships between multidimensional perceived value (i.e. financial, functional, individual, social) and loyal behavior in the luxury service context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social intrapreneurs can help corporations to address grand challenges and create hybrid value—that is simultaneous commercial and social value—by identifying and exploring entrepreneurial opportunities that address social or environmental issues. However, we still know little about how individuals assume social intrapreneurial roles in corporations. Based on a qualitative study of social intrapreneurs and their supporters, we identify variations in social intrapreneurial profiles along two dimensions: the role of the social intrapreneur in the entrepreneurial process (idea initiator versus idea explorer), and their position (within core business departments versus within sustainability departments). We contribute to the literature by identifying four different types of social intrapreneurs as corporate change agents—the Visionary Business Insurgent, the Visionary Sustainability Transformer, the Enabled Business Expert, and the Enabled Sustainability Expert—and by shedding light on four pathways to social intrapreneurship that vary in initial levels of agency and ethical expression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The increasing financial burden and complexity of health-care services, exacerbated by factors such as an ageing population and the rise of chronic conditions, necessitate comprehensive and integrated care approaches. While co-created service design has proven valuable in transforming some service industries, its application to the health-care industry is not well understood. This study aims to examine how health consumers are involved in health-care service co-creation. Design/methodology/approach: The study searched 11 electronic databases for peer-reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2019. Additionally, hand searches of reference lists from included studies, Google© citation searches and searches for grey literature were conducted. The Whittemore and Knafl integrative framework guided the systematic review, and Callahan's 6 Ws framework was used to extract data from the included articles, facilitating comparisons. Findings: The authors identified 21 articles, mainly from the UK, North America and Australia. Despite the need for more research, findings reveal limited and geographically narrow empirical studies with restricted theory and method applications. From these findings, the authors constructed a conceptual model to enhance nuanced understanding. Originality/value: This study offers four contributions. First, it introduces the Health Service Design Transformation Model for Comprehensive Consumer Co-Creation, illustrating health consumers' multifaceted roles in shaping services. Second, consumer vulnerabilities in co-creating services are identified, linked to diverse consumer groups, power dynamics and decision complexity. Third, this study suggests broadening participant inclusion may enhance consumer-centricity, inclusivity and innovation in service design. Finally, the research agenda explores consumer experiences, organizational dynamics, value outcomes and co-creation theory for health-care service advancement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is increasing recognition regarding the potential of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to be significant Anchor institutions capable of impacting the wellbeing of the local communities where they are situated. Subsequently, more universities are prioritising their social and civic responsibility by embedding a research ethos based on closer engagement with their locality, within their key institutional processes. However, demonstrating the social value of community engagement in a meaningful way is difficult, particularly the type of intangible benefits such as relationship building and co-production of knowledge that are forged through collaboration. We present results of a pilot study which applied a Socially Modified Economic Valuation (SMEV) approach to three very different case study projects within a University-Community partnership initiative situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to help evaluate how well the university's civic and social obligations are being fulfilled. Two sets of potential social weights were derived. The first was based on the official Deprivation Index and the second on a combination of desirable 'social' and 'strategy' goals. Findings showed that the social valuation element of SMEV may potentially be crucially important in assisting with nuanced interpretation of social value across different communities in different places. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research on close relationships often focuses on the dyad (e.g., dyads of romantic partners) and on how dyad members affect each other's welfare. But dyads exist embedded in broader, densely-interconnected social networks, and less research attention has been paid to the myriad ways in which people outside the dyad impact one's welfare through their interactions with, or even their attitudes about, the other member of the dyad. What drives our feelings toward such extra-dyadic individuals? Balance Theory, an influential formalist theory in social psychology, suggests that our feelings are driven by the need for affective balance, achieved by, for example, liking strangers who share our feelings toward our existing partners or by disliking strangers who do not. We propose an alternative theory, the Embedded Dyad Framework, which foregrounds the substantive effects that strangers can have on our welfare through their interactions with our dyadic partners. Across four experiments (N = 1589) with U.S.-residing participants we predict and find, consistent with the Embedded Dyad Framework, that we like strangers who share our hatred for our rivals and our love for our friends (consistent with Balance Theory); but we dislike strangers who share our love for our spouses (contradicting Balance Theory). Further supporting predictions from an Embedded Dyad Framework, (a) greater perceived exclusivity in welfare-enhancing dyadic relationships (e.g., friendships) drives our lesser liking of strangers who share our love for our partners, and (b) greater perceived welfare suppression by our antagonistic partners (e.g., rivals) drives our liking of strangers who share our hatred of our antagonists. This framework outpredicts cognitive consistency views by emphasizing the real threats and opportunities that dyadic relationships afford people when dyads are embedded in social networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjective interpretation of what is valuable to society is paramount for evaluating the merits of an intervention. As a result, social value (SV) evaluation go beyond objective evaluations. This evaluation is organic and has to do with the continuous challenges of being in the world with others, thus using different approaches to overcome social and environmental issues. Studies on SV overlooked how non-Western societies perceive SV in development projects. Hermeneutics is suitable to reveal SV's social dimensions and explore individuals' perceptions through their lived experiences beyond quantitative modelling. Therefore, this study applies a hermeneutical approach to SV to dissect the lived experiences of individuals working in national infrastructure planning in a non-Western society, which is Oman. The paper analyses 11 semi-structured interviews conducted with governmental decision-makers about Oman's infrastructure development. Findings present a total of 14 outputs and 11 outcomes for developing an SV model mapped across different national infrastructure sectors. These sectors are energy, ICT, transport, waste, and water. Findings determine different sectors provide different forms of SV, with an energy sector project being the highest contributor of SV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While it is common practice to highlight the designer's name in marketing communications, there is a lack of research on how these cues influence consumer evaluations. This article examines how the presence of designer cue affects social value perceptions and purchase intentions across two product categories in three experimental studies. The findings suggest that designer cues enhance consumers' perceived social value by evoking feelings of sophistication and privilege. The study further highlights the emotional process involved in creating social value through designer cues and the role of design newness as a regulator. The results indicate that the effect of designer cue on purchase intention depends on the self-expressive value of the product and the consumer's level of involvement in the design process. Consumers are more likely to purchase products with designer cues if they perceive the product as a means of signaling their identity and value design in their daily lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Inclusive businesses (IBs) resonate with policymakers seeking to leverage private capital in support of poverty alleviation and sustainable development. In the agri‐food sector, which represents the largest segment of the base‐of‐the‐pyramid (BOP) market and a key source of livelihood for the rural poor, there is limited evidence on their diversity and social value creation mechanisms. This prevents practitioners from identifying impactful IB types and design features. A statistical analysis of 46 cases in Tanzania and Ghana identified four IB types: (1) self‐reliant agribusinesses, (2) domestic plantation companies, (3) social enterprises, and (4) locally‐embedded Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Our findings suggest that socially‐driven and localized IBs hold high impact potential but require significant external support, while more self‐sufficient IBs adopt less socially innovative designs. This study demonstrates the utility of a data‐driven approach to capture the complexity of real‐world IBs, which yielded practical insights for more effective poverty alleviation through business means. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The procurement strategy for a construction project should provide the framework to achieve secondary procurement and socio-economic development objectives [2]. However, little attention has been focused on this in theory and practice. This paper addresses that gap by presenting a case study of the innovative targeting strategy developed and successfully implemented on a New Universities Project in South Africa to promote specified socioeconomic development objectives. Document analysis was used to examine how four socioeconomic development targets or key performance indicators, namely: local employment, skills development, local expenditure, and B-BBEE, were contractually integrated into the main works contracts. Four out of five framework contractors achieved the development targets, with low-performance damages applied in one case where the contractor failed to achieve all the development targets. The findings demonstrate how an appropriate construction procurement strategy that effectively integrates the packaging, targeting, and contracting strategies with effective systems for monitoring performance-based specifications, can play an essential role in promoting and realising socio-economic development objectives and social value through infrastructure projects.

The main goals of the study are to expand knowledge about the concept of human dignity as a social value, analyse the historical, religious and philosophical foundations of the development of this concept in Europe and Ukraine, and characterize this concept in the system of legal values. The paper uses the following scientific methods: functional and dialectical approaches, logical analysis, synthesis, comparative analysis, analysis of scientific literature and generalization. The paper examines the problem of protecting human dignity as a natural and inalienable value, the source of human and civil rights and freedoms in the world’s states’ constitutions, decisions of constitutional courts and some countries’ criminal legislation. The main result is theoretical and practical problems of implementing the right to human dignity, and justifying human dignity in the constitutions and decisions of some countries’ constitutional courts. The study was conducted on the following countries’ basis of laws and regulations: Ukraine, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Poland.

BackgroundEngagement in physical activity (PA) benefits physical and mental health as well as many other areas of society. In Europe however, 1/3 adults do not meet minimum PA recommendations. Social value, and its quantification through social return on investment (SROI) evidence, may be a useful framing to enhance PA promotion. This study aimed to assess the current use of social value framing of PA in European Union (EU) policies.MethodsContent analysis of 45 EU member state policies which contain reference to PA was conducted to evaluate the presence of five social value domains and SROI evidence. Data was analysed using manual inductive coding, supported by DeepL translation and NVivo tools.ResultsSocial value framing was present to a certain extent in existing policies, with improved health being the most commonly referenced benefit of PA, followed by reference to social and community and then environmental benefits. Acknowledgement of the positive impacts of PA on wellbeing and education was the least present. Reference to SROI evidence was also limited. Generally, policies lacked holistic recognition of the social value of PA. Policies from the health sector were particularly limited in recognising the wider benefits of PA, whilst those from the environmental sector acknowledged the widest range of co-benefits.ConclusionAdopting social value framing could be a useful approach for enhancing PA promotion. Whilst it is present to a certain extent in existing policy, this could be increased in terms of comprehensiveness to increase issue salience and multisectoral policy action.

Introduction The tobacco gift-giving culture in China poses a significant challenge to public health; however, there is limited research on effectively curbing the tobacco gift-giving culture and its associated tobacco gift consumption. This study examines the potential impact of two tobacco control measures that the Chinese government may consider adopting on cigarette gifting behavior in the future in Chinese society. Methods This study employed a randomized survey experiment to examine the effects of cigarette price treatment and pictorial health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette gifting. The total sample size of this study is 1035. Four groups of participants were presented with representative cigarettes categorized into high- , medium-, and low-priced products, along with different prices (normal and double) or external packaging imagery (normal and pictorial HWL versions). Results The price of cigarettes for personal consumption forms an L-shaped distribution, and the price of cigarette gifts forms a W-shaped distribution. Increasing cigarette prices reduces smokers' willingness to gift high-priced cigarettes but stimulates the consumption of low-price cigarettes as gifts. Pictorial HWLs do not directly influence smokers' intentions to gift cigarettes, but they enhance the effectiveness of price regulation concerning medium-priced cigarette products. Conclusions If the price variance of cigarettes is not reduced, the effect of price regulation will be very limited. Implementing combined interventions of pictorial HWLs and price regulation or modifying the pricing structure of tobacco products may yield stronger control outcomes.

This document is an editorial published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. The editorial discusses the importance of economic evaluation in evidence-based criminal justice contexts. It highlights four research papers that demonstrate innovative economic practices in estimating treatment effects, directing resources to high-risk individuals, and prioritizing offenses. The papers emphasize the need for robust economic analysis to inform decision-making and resource allocation in criminal justice agencies. The editorial concludes by emphasizing the potential benefits of economic evaluation in improving the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions in the criminal justice system. [Extracted from the article]