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- Heidegger, technology and sustainability: between intentionality, accountability and empowermentPublication . Nobre, Ângela Lacerda; Duarte, Rogério; Jacquinet, MarcTransition is the adequate term for characterising contemporary societies. Norms and values are in transit, led by a technological revolution, which is, in itself, the tip of the iceberg of millenary social and cultural changes. Heidegger, one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century, captured this tension between social change and innovative technology and showed that the Western civilisation was captive of ontological instances whose role was already pin-pointed by Greek Antiquity philosophy but which went underground with Modernity. The product of Heidegger’s work was a revolution in Western thought, which found echoes across all areas of society. Taking Husserl’s call for “back to the things themselves”, Heidegger’s impact has empowered the calls for more sustainable and resilient societies. Sustainability models, with its three pillars of environmental, economic and social sustainability, are directly dependent upon the role of technology and of information science in shaping current patterns of production and consumption in contemporary societies. Industrial, academic and political discourses already voice such taken for granted assumptions. Nevertheless, it is crucial to clarify and to highlight the links between economic evolution and progress, social change and the catalysing role of technology, taken as an enabler of human action.
- How social entrepreneurship promotes sustainable development: with some examples from developed and developing countriesPublication . Bento, Paulo; Jacquinet, Marc; Albuquerque, RosanaThis chapter aims to show how social entrepreneurship contributes to solving persistent and complex problems in various parts of the world, in developed and developing countries, and, this way, how it contributes to sustainable development. By the theory review, research has focused on the activity of social enterprises. Considering the impact that social entrepreneurship has in the communities, there appears to be a clear surplus between results and resources used, both material and human, with a substantial incidence of volunteering. From the results of our study, including the examples of social enterprises presented, it is possible to imagine how empowering communities can contribute to a more sustainable future. Social entrepreneurship is still recent regarding its academic study, and several authors such as Roberts and Woods (Europe 7:45–51, 2000) or Parente et al. (Empreendedorismo social: Contributos teóricos para a sua definição, 2011) refer the scarcity and some confusion still existing in the literature. This work can help improve this picture. This chapter can contribute, in a relevant way, for the knowledge of how social entrepreneurship has an impact on the dynamics of the territories where it operates. And it goes beyond the more traditional approach, considering not only the situation in developing regions but also addressing social entrepreneurship in developed countries.
- Indigenous knowledge systems and methods against ignorance: two case studies of Amakhuwa in Mozambique and Aymaras in BoliviaPublication . Jacquinet, Marc; Nhaueleque, Laura; Bussotti, LucaIn the current debates on sustainable development, the methodological discussions of research techniques and traditions have recently opened the issue of indigenous research and methodologies on a wide and global scale. It is a welcome move, and much more remains to be done, especially outside of the realm of English-speaking countries. Therefore, the analysis extends research to new geographical areas and understudied cultures. Consequently, it proposes a reflection on indigenous methodologies based on the integration of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) and local knowledge of populations impacted by climate change, resettlement policies, cooperation initiatives, indigenous institutions, and public policies. The research is based on the combination of two main approaches: a review of literature complemented by two case studies, one in Northern Mozambique with the Amakhuwa people and another in Aymara Andean societies in Bolivia. In this later case the results can be extended to the proximate culture of the Quichuan communities. The main conclusions are about the indigenous knowledge systems as well as the importance of indigenous methodologies both for research purpose and better policy analysis, implementation, and assessment.
- O esporte como ferramenta da sustentabilidade social nas instituições esportivasPublication . Ocampo, Gisele Kede Flor; Jacquinet, Marc; Azevedo, Antonio Adelúzio Gomes deA Sustentabilidade Social se refere a um conjunto de ações que visam melhorar a qualidade de vida da população. Está, portanto, relacionada com ações que reduzam as desigualdades sociais, ampliem direitos e garantam acesso a serviços como educação e saúde melhorando a qualidade de vida e oferecendo oportunidades as pessoas mais desfavorecidas melhorando assim a sua qualidade de vida. Assim, pode-se considerar o esporte um aliado das atividades de sustentabilidade social visto o esporte prega a inclusão, respeito, ética, disciplina, formação de caráter, saúde e qualidade de vida. Por meio do esporte pode-se desenvolver projetos e aulas que promovam valores diminuindo o preconceito, valorizando as diferenças, respeitando as mulheres além de trabalhar as competências emocionais fortalecendo a cultura esportiva na comunidade. Diante deste cenário vê-se a necessidade das instituições esportivas se engajarem no desenvolvimento da sustentabilidade. Neste estudo qualitativo-descritivo foram estudadas as instalações esportivas do Serviço social do comércio - Sesc no Distrito Federal.
- Corporate social responsabilityPublication . Jacquinet, Marc; Nobre, Ângela Lacerda; Duarte, Rogério; Pimentel, Fernando; Silva, MariaThe context of the digital economy and of the value systems that are prevalent in contemporary societies imply that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is at the core of business strategies, either as a genuine and results-seeking attitude or else as a reductive communication and marketing approach to the market. CSR functions as the other side of the coin of Quality Systems, as both share the same basic philosophy and working paradigm.
- Economia circular, economia verde e sustentabilidade: percepções dos docentes e estudantes do ISMU, ESCN, ISFIC e Uni-Licungo sobre as suas práticasPublication . Fazenda, Rodrigues Zicai; Cardoso, Damiao; Baloi, Jochua Abrão; Jacquinet, Marc; Machanguia, Ana Lúcia; Chimene Júnior, JoãoEste artigo pretende analisar as perceções e as práticas diárias da economia circular, economia verde e sustentabilidade nos docentes e estudantes do ISMU, ESCN, ISFIC e Uni-Licungo. O seu argumento central é que apesar dos docentes e estudantes do ISMU, ESCN, ISFIC e Uni-Licungo terem perceção da economia circular, economia verde e sustentabilidade, eles não têm a prática diária destes elementos. Recordar que até a década de 1960 a economia era sempre linear o que levava a desperdício e que de forma rápida acabaria por levar ao esgotamento dos recursos naturais, criando de certa forma perigo para o nosso futuro comum devido a degradação do ambiente. Foi daí que se pensou na economia circular, economia verde e na sustentabilidade. O presente estudo é baseado num questionário cujas opções de respostas às perguntas obedecem uma escala de tipo likert de cinco categorias. As variáveis que foram sendo cruzadas tiveram sua seleção de acordo com a respetiva intensidade de relacionamento, tendo sido escolhidas somente aquelas cujo relacionamento (r) era forte. Também foram realizados testes de correlação e apresentadas várias formas de validade do instrumento de recolha de dados (o questionário) e a validade dos dados. O estudo conclui que a incorporação da sustentabilidade nas Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) aquando da execução das atividades diárias tomando como base os 17 Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) é fundamental para que haja uma educação para a sustentabilidade, contribua-se para mudanças de comportamento a nível das Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) e que de forma mais expedita haja mais práticas sobre os domínios da economia verde, sustentabilidade e economia circular, o que vai contribuír para uma melhor educação orientada a cidadania ambiental. A prática da economia circular, economia verde e a sustentabilidade trazem consequências benéficas ao nosso planeta e à humanidade.
- Business intelligence and of transformational leadershipPublication . Nobre, Ângela Lacerda; Duarte, Rogério; Jacquinet, Marc; Pimentel, Fernando; Silva, MariaThe evolution of the twenty-first century has witnessed the raise of management sciences and the sophistication of its tools and methodologies. A critical part of such evolution has been the development of computing science technologies. Under this setting, Quality Management Systems have developed as a fundamental bridge between information systems and the strategic and operational sides of both businesses and of public institutions. The strategic power of information management has been configured as the field of Business Intelligence, which captures the dynamic circuits of business process modelling and of the decision-making flows.
- Corporate social responsibility and management in a glocal contextPublication . Silva, Maria; Jacquinet, Marc; Nobre, Ângela LacerdaCorporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a recurrent and global concept used by international and local corporations, with its supporters, skeptics, and critics. It is also a growing area of concern and practice for businesses for answering the challenges of the present century, such as fighting poverty or promoting sustainable development goals. There is need—almost consensual—for clarifying the impact and the policy setting related to complex areas, such as climate change, environmental issues, social responsibility and a whole array of ethical issues, at global and at the local level (i.e., through an unavoidable glocal perspective). The purpose of this chapter is, first, to review the literature and the main issues related to corporate social responsibility; second, to identify the current challenges this scientific area is facing; and, third, to pinpoint its relevance at the level of the digital economy setting, for the management of the emergent business models and of the information systems management of businesses.
- Artificial intelligence, big data, platform capitalism and public policy: an evolutionary perspectivePublication . Jacquinet, MarcThe present paper aims to discuss the change in political economy when considering the new context and complexity of social, environmental and economic issues today, and more recently all the debates around artificial intelligence, big data and platform capitalism. First, it is important that the reflection be situated in the new and latest phase of transformation of the capitalist system, either globally or locally. Second, the convergence between artificial intelligence, big data, computer science and platforms is not fortuitous and there is more than buzzwords, but new real economic processes emerging. Third, the evolutionary perspective adopted here is based on complexity theory and the recent developments in the study of innovation, technological change and institutions, from a rather heterodox view mixed with economic history. Fourth, the historical dimension of change and the need to adopt a long view of historical processes, namely because of uncertainty, ignorance and constraints on economic agents. Finally, the problem of framing political issues and measures is tackled and is related to the level of complexity of what is at stake with the digital transformation of capitalist economies and different types of democratic societies.
- Information systems governance and Industry 4.0: epistemology of data and semiotic methodologies of IS in digital ecosystemsPublication . Nobre, Ângela Lacerda; Duarte, Rogério; Jacquinet, MarcContemporary Information Systems management incorporates the need to make explicit the links between semiotics, meaning-making and the digital age. This focus addresses, at its core, pure rationality, that is, the capacity of human interpretation and of human inscription upon reality. Creating the new real, that is the motto. Humans are intrinsically semiotic creatures. Consequently, semiotics is not a choice or an option but something that works like a second skin, establishing limits and permeable linkages between: (i) human thought and human's infinite world of imagination; and (ii) human action, with its correspondent infinite world of intentionality, of desire and of unexplored possibilities. Two instances are contrasted as two reading lenses of current business reality: IS governance and industry 4.0. These phenomena correspond to the need to take accountability, transparency and responsibility into account, when designing IS and when using such systems through the ecology of connectivity, Big Data and the Internet of Things. Political, social and cultural dimensions are brought into the equation, when addressing the question of the relevance and adequateness of IS theory and practice to respond to contemporary challenges. The message is that what has already been achieved is but a shadow, a pale vision, of what might be achieved in the age of the new Renaissance.