Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p289
Sholpan K. Abikenova, Gulmira A. Nasyrova, Aizhan G. Shayakhmetova, Inara E. Sarybayeva
In the scientific article, the positive impact of preventive accident insurance programs in the workplace is studied. Such programs are the most common and strategically significant type of social security in many countries. Insurance programs often include medical services, vocational rehabilitation, and benefits for injured workers or family members of deceased breadwinners. However, considering current trends, preventive measures aimed at stimulating the improvement of working conditions and occupational safety, active support, and funding of informational and preventive measures remain relevant. The article provides an overview of the use of preventive measures in insurance programs and suggests improving their effectiveness in enhancing working conditions. Firstly, it is proposed to create a unified information database for monitoring insurance contracts, controlling insurance flows on an industry-specific basis, for each enterprise and specific profession, as well as supervising the completeness and quality of preventive measures and the timely provision of compensation to injured workers and rehabilitation measures. Secondly, within the framework of assessing insurance risk, it is suggested to implement comprehensive assessment of occupational risk through the insurance fund. The results of the occupational risk assessment will serve as the basis for applying a two-component insurance tariff, taking into account a surcharge if the working conditions are unsafe. Thirdly, it is proposed to provide occupational health and safety training through insurance financing.
Keywords: safe work, risk-oriented approach, insurance, industrial accident, prevention.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p247
Fatemeh Khosravi, Sam Jelliman, Chidinma Uchendu
Most businesses in the UK have under 250 employees and thus count as SMEs. SMEs account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas emissions and so there is a need for urgent action to be taken by SMEs in the journey to achieve net zero. This is currently recognised by SMEs as they are increasingly taking up decarbonisation actions, but their efforts are impeded by several barriers. Our research sought to provide insights into the barriers SMEs face when decarbonising business operations through an online survey and interview. Although our research confirms that financial constraints has been identified as the principal barrier to decarbonisation from SMEs perspectives, more than half of SMEs confirmed they lack the knowledge (34%, n=33) and skill (21%, n=20) was the main reason for not measing their carbon emission and starting their journey towards decarbonisation.
Keywords: SMEs, Barriers, decarbonisation journey, Net Zero.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p38
Florina Bran, Dumitru Alexandru Bodislav, Cătălin Romeo Crețu, Irina Elena Petrescu
This study is based on an algorithm created for the American stock market to improve closed investment funds' efficiency, which had as a secondary output a suitable and sustainable model that could be scaled to fit solutions for problems with automated decision making at the government level, similar to a fundamental business intelligence solution (that adheres to similar procedures as the IBM Cognos workflow), which provides a solution in creating the best sustainable model. The model is based on businesses that are listed on the NASDAQ and LSE since these markets offer the finest examples of transparency and accurate audits. It also replicates the economic sectors that make up a fictitious national economy. In order to provide a better perspective and to report the main findings of this study, we also created an overview to analyze the development of B.A.D.E.M., an indicator that simulates a national economy, which in 2023 reached its tenth version, and HSS, a micro-indicator that simulates the healthcare sector.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, automated decision making, business intelligence, economic growth, resilience
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p533
Ali Eldiasty, Neveen Ibrahim, Manal Soliman, Mona H. ALShammary, Ibrahim Helal
The study aimed at investigating the reality of environmental citizenship behaviors practice among the beneficiaries from community associations in Ha'il. These behaviors are identified scientifically by national organizations to include environmental personal responsibility, environmental justice and environmental participation. The researchers utilized the sample social survey as an instrument for measuring environmental citizenship behaviors. The research population included 1030 beneficiaries. A random sample of 10%, hundred and three (103) participants, out of the total research population was drawn using the random tables method. Data was collected in the period from (23/5/2022 to 10/11/2022). Findings revealed the highest practiced behaviors as: environmental personal responsibility, environmental justice, and environmental participation with averages of 4.33, 4.23 and 4.08, respectively. Researchers recommended using training programs and providing a local database of individuals' activities that support environmental citizenship behaviors
Key Words: Environmental citizenship behaviors, Environmental personal responsibility, Environmental justice, Environmental participation, Community associations, Ha'il city
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n4p417
Kingsley Christopher Solomon, Charles Nkem Okolie, Bright Enyinnaya Nwamuo, Johnson Okeke Ifeanyi, Ikwor Okoroafor Ogbonnaya, Timothy Chibuike Anyanwu, Benedette Nneka Okezie
The African continent is undeniably blessed with immense resources that spans from natural to human. The remarkably blessed natural resources and the unique environment accounts for the abundance of food and raw materials that keep the various industries around the world operational. In other words, Africa and its numerous natural resources cannot be undermined in the world’s food-chain and supplies of raw materials that keep industrial world functional. This beautiful horizon of Africa’s natural environment remains the home of various species of unique animals and plants. However, in recent times, the rich African environment and natural resources have been under threats by various human activities and natural disaster such as Gas flaring, Deforestation, flood, wild fire, hunting, oil explorations etc. These human and natural disaster have put the African continent and indeed its beautiful natural environment at the threshold of near collapse, unproductivity, risk of extinction of unique plants and animals and of course other unimaginable problems, if not properly handled. Leadership crisis and indeed poor leadership in Africa have not only contributed to the socio-political and cultural problems in Africa, but to the environmental crisis and mismanagement of various resources that can aid the progress of Africa. This paper affirms that effective leadership remains a propitious tool of environmental sustainability in Africa.
Keywords: Leadership, Effective leadership, Environmental sustainability in Africa
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p364
Nadia Yusuf, Inass Salamah Ali
The research investigates the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) by analyzing the Tadawul All Share Index (TASI). Relying on a robust quantitative methodology, the study involved de-seasonalizing daily TASI 'Close' values using a 7-day moving average and employing ARIMA modeling to examine time-series characteristics for periods before and after the first reported case of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia on March 2, 2020. The study spanned 115 days, with 56 days before and 59 days after the outbreak, resulting in a total of 115 observations. Advanced statistical tests, including a two-sample t-test and effect size calculation (Cohen's d), were conducted to statistically validate the differences in market performance. The findings revealed a significant decrease in TASI performance post-COVID-19, with increased market volatility. This data aligns with global observations of market disruptions during the pandemic and contributes to the understanding of crisis-induced market behaviors. Finally, the obtained results offer valuable insights into the complexities of stock market responses to global health emergencies while further underscoring the importance of considering external factors in market dynamics. Keywords: Stock market; COVID-19; financial market; performance; Tadawul; mortality; Saudi Arabia
本研究通过分析 Tadawul All Share Index (TASI)，调查 COVID-19 大流行病对沙特证券交易所（Tadawul）的直接影响。该研究采用稳健的定量方法，使用 7 天移动平均线对每日 TASI "收盘 "值进行去季节化处理，并使用 ARIMA 模型研究 2020 年 3 月 2 日沙特阿拉伯首次报告 COVID-19 病例之前和之后的时间序列特征。研究时间跨度为 115 天，其中疫情爆发前 56 天，疫情爆发后 59 天，共计 115 次观测。研究采用了先进的统计检验方法，包括双样本 t 检验和效应大小计算（Cohen's d），从统计学角度验证了市场表现的差异。结果显示，COVID-19 后 TASI 业绩大幅下降，市场波动加剧。这一数据与全球对大流行病期间市场混乱的观察结果一致，有助于理解危机引发的市场行为。最后，所获得的结果为了解股票市场应对全球卫生突发事件的复杂性提供了宝贵的见解，同时进一步强调了在市场动态中考虑外部因素的重要性。 关键词股票市场；COVID-19；金融市场；表现；Tadawul；死亡率；沙特阿拉伯
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p29
Sorin BURLACU, Carmen-Valentina RĂDULESCU, Evelina Petronela BĂLU, Florin DOBRE
Socio-cultural sustainability has become an increasingly important aspect of resilience in public services, particularly in meeting the needs of diverse populations. This article reviews the concept of socio-cultural sustainability and its relevance to public services and provides a comprehensive framework for achieving socio-cultural sustainability in service delivery. The framework includes five key strategies: (1) engaging with diverse communities, (2) promoting cultural competency, (3) fostering inclusion and equity, (4) building partnerships, and (5) continuous evaluation and improvement. The article discusses the importance of each strategy and provides practical examples and case studies to illustrate how they can be implemented in practice. The research explores the benefits of achieving socio-cultural sustainability, including increased community engagement, improved service delivery, and enhanced organizational performance. Finally, the article discusses the challenges of achieving socio-cultural sustainability in public services and provides recommendations for overcoming these challenges.
Keywords: socio-cultural sustainability, resilience, public services, strategies
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p15
Mari Myllylä, José Juan Cañas Delgado, Pertti Saariluoma
People make mistakes in their thinking. Errors in human thinking and incorrect information contents in people’s mental representations can be found in everyday context such as in arguments about the current climate crisis. Erroneous thinking can cause false thought models such as climate change denialism and conspiracy thinking. Therefore, it is important to analyze the information contents of incorrect schemas or thought models. This can be done with an approach called content-based psychology.
In this research we analyzed 2980 public opinions posted in Finnish Social Media Platform Suomi24 to study how people think about and what kinds of illusory contents they use in constructing their representations on climate issues. We wanted to ask whether one can find illusory thinking in social media posts and to outline a typical construction of a false thought model in conspiracy thinking related to climate change. As a result, we found that conspiracy thinking can be found in online media discussions, and it is strongly associated with climate change denialism. Also, different fallacious or biased thought models have combined effects in constructing active mental representations in conspiracy thought models. Analyzing mental contents makes it possible to understand denialist and illusory thinking, but it requires further work.
Keywords: Climate change thinking,, Erroneous thinking, Content-based psychology, Denialism, Conspiracy thinking
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 In this research we analyzed 2980 public opinions posted in Finnish Social Media Platform Suomi24 to study how people think about and what kinds of illusory contents they use in constructing their representations on climate issues. We wanted to ask whether one can find illusory thinking in social media posts and to outline a typical construction of a false thought model in conspiracy thinking related to climate change. As a result, we found that conspiracy thinking can be found in online media discussions, and it is strongly associated with climate change denialism. Also, different fallacious or biased thought models have combined effects in constructing active mental representations in conspiracy thought models. Analyzing mental contents makes it possible to understand denialist and illusory thinking, but it requires further work.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.14207/ejsd.2023.v12n3p139
Ghenadie CIOBANU, Luminița Popescu GROAZNICU, Dragoș RĂDUCANU, Carol Cristina GOMBOS
In the context of the strategic development objectives of the European Union for the next strategic cycle until 2030, a priority issue is the decarburization of the economy, oriented towards the design and monitoring of strategies in order to achieve the objectives regarding climate change, the simultaneous stimulation of economic growth and ensuring social cohesion. A special place belongs to the progress of climate change, which requires progressive steps in the implementation of strategies and policies for all member countries of the EU. We propose in this article to focus on the application of decarburization strategies and policies in the countries of the European Union with an emphasis on Romania, with a necessary approach to social inclusion issues. The development of proposals for efficient strategies for the decarburization of economies in EU, the comparative analysis between the diversification of macroeconomic policies and instruments with different evaluation criteria, having as an essential support - the digitalization tools, which will accelerate the process of decarburization of the countries' economy EU. We propose the development of decarburization strategies based on a mix of policies focused on establishing emission prices; standards and regulations; the implementation of capital, labor and innovation reallocation policies.
Key words: Decarburization of the economy, strategies and policies, digitalization, innovation
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Since the appearance of the first entrepreneurial activities, people have noticed that the most important resource, without which they will not be able to be successful, is the human resource. Over time, industries and fields of activity have evolved and this is obvious to everyone, but this would not have been possible without well-trained, involved and eager people to achieve performance.
Therefore, whatever resources are involved in a business, regardless of the field, country, coverage area, the human resource remains the most valuable. The business sector is constantly evolving and, along with it, the labor market also shows a dynamic that is at least directly proportional.
The pandemic period strongly affected almost all economic sectors and, at the same time, a very large number of employees were directly affected by these changes: either they became unemployed, or they were laid off, or (the happiest ones) they continued the flow of work, without being strongly affected by what happened in the market. We have analysed these changes at the international level in order to outline the evolution of the labor market in recent years and its future trends.
Through this article, with the help of the synthesis of case studies carried out by accredited institutions as well as the specialized literature, we propose to identify what was, with the total or partial return to normality, the dynamics of the labor market and how the companies managed to straighten and fold with the new realities of the markets.
Keywords: pandemic, human resources, business growth, crisis, labor market
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 Therefore, whatever resources are involved in a business, regardless of the field, country, coverage area, the human resource remains the most valuable. The business sector is constantly evolving and, along with it, the labor market also shows a dynamic that is at least directly proportional.
 The pandemic period strongly affected almost all economic sectors and, at the same time, a very large number of employees were directly affected by these changes: either they became unemployed, or they were laid off, or (the happiest ones) they continued the flow of work, without being strongly affected by what happened in the market. We have analysed these changes at the international level in order to outline the evolution of the labor market in recent years and its future trends.
 Through this article, with the help of the synthesis of case studies carried out by accredited institutions as well as the specialized literature, we propose to identify what was, with the total or partial return to normality, the dynamics of the labor market and how the companies managed to straighten and fold with the new realities of the markets.
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