Browsing by Subject "Social dimension"

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    Measuring corporate social responsibility using composite indices: Mission impossible? The case of the electricity utility industry
    (2016) Paredes-Gazquez, Juan Diego; Rodríguez-Fernández, José Miguel; Cuesta-González, Marta de la
    Corporate social responsibility is a multidimensional concept that is often measured using diverse indicators. Composite indices can aggregate these single indicators into one measurement. This article aims to identify the key challenges in constructing a composite index for measuring corporate social responsibility. The process is illustrated by the construction of a composite index for measuring social outcomes in the electricity utility industry. The sample consisted of seventy-four companies from twenty-three different countries, and one special administrative region operating in the industry in 2011. The findings show that (1) the unavailability of information about corporate social responsibility, (2) the particular characteristics of this information and (3) the weighting of indicators are the main obstacles when constructing the composite index. We highlight than an effective composite index should has a clear objective, a solid theoretical background and a robust structure. In a practical sense, it should be reconsidered how researchers use composite indexes to measure corporate social responsibility, as more transparency and stringency is needed when constructing these tools.
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    Percepción de congestión y dimensión social de la capacidad de carga en cenotes de Yucatán
    (Murcia: Servicio de publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia, 2020) Enseñat Soberanis, Fernando; Blanco Gregory, Rocío; Mondragón Mejía, Johnathan Alexander
    La visita masiva de turistas a los cenotes de Yucatán tiene impactos negativos sobre dos elementos: el recurso natural y la experiencia misma del visitante. Este estudio mide y com-para, a través del indicador percepción de congestión, los impactos de la masificación en la experiencia del visitante en dos cenotes de Yucatán y entre tres tipos de visitantes: locales, nacionales y extranjeros. Los resultados muestran que la aceptabilidad de los visitantes a la congestión disminuye conforme aumenta el número de personas en ambos cenotes. Los visitantes extranjeros en los dos cenotes toleran menos la congestión mientras que los locales son el grupo que presentan niveles de tolerancia más altos.