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  2. Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility

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    The pledge was first established at Humboldt State University, California, in 1987.It originated at a time when social responsibility became a widely discussed theme in the wake of 1978 reconstitution of Physicians for Social Responsibility to involve doctors in policy discussions about nuclear power, the 1981 founding of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, and the socially ...

  3. Social responsibility - Wikipedia

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    Social responsibility is an ethical concept in which a person works and cooperates with other people and organizations for the benefit of the community. [ 1 ] An organization can demonstrate social responsibility in several ways, for instance, by donating, encouraging volunteerism , using ethical hiring procedures, and making changes that ...

  4. Environmental stewardship - Wikipedia

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    Studies have explored the benefits of environmental stewardship in various contexts such as the evaluation, modeling, and integration into policy, system management, and urban planning. One study examined how social attributes of environmental stewardship can be used to reconfigure local conservation efforts. [2]

  5. Environmental ethics - Wikipedia

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    In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resources."

  6. Friedman doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Friedman introduced the theory in a 1970 essay for The New York Times titled "A Friedman Doctrine: The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase Its Profits". [2] In it, he argued that a company has no social responsibility to the public or society; its only responsibility is to its shareholders. [2]

  7. Student governments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since ultimate responsibility over the direction of a university is usually vested in a Chancellor or President appointed by the Board, some conflicts may arise between Student Government and the institution's administration, especially in the area of fiscal matters. In addition to a student government, many institutions also establish ...

  8. Development studies - Wikipedia

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    This relationship with studies of human security is but one example of the interdisciplinary nature of development studies. Global Research cooperation between researchers from countries in the Global North and the Global South , so called North-south research partnerships , allow development studies to consider more diverse perspectives on ...

  9. Social development theory - Wikipedia

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    Social development theory attempts to explain qualitative changes in the structure and framework of society, that help the society to better realize aims and objectives.. Development can be defined in a manner applicable to all societies at all historical periods as an upward ascending movement featuring greater levels of energy, efficiency, quality, productivity, complexity, comprehension ...