A model and case for supporting participatory public decision making in e-democracy

In this paper, focusing on participatory public decision making processes, I propose a framework for group support systems and discuss related research issues. As a case illustrating the feasibility of participatory public decision making, I present the participatory budgeting experience in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The case is analyzed based on the proposed framework.     

零售商买方势力：福利分析及公共政策

零售商买方势力的增强改变了产业链上制造商与零售商的传统约束方向，约束方向的改变也带来相应社会福利损失的改变。文中介绍了测量零售商买方势力大小的指标，分析了由于零售商买方势力的增长带来的社会福利状态改变和买方势力对社会效率的影响，提出了抑制零售商买方势力负面效应的对策。     

论我国中小企业技术创新的困境及对策

现代意义上的竞争是科学技术的竞争,中小企业以其勇于创新的开拓精神已经成为科技成果商品化和产业化的中坚力量。因此,考察我国中小企业技术创新的现状,为我国中小企业的健康发展创造良好条件具有重大意义。本文从宏观层面探讨了制约我国中小企业技术创新的重要因素,并提出政府宏观扶持的相关对策。     

Statistical Thinking in Computer-Based Learning Environments

The theme of technology is particularly important for statistics education because of the role of technology in changing views of statistical knowledge, pedagogy and learning. The interactive multimedia technology of today allows for the creation of powerful learning environments where the focus is on the process that produced the data and its associated variation and the statistical thinking required to solve the problem. However, despite this optimistic view, students' self‐regulation and intrinsic motivation seem to be key concepts for learning in complex interactive computer‐based learning environments. We conclude with observations of teachers and students working with applets. More of these evaluations should be published and/or made available to the statistical community so that both positive and negative teaching experiences can be shared.     

企业社会责任研究中的困惑

伴随着企业规模和实力的不断增强，自20世纪50年代以来，企业社会责任（corporate social responsibility，CSR）问题就一直备受商业理论界的关注。大量学者从企业社会责任的定义、内涵、理论基础等方面进行了大量的研究，取得了丰富的研究成果。然而，不可否认的是，目前对企业社会责任的研究仍然有很多差强人意的地方，其中一些问题来自于企业社会责任概念本身，而另一些则来自于现有研究的不足。本文的主要目的是就企业社会责任问题研究中的四个方面的研究困境与不足进行探讨，这四个问题分别涉及企业社会责任的内涵、原因、评价与跨国环境下的企业社会责任问题。     

试论跨国采购风险管理与企业社会责任

众多跨国公司越来越重视研究跨国采购的风险管理。而企业社会责任风险这种近年来日益明显的风险,正在成为跨国采购风险管理中越来越重要的组成部分。本文将主要分析如何识别和管理跨国采购的一般风险,尤其是如何判断和防范社会责任风险。同时跨国采购中的社会责任风险管理也正在极大地影响着我国的跨国采购供应商,本文也将分析我国供应商如何应对跨国公司的这类采购风险管理。     

Sustainability reporting in Norway – an assessment of performance in the context of legal demands and socio‐political drivers

This article explores the influence of societal, political and regulatory characteristics and developments on the quality of corporate sustainability disclosures in Norway. The paper presents an assessment both of mandatory reporting under the Norwegian Accounting Act, and of voluntary reporting in annual and separate non‐financial reports, by the 100 largest firms in Norway. Our results reveal that only 10% of the companies comply with the legal requirements on environmental reporting, while only half of the firms comply with the legal reporting provisions on working environment and gender equality. The vast majority of firms also report unsatisfactorily on non‐financial issues in the voluntary disclosures assessed. Analysing the causes of these results, we contend that the situation is characterized by (1) an apparent lack of political and social drivers for sustainability reporting in Norway and (2) an absence of sufficient monitoring and enforcement of the environmental reporting legislation on the part of Norwegian authorities. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

节能背景下消费模式的修正

通过全面解析消费的概念及其在社会层面的深刻意义,以及中西方社会观念和消费模式的差异,认为我国当前的消费主义更多源于特定的社会结构转型时期,呈现出竞争性消费、补偿性消费和交换性消费三种主要形式,从探索适宜消费模式的角度提出了改进策略。