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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. A New Scheme for the Evaluation of Socio-Economic Performance of Organizations: A Well-Being Indicator Approach

Authors : Silvia Di Cesare, Alfredo Cartone, Luigia Petti

Published in: Perspectives on Social LCA

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Abstract

In this paper we propose to evaluate socio-economic performance of organizations through a well-being approach. Our aim is to build a composite indicator for product socio-economic impacts. As composite indicators are useful to simplify the behaviour of complex phenomena, a methodology based on well-being indicators is developed in the scope of the affected population. The organization actions are connected to the weights of the well-being indicators based on the effective links existing between these actions and the well-being dimensions. Thereafter, the links between variables from social reporting and life cycle inventory indicators are defined by conducting a Delphi expert consensus method on the basis of the “Wisdom of crowds” theory.

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Metadata
Title
A New Scheme for the Evaluation of Socio-Economic Performance of Organizations: A Well-Being Indicator Approach
Authors
Silvia Di Cesare
Alfredo Cartone
Luigia Petti
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Perspectives on Social LCA

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-06564-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-01508-4

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01508-4_3