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Published in: Mind & Society 1-2/2023

10-03-2023

Responsible consumption choices and individual values: an algebraic interactive approach

Authors: Syed Sibghatullah Shah, Tariq Shah

Published in: Mind & Society | Issue 1-2/2023

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Abstract

This paper develops an algebraic formulation summarizing various forms of socioeconomic interaction in and across individuals, groups, corporations, and states. The proposed articulation accelerates the understanding that coordination among economic agents leads to the efficient allocation of resources in society. The study considers an approach whereby the State has a regulatory role which helps attain responsible consumption and production choices (RCP). This study has the potential to encourage the use of resources in a way that promotes RCP decisions based on an understanding of values. The fundamental structure of socioeconomic interaction is described in work using finite algebra. It presents how governance structure comprising intra- and interactions involving the State, corporation, groups, and the individual will attain (RCP). The prevailing economic structures functioned lower than the projected level, with enormous damage to the environment. It is deduced that the final level of the economy depends crucially on the initial injection of socioeconomic actions. Furthermore, diverse socioeconomic position patterns are possible depending on the nature of activity impulses undertaken at different levels. The world needs to decouple environmental degradation from economic growth to evolve towards a sustainable and collectively inclusive economy. For that purpose, mutual trust-based coordination among all stakeholders is vital to attain sustainable objectives.

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Footnotes
1
Persky (1995) evaluates Marshallian realist ideas, which see consumers exclusively in terms of Homo economicus motivated by self-interest and making decisions based on maximum utility.
 
2
Find out whether the difficulties of collaborative governance are affecting the effectiveness of programmes to respond to climate change. Mukhlis and Perdana 2022; Evans (1996) contends that government-society collaboration plays a role in achieving efficiency in disaster scenarios.
 
3
These examples can be classified into top-down and bottom-up approaches to socioeconomic interaction.
 
4
The Pakistani Ministry of Finance and the State Bank of Pakistan have not been communicating well. As a result, there is not a consistent policy in place within the banking sector to deal with monetary and fiscal crises.
 
5
e.g., maintaining a functional road network and a reliable water supply network. In many of Pakistan’s largest cities, the responsibility for upkeep the underground water pipelines rests with the respective districts.
 
6
A person's reflective equilibrium shifts when they think about new ideas or the long-term consequences of their current beliefs (Rawls, 1971).He concluded that the finest theory of justice is the one that would be accepted by the masses if they were blinded to their social status. A plan designed to create harmony among a person's (a) collection of reasoned moral judgments, (b) set of moral principles, and (c) set of relevant (scientific and philosophical) underlying concepts, as defined by Norman Daniels.
 
7
It's conceivable that dealing with the law enforcement may incur additional costs. (Falconer 2000) found that the transaction costs of forming contracts with government agencies were too high for British farmers. Reducing farmers' transaction costs associated with voluntary schemes through collective negotiation or governments absorbing the transaction costs themselves and further compensating farmers for their time in negotiations and providing information are two policy mechanisms that aim to avoid this mismatch in transaction costs.
 
8
Corruption and inefficiency in state-run firms and the government have been hot topics of conversation in Pakistan (SOEs). There are eight government-owned businesses, and the annual loss is estimated to be Rs250bn among all of them. The growth of a country may be helped along by SOEs that are well-run and productive. Some of the most prosperous corporations in the world's history were once state-owned monopolies in emerging nations. Emirates Airlines, Singapore Airlines (which is controlled by Singapore's Temasek Holdings), and the Bombay Transport Authority are just a few examples of successful SOEs. Several now-global powerhouses had their starts as state-owned companies (SOEs), including Renault of France and Embraer of Brazil. State capitalism and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are being re-examined by several developing countries as a potential response to the current global crisis.
 
9
Buying 133 VIP protocol and luxury vehicles for Punjab government (Pakistan) officials and staff at a cost of Rs 1.33 billion when there are much more urgent challenges like as floods, unemployment, poverty, inflation, and many others is ludicrous.
 
10
If we take Pakistan as an example, we see that even among government university students there is a lack of concern for the institution's own resources. Higher expenses were levied due to the institution's waste of government resources, particularly energy. Their actions are motivated by the thought, "Why should we worry, when we don't have to pay?" It's a metaphor for squandered riches. If companies are imposing negative environmental costs on individuals, then it doesn't matter how much a person tries to control their purchasing habits.
 
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For instance, most people who choose to work in the medical area do so not to maximize their earnings but to satisfy a strong motivation to aid others. Healthcare institutions shouldn’t be so concerned with pay for performance as they work to boost workers’ morale.
 
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Metadata
Title
Responsible consumption choices and individual values: an algebraic interactive approach
Authors
Syed Sibghatullah Shah
Tariq Shah
Publication date
10-03-2023
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Mind & Society / Issue 1-2/2023
Print ISSN: 1593-7879
Electronic ISSN: 1860-1839
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-023-00294-2

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