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Social Indicators Research
Published in: Social Indicators Research 2/2016

01-08-2015

Social Efficiency of For-profit Organizations in Brazil: An Empirical Analysis

Authors: Manuel Meireles, Cida Sanches, Samuel Ferreira Jr, José Osvaldo De Sordi, Givaldo Santos

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This study proposes and validates a social efficiency indicator for profit-seeking organizations and applies it to assess the social efficiency of companies in Brazil. The study is quantitative and contains two samples: one of 87 large companies and one of 33 small and medium enterprises. The data received quantitative treatment using parametric techniques. Efficiency was analyzed using DEA Online Software. The proposed degree of social efficiency indicator is positively and significantly related to the social efficiency calculated using the DEA method. The conclusions also show that companies tend to resort to automation (or the incorporation of technology) to become more productive, resulting in higher productivity, more profit, more taxes and fewer jobs. The reduction in the number of jobs could rapidly lead our society to a situation in which “certain neighborhoods could become isolated, with unnecessary and unqualified people in potential conflict and leading a marginal existence”. This state of poverty would inevitably lead to environmental degradation.
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Metadata
Title
Social Efficiency of For-profit Organizations in Brazil: An Empirical Analysis
Authors
Manuel Meireles
Cida Sanches
Samuel Ferreira Jr
José Osvaldo De Sordi
Givaldo Santos
Publication date
01-08-2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Social Indicators Research / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-1062-y

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