title: A quantitative model to assess Social Responsibility in Environmental Science and Technology.
abstract: The awareness of the impact of human activities in society and environment is known as "Social Responsibility" (SR). It has been a topic of growing interest in many enterprises since the fifties of the past Century, and its implementation/assessment is nowadays supported by international standards. There is a tendency to amplify its scope of application to other areas of the human activities, such as Research, Development and Innovation (R + D + I). In this paper, a model of quantitative assessment of Social Responsibility in Environmental Science and Technology (SR EST) is described in detail. This model is based on well established written standards as the EFQM Excellence model and the ISO 26000:2010 Guidance on SR. The definition of five hierarchies of indicators, the transformation of qualitative information into quantitative data and the dual procedure of self-evaluation and external evaluation are the milestones of the proposed model, which can be applied to Environmental Research Centres and institutions. In addition, a simplified model that facilitates its implementation is presented in the article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Córdoba, Marie Curie building, Annex, Campus de Rabanales, Córdoba 14071, Spain. Electronic address: qa1vacam@uco.es.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valcárcel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lucena
mesh_terms: D004463:Ecology / Q000592:standards; D006802:Human Activities; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013672:Technology / Q000592:standards
keywords: CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; EFQM; EST; Environment; Environmental Science and Technology; European Foundation of Quality Management; ILO; ISO; International Labour Organization; International Standardization Organization; NGO; Non Governmental Organization; Quantitative assessment; R+D+I; Research, Development and Innovation; SA; SR; SR EST; SR ST; Science; Social Accountability; Social Responsibility; Social Responsibility in Environmental Science and Technology; Social Responsibility in Science and Technology; Technology; UN; United Nations