Social responsibility as a way of systemic behavior and innovation leading out of the current socio-economic crisis

53rd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 2009: Making Liveable, Sustainable Systems Unremarkable

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 402-419

  Mulej, Matjaž ^a   Božičnik, Stane ^a   Potočan, Vojko ^a   Ženko, Zdenka ^a   Hrast, Anita ^b   Štrukelj, Tjaša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b IRDO Institute for Development of Social Responsibility   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Innovation; New economy; Requisite holism; Social responsibility; Technology

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHICAL BEHAVIOR; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FREE MARKET ECONOMY; HUMAN BEING; HUMAN SURVIVAL; HUMAN VALUES; LIVING STANDARDS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEW ECONOMY; REQUISITE HOLISM; SHORT-TERM BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EFFICIENCY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODEL; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SYSTEMIC THINKING; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMICS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84865652766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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