Corporate Social Responsibility Perception and Happiness of Employees:Evidence From Disney Resort in China

In recent years,many scholars have discussed good corporate culture,such as corporate social responsibility.The study investigates the relationship between employee perceptions of corporate social responsibility(CSR)and happiness in China’s resort industry.Four types of corporate social responsibilities are economic,legal,ethical,and discretionary.The study is an empirical study conducted to survey full-time workers who are working in Disney Resort,China.257 effective samples have been collected.The result implicated that the Disney Resort employees’corporate social responsibility perception positively affects happiness.Economic,legal,ethical,and discretionary responsibility all positively affect happiness.

Social perception of soil conservation benefits in Kondoa eroded area of Tanzania

A soil conservation project was implemented in Tanzania for over 30 years.This study applied a socio-economic approach to examine and analyse the benefits of soil conservation in the Kondoa eroded area of Tanzania by conducting a household survey of 240 households.The study findings show that 89%and 70%of respondents consider soil conservation activities have increased vegetation and soil fertility,respectively.Decreased soil erosion was perceived by 68%of respondents,increased firewood by 98%,increased fodder by 50%,high crop yields by 56%,and food sufficiency by 68%.These are the outcomes of conservation tillage,integrated farming and use of organic fertilizers,controlled stall feeding,agroforestry,construction of cut off drains,contour bunds and contour ridges cultivation,which are the main land use practices in the area.Access to extension services,household sizes,long term land ownership,crop incomes and awareness of soil conservation project were found to determine the level of participation in soil conservation.Major challenges are the lack of sustainability of those activities because of a recent policy decision to withdraw conservation investment.Despite the challenge,this study concluded that past government efforts on soil conservation activities initiated since the early 1970s through decentralization,institutional collaboration,socioeconomic support to farmers and continuous local community participation in restoring the degraded ecosystem of Kondoa have contributed to ensure environmental and socio-economic sustainability in the area.

Cleft Lip Surgical Intervention in Resource Constraint Settings: A Case Report

Cleft lip and palate is a very common condition which is globally undertreated. This case report shows how cleft lip surgery can transform patient’s lives, self-perception, and their self-esteem through a visionary and adaptive leadership of a few social workers and medical doctors in resource constrained settings. The case report also shows that when treated, the benefits to the patient and their family are lifelong and disproportionately large compared to the degree of effort and cost of doing the reconstruction;and puts forth the case for educating physicians to maximize their societal benefit through work in resource-constrained settings.

Survey on Perceptions of Social Fairness and Their Implications for Social Governance Innovation

At the present stage,social fairness or equity is an important area of governance in China,and increasing the level of fairness is an important theme of work.In 2016,the Chinese government laid down specific arrangements and operations relating to equity in education,social security,market competition,etc.The participatory governance model entails testing policy outcomes in relation to the sense of fairness of the mass of the people.Our survey found that perceptions of fairness are higher among middle-and high-income groups and are lower in the eastern region than in the central and western regions.In social security,however,perceptions of fairness and of improvements in the level of fairness are lower than they are for education and market competition.Overall,specific policies relating to fairness in education have been quite effective in enhancing people＇s perceptions of fairness.Accordingly,if we are to make effective improvements in the fairness of social governance,we need a more rational distribution system that takes into account public opinion and expands the scope of fairness in social security.

Residents’Perception of the Recreational Value of Forest Parks:A Case Study in Shanghai,China

Forest parks provide important recreational and tourism bene?ts to residents,so it is essential to know what residents’perceptions are regarding the recreational value of forest parks for participatory forest planning and management.This study investigated forest park recreational value in the physical,psychological,and social dimensions in Shanghai according to questionnaires completed by 658 respondents,and examined the relationships between recreational value and residents’social variables by multiple correspondence analysis(MCA).The results show the following:1)The recreational value of forest parks is perceived as most important in the psychological dimension,while in the social dimension it is appreciated the least.2)In terms of the differences in forest park recreational value in suburbs and rural areas,the social value in rural areas had significantly higher scores than in the suburbs,and the psychological value in suburbs is much higher than that in the rural areas.3)Regarding the social variables which characterize residents in suburbs and rural areas,females and younger groups tended to assign higher scores to recreational value than males and older groups.Moreover,citizens with low education or low income also assigned higher scores to recreational value compared to more educated or higher-income residents.The results of this study reveal the recreational value characteristics of Shanghai forest parks in the three dimensions,which can provide a scientific basis for the sustainable development of urban forest resources and contribute to reasonable planning and management.