Do Hong Kong Public Universities Take Advantage of ICT for Social Responsibility Reporting?

An, Yingli; Qiao, Xin; Jing, Wang; Zhai, Shi Yun

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2019.06.124

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“…Therefore, Iranian universities can use the identified components to improve the conditions and provide the basis for their improvement. In this regard, it can be said that the research results of An et al (2019) indicated that Hong Kong universities attached great importance to social accountability based on information and Implementation steps…”

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“…Although few and scattered researches have been conducted on social accountability patterns of organizations, no research was found that examined the pattern of social accountability in Iranian universities. For example, An, Qiao, Wang & Zhai (2019) concluded during their research that Hong Kong universities have a good performance for social accountability reporting based on information and communication technology and attach great importance to it. Rahnavard, Jokar, Taherpour & Rasouli (2019) conducted a research on the social accountability of Iran's government organizations and concluded that this structure has seven categories as causal conditions, including management model, international requirements, type of organization's mission, organizational culture, legal requirements, and organizational image.…”

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A Comparative Study of University' Social Responsibility Patterns: Strategies for Iranian Universities

Khosravi

Taleb²,

Zafarghandi³

et al. 2021

Iranian Journal of Educational Sociology

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Purpose:The present research was conducted with the aim of comparative study of university' social responsibility patterns to provide strategies for Iranian universities. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The research population was all articles and books related to social responsibility and university' social responsibility patterns in the 1990 to 2021 years. Out of 23 resources related to university social response patterns number of 14 resources based on the inclusion criteria were selected as a sample by purposive sampling method. Data were collected by documentary method and take noting from them and were analyzed by content analysis method. Findings: Findings showed that the university' social responsibility patterns mainly emphasized on 10 components of environmental conditions (economic, political, cultural and social), law, ethics, humanitarian, stakeholders, philosophy and goals of the pattern, theoretical foundations, perceptual framework, implementation stages and evaluation and engineering system. Also, a comparative study of university' social responsibility patterns indicated that these patterns were more similar from each other in terms of four components of environmental conditions, stakeholders, implementation stages and evaluation and engineering system and were more different from each other in terms of six components of law, ethics, humanitarian, philosophy and goals of the pattern, theoretical foundations and perceptual framework. Conclusion:The results of this research can have practical implications for university specialists and planners. They can with the help of identified components take an effective step towards promoting social responsibility in universities.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%