The objective of this article is double: first, to analyze, using a descriptive analysis, the main differences in the level and components of social behaviour between European and North American firms and, second, to contrast empirically, using a multiple linear regression model, whether the motives behind corporate social behaviour are different depending on the region or country of the firm. With this aim, an indicator of social behaviour (termed effort in sustainability) has been constructed by aggregating the firm's social effort (...) with customers, employees, community and environment for a sample of the 40 European and North American companies most highly reputed in the years 2003 and 2004. The results obtained indicate that the region or country of the firm influences the level, components and motivation of its social behaviour. (shrink)

The relationship between social and financial performance (CSP – FP) has been a main objective in the literature on business management, as it would provide an economic justification for the social investment insofar as it contributes to the creation of value. This relationship has been empirically tested by several authors though without using a theoretical model that sustains this relationship. The aim of this article is to propose a theoretical model of the process of the creation of value from the (...) reputation generated by companies, integrating the factors that have been shown to be more relevant in this process from previous research, in such a way that hypotheses are put forward regarding the existence of this relationship and the factors that determine it. Finally, an empirical test is performed using the 100 most prestigious companies operating in Spain during 2004. (shrink)

Happiness is typically reported as an important reason for participating in challenging activities like extreme sport. While in the middle of the activity, however, participants do not seem particularly happy. So where does the happiness come from? The article proposes some answers from a study of facially expressed emotions measured moment-by-moment during a backcountry skiing event. Self-reported emotions were also assessed immediately after the skiing. Participants expressed lower levels of happiness while skiing, compared to when stopping for a break. Moment-to-moment (...) and self-reported measures of emotions were largely unrelated. These findings are explained with reference to the Functional Wellbeing Approach ( Vittersø, 2013 ), which argues that some moment-to-moment feelings are non-evaluative in the sense of being generated directly by the difficulty of an activity. By contrast, retrospective emotional feelings are more complex as they include an evaluation of the overall goals and values associated with the activity as a whole. (shrink)

La sinopsis del filme El cebo, dirigida en el año 1958 por el húngaro-español Ladislao Vajda (1906-1965), sintetiza la trama como sigue: “Un detective de policía decide investigar por su cuenta el caso del asesinato de una niña de ocho años, pues tiene dudas de que el principal sospechoso sea culpable.” Esta coproducción hispano-germano-suiza (Chamartín, Praesens-Film y CCC-Filmproduktion) es unánimemente calificada como “excepcional”, a caballo entre el género policíaco y el de terror. Como se defenderá, se está ante una (...) fábula fílmica cuyo propósito central, alrededor del cual se derivan múltiples cuestiones filosóficas de calado, consistía en ofrecer una narración con la intención didáctica de advertir a los espectadores –adultos y menores– de los crímenes sexuales contra los infantes. (shrink)

Pablo Delgado y Ladislao Salmerón ERI Lectura, Dpto. de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Universitat de València, España A … Read More →.

Ana García-Blanco (a,b), Manuel Perea (a) y Ladislao Salmerón (a) (a) ERI-Lectura, Universitat de València, España (b) Servicio de Psiquiatría, … Read More →.