Sentence examples for measure social value from inspiring English sources

According to Boyd (2004), there are four elements needed to measure social value creation: inputs, outputs, outcomes and impacts.

A measure developed by Van Lange and colleagues (23) to measure social value orientations by using a series of decomposed games, involving choices among combinations of outcomes for oneself and for another person, was adapted in this study.

Already, some organisations are making great strides at both measuring social value and embedding it in their business.

Wendy Mitchell, head of policy at the Charity Retail Association, said: "We are really interested in taking forward the recommendations about not only measuring social value but communicating it".

Ron Moir of Balfour Beatty Construction said that the big issue around density was working out the "right" level – who, he asked, was in a position to set that? Measuring social value is also problematic.

A government review, published last week, highlighted three main barriers: little awareness of the act, varying understanding of how to apply it within government procurement, and the lack of agreed standards for measuring social value.

In this nascent body of research, divergent theoretical frameworks and empirical approaches to measuring social values are evolving.

"There can be no objective measure of social value," he says emolliently.

Mr. Duffy, who thinks that the patent system remains a powerful innovation engine for the economy, also noted that the data covers only the private value of patents — it does not try to measure the social value of patents, that is, the impact an invention has for society at large.

Participants exposed to nature videos responded more cooperatively on a measure of social value orientation and indicated greater willingness to engage in environmentally sustainable behaviors.

I recently took part in a discussion on the LinkedIn Guardian social enterprise network on whether or not social enterprises should be more proactive in measuring their social value.