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Toward More Governmental Social Responsibility; the Case of Natural or Intentional Outbreaks of Highly Contagious Diseases
Author(s) -
Ivanusa Teodora,
Podbregar Iztok,
Rosi Bojan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.2260
Subject(s) - action (physics) , government (linguistics) , european union , social responsibility , order (exchange) , outbreak , moral responsibility , public relations , population , business , political science , sociology , law , medicine , economic policy , philosophy , linguistics , physics , demography , finance , quantum mechanics , virology
Social responsibility includes government's role modelling in responsibility for one's impacts over society. European Union suggests application of ISO 26000, which includes interdependence and holistic approach linking all contents; thus, European Union requires systemic behavior. This may include the societal care for population's safety. We discuss how much more success one could yield in the governmental action for safety, if one applied more systemic thinking. Case: the Critical Infrastructures (CI) are crucial safety issues, but CI's official international concept is not holistic enough to cover all potential threats with the traditionally foreseen safety measures, if a natural or intentional outbreak of the highly contagious diseases happens. CI needs redefinition; we suggest one which is closer to social responsibility as a new socio‐economic order. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.