Open AccessActivity at work, innovation and sustainable development
Author(s) -
Pascal Béguin,
Francisco Duarte,
Francisco de Paula Antunes Lima,
Victoria Pueyo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1875-9270
pISSN - 1051-9815
DOI - 10.3233/wor-2012-0140-89
Subject(s) - sustainable development , sustainability , work (physics) , equity (law) , order (exchange) , intergenerational equity , business , process management , knowledge management , engineering , political science , computer science , mechanical engineering , ecology , finance , law , biology
The aim of this paper is to present and discuss a French-Brazilian project (CAPES-COFECUB) centered on the relations between sustainable development, innovation and changes in work activities that accompany these innovations for sustainable development. Sustainable development calls for an integrated approach of three dimensions: social equity, economic viability and environmental sustainability. In order to achieve this integration, considerable innovations efforts are required. However, the work, understood as a productive act, is deeply lacking in the current researches. Starting from the idea that work is a "fundamental need" the goal of this project is to propose innovative methods that can be used for designing production systems from the perspective of sustainable development.