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The Pursuit of Public Benefit in Fashion Enterprises (패션기업의 공익 추구 현상)

  • Ko, Hyun-Zin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.34 no.10
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    • pp.1717-1730
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    • 2010
  • This research analyzes the recent phenomenon of pursuing public benefit in fashion enterprises according to the increasing importance of corporate social responsibility attitudes towards the global sustainability crisis. The pursuit of public benefit in fashion enterprises has been realized by the activities that contribute to public welfare through one or plural corporations aligned with government, social corporations, and NGOs. The goals of public beneficial activities are to promote public issues and to support the underprivileged and communities both financially and voluntarily. Such activities can be categorized as philanthropy, sponsorship, social marketing, cause-related marketing, and public benefit product development. Especially public beneficial activities in fashion enterprises are featured as the charity donations of apparel products, the collaboration with fashion celebrities and artists in relation with popular culture and art, the limited edition of excellent design with slogans, and the visual campaigns to promote public issues. They deal with human right issues for the underprivileged and disease prevention issues. In addition, specially environmental issue and community trade issues (often raised in the fashion manufacturing and consuming process) are increasing.

The Value Assessment for Indirect Benefits of Road Project Using Contingent Valuation Method (조건부가치측정법을 이용한 도로사업의 간접편익 추정)

  • Kim, Kyong Ju;Kang, Ki Yong;Kim, Kyoungmin
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.30 no.1D
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    • pp.61-70
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    • 2010
  • In case of low benefit project with low traffic or high-priced project, existing analysis of cost and benefit tends to present a low feasibility. However, considering the improvement of environment, intensification of disaster prevention, public stability of countryside area and formation of good scenery, these projects can have a feasibility. This paper analyzes and summarizes the indirect benefit of some ripple effects, caused by road projects, and presents the methodology and process in order to change the indirect benefit into monetary value.

Life Cycle Assessment on Pump and Treatment Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater (오염 지하수 양수 및 처리 공정에 대한 전과정평가)

  • Cho, Jong-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.405-412
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    • 2011
  • Environmental impact by proposed pump and treatment remediation of groundwater contaminated with TCE over 0.6 mg/L down to 0.005 mg/L was assessed for 30 years operation in an industrial park. Total amount of groundwater treated was $2.96{\times}10^7m^3$ and the amount of TCE removed was 17.6 kg at most. The life cycle assessment was used to estimate the environmental cost and environmental benefit and their effects on the environment could be analyzed. Most of the environmental cost was accrued from electricity generation for 30 years pump operation, which includes energy consumption, resources consumption such as coal, crude oil, emission of global warming gas and acid gas into air, waste water production, and waste generation. Environmental impact could be quantified with a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) model for soil and groundwater remediation and normalized based upon consumption and emission quantities per capita in the world. Among the normalized values, acidification material release was the most significant.

Estimation of Domestic Water Supply Benefit Using Demand Function Approach (수요함수 접근법을 이용한 생활용수 공급편익 산정)

  • Yeo, Kyu Dong;Yi, Choong Sung;Kim, Gil Ho;Lee, Sang Won
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.32 no.4B
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    • pp.233-242
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    • 2012
  • In the past, the domestic water supply benefit of dam has been estimated by replacement dam cost approach. But it is logically inappropriate that we use the second priority dam as a replaced facility. Therefore, this study aims to suggest the estimation method of the domestic water supply benefit by using demand function, which is deduced from Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) of consumers. For this purpose, a survey concerning the marginal WTP is carried out according to the change of water use amount used, targeted 1,000 households in metropolitan area. And by using the marginal WPT, we estimated the demand function of a family. Finally, the monthly benefit equation is derived. The approach is demonstrated and discussed for an example, the Song-Li-Won dam project which is now renamed Young-Ju dam. From the example study, the total benefit for the durable years (50 years), was about 90 billion won. The method proposed herein is expected to be practical and useful in the economic analysis of the domestic water supply project including dam construction, as well as in further studies.

Using Cost-Benefit Analysis for a Feasibility Study on Constructing a Storage Facility in the Small River Basin (비용편익 분석을 통한 소하천유역의 저류조 설치 타당성 분석연구)

  • Seo, Se-Deok;Lee, Seung-Wook;Park, Hyung-Keun
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.135-141
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to analyze the feasibility of installing a storage facility and make recommendations based on a cost-benefit analysis regarding the installation of a storage facility capable of preventing both floods and droughts. The capacity and installation costs are specified for the storage facility necessary to prevent floods, and a cost-benefit analysis is conducted by calculating the costs and benefits for each cost or benefit factor such as loss amounts, recovery costs, and drought prevention. The information can be used as the basic data for suggesting the feasibility of installing a multipurpose storage facility capable of preventing floods and droughts simultaneously. Also, this study expects to utilize its detailed results in a number of different ways including the prediction of loss amounts from natural disasters.

Rationality Review of Cost Allocation Methodology at CHP (열병합발전에서 비용배분 방법론의 합리성 검토)

  • Kim, Deokjin;Choi, Byungryeal
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.40-60
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    • 2020
  • When various kinds of products are produced from a single energy system, the methodology which allocates the common cost to each product cost is very important because it is directly related with the profit and loss of producer and purchaser. In the cost allocation methodology of electricity and heat for CHP, there are heat method, work method, benefit distribution method, exergy method, and so on. Benefit distribution method is the most widely known worldwide, and exergy method is widely recognized among thermal engineers. As a result of review, it is judged that the rationality of benefit distribution method is low because the result deviates from common sense, and the rationality of exergy method is high because the result consistent with common sense. In accounting, it is calculated as merit methodology and the result is used for negotiations between producer and buyer, but In thermal engineering, the rationality of exergy methodology is described only as a thesis. The purpose of this study is to compare and examine the rationality of merit methodology and exergy methodology, and the aim is to describe in detail in order that producer and buyer can understand the rationality of each methodology.

Estimation of Raw Water Quality Improvement Benefit of Water Service Using WTP (지불의사를 이용한 상수도 원수수질개선 편익 산정)

  • Yeo, Kyul Dong;Yi, Choong Sung;Lee, Sang Won;Shim, Myung Pil
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.29 no.5B
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    • pp.419-427
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    • 2009
  • In existing studies about benefit of water quality improvement using WTP, the object of survey is described pre-policy water quality as "current water quality" and improved (post-policy) water quality as "boatable, fishable and swimmable". Multiply WTP by the number of households of basin is total benefit. The existing studies are not benefit of a specific water resource business but benefit of a policy on unsubstantial water resource business. Because of a lack of objectivity and oversimplification, it is difficult for survey respondents to understand an object of survey. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a benefit estimation methodology for raw water quality improvement in water resource development business. After conducting a survey of WTP of 1,000 housewives who is using water service in the National Capital region, the relational expression of water quality improvement (BOD) and WTP is derived by using statistical analysis of the survey. As a case study, the stream water quality improvement benefit of Song Li Won multipurpose dam was evaluated, which is planned to be built at the local secondary stream section on Nae Sung stream in Nak-Dong River system. As a result of study, annual average benefit evaluation is 5,980 million won on the average annual planned discharge, 8,663 million won on the planned discharge during the period except for wet season (July to October), 11,905 million won on the planned discharge during water quality declining period and 14,502 million won on the planned discharge during water quality declining period respectively. By using the relational expression of BOD-WTP, it is easy to estimate the benefit without regard for water quality.