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Bridging the Gaps in Social Life Cycle Assessment: Theoretical and Practical Contributions * 1 Pejotization is an unofficial anglicization of the Brazilian Portuguese word pejotização. It refers to the contracting of services performed by individuals, in a subordinate, repetitive and costly manner, carried out by means of a legal entity, in an attempt to circumvent any employment relationships, in contravention of article 9 of the Consolidated Labour Laws (CLT), for violating constitutionally guaranteed rights as well as the principles of human dignity and the social appreciation of work (see https://unindustria.ind.br/en/blog/18-ebook-outsourcing-vs-pejotization).

Avanços à Avaliação Social do Ciclo de Vida: Contribuições Teóricas e Práticas

Abstract

Sustainable development is based on three pillars: environment preservation, cost-effective production and human development. Within this context, emerges Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a solid methodology for assessing the impact of products and services. Whereas Social LCA (S-LCA) is an early-stage approach, currently under development, requiring theoretical and methodological improvements. This study aimed at mapping the main gaps in S-LCA to identify potential contributions from the Psychology field. A preliminary literature review indicated several constraints: consensus between social indicators; methods for measuring subjective data; predominance of secondary data; underutilization of the Social Sciences, etc. Therefore, this study outlines multiples intersection points where the Social Sciences, more specifically, psychology could contribute to filling some of the theoretical and methodological gaps in S-LCA.

Keywords:
social life cycle assessment; social impact; sustainable development; labour psychology; transdisciplinarity

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