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A new paper published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology explores the role of character, reflected in adherence to high standards of moral behavior, in physical and mental health.  Authors Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Matthew T. Lee, Piotr Bialowolski,  Ying Chen, Tyler J. VanderWeele and Eileen McNeely used longitudinal observational data merged with medical insurance claims data collected from 1209 working adults of a large services organization in the US.   Self-reported physical…

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In this podcast, SHINE’s Eileen McNeely, Levi Strauss Foundation’s Kimberly Almeida and Lexis Nexis’ Olga Mack discuss the results of a pilot study that used SHINE’s Well-being Survey on blockchain to securely and transparently measure worker well-being in Levi Strauss factories in Mexico and Poland.  They discuss how blockchain can increase trust in the workplace by bringing visibility to the experiences of workers. Watch the podcast here.

A new paper in The Journal of Positive Psychology examines the dynamics of human flourishing through a systems perspective based on the relations between its constituents.  Using cross-sectional data from adults in 10 countries, this study explored the interrelatedness among constituents of flourishing – happiness & satisfaction with life, mental & physical health, meaning & purpose, character & virtue, close social relationships, and financial & material stability – within and…

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Researchers from SHINE and the Human Flourishing Program have published a new paper in the International Journal of Public Health examining the associations between social connectedness and mental health, based on a longitudinal survey and health insurance claims data. SHINE’s Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Piotr Bialowolski, and Eileen McNeely and Human Flourishing Program’s Matthew T. Lee, Ying Chen and Tyler J. VanderWeele found that better social connectedness was associated with lower risks…

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Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) today published their updated Worker Well-being Guidebook which offers new approaches for brands and factory owners to identify locally relevant ways to improve worker well-being and performance. This refreshed strategy for improving the health and well-being of garment factory workers around the world is based in part on foundational research conducted by the SHINE team. Supported by the Levi Strauss Foundation, SHINE surveyed over 13,000…

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Golden Gate University’s Blockchain Law for Social Good Center featured an article on the collaboration between SHINE, Levi Strauss & Co, New America and ConsenSys to develop a blockchain platform solution for measuring worker well-being in supply chain factories. LS&Co. is, of course, more famous for its jeans than its worker well-being programs. Yet the company’s innovative approach to sustainability goes beyond clothing. In 2019, the company joined with the…

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Join SHINE Executive Director Eileen McNeely as she discusses how considering a new role for organizational caring and establishing a culture of trust, belonging and inclusion is fundamental to employee well-being and to supporting successful business outcomes. Dr. McNeely will share how many studies, including her own research at the Sustainability and Health Initiative for Netpositive Enterprise (SHINE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, support these concepts.…

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SHINE Executive Director Eileen McNeely will be keynoting the Art & Science of Health Promotion conference April 2022. Keynote – Pivoting from Mitigating Risk to Optimizing Flourishing: Why Business Must Think Differently About Health, Equity, Resilience and the Future of Work For decades, the question about thriving at work, from the employer’s perspective, was mostly about risk mitigation: how to keep workers healthy and safe and limit turnover. The guardrails…

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In this paper, SHINE Research Manager Heloisa Jardim explores what drives people’s well-being and performance at work: We know that the quality of our relationships is a strong predictor of our happiness. The Harvard Adult Development[1] study is one of the longest studies in the world and has been examining participants’ health for more than 80 years. Importantly, it found that the quality of our social community is associated with…

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Human flourishing is a concept at the core of the SDG declaration and their aim to ensure that “all human beings can fulfill their potential in dignity, equality, and in a healthy environment.”  In this new paper, SHINE Executive Director Eileen McNeely examines the role of business in advancing human flourishing, thriving and well-being: COVID-19 made it clear that work represents more to us than just a paycheck. The so-called…

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