URI_Research _Magazine_Momentum_Spring_2020_Melissa-McCarthy

College of Business supply chain management doctoral students with Professor Özpolat, (front left) Hee Yoon Kwon, (back left to right) Kara Li Liu, Leo Hong, Jiayuan Zhang.

blatant benevolence and social capital. “If we can provide empirical evidence that posting prosocial behavior online is beneficial, then charities could use this to get the public to post more of their pro-social behaviors,” Özpolat says. “In line with the holy books’ recommendation of not letting the left hand know the right hand’s merciful deeds, many people are humble and don’t want to brag. But it could be a force for good if they share. Charities could reach out to their donor base to show that if they post about their donations, it has multiple benefits and generates more good will.” He notes that the study of humanitarian supply chains is 10 to 20 years behind that of business supply chains, so there is still a great deal to be learned and transferred from the business domain.

If we can provide empirical evidence that posting prosocial behavior online is beneficial, then charities could use this to get the public to post more of their pro-social behaviors. “Here at the College of Business, not only do we create knowledge to better understand and address societal problems, but we also disseminate knowledge to educate socially responsible business leaders and scholars of the future,” Özpolat says. “

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