Effect of Actions Aimed at Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Carried out by Private Sector Companies of Costa Rica to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in 2022

María Luisa González Marín; Marco Antonio Rojo Gutiérrez

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Effect of Actions Aimed at Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Carried out by Private Sector Companies of Costa Rica to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in 2022

María Luisa González Marín, Marco Antonio Rojo Gutiérrez

Published in International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 11, Issue 4)

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This research is based on the effect of actions aimed at addressing diversity, equity and inclusion carried out by private sector companies of Costa Rica in 2022, in the following Sustainable Development Goals: 4 -Quality Education, 5 -Gender Equality, 8 -Decent Work and Economic Growth, 10 -Reduction of Inequalities and 16 -Peace, Justice and Solid Institutions, in Costa Rica, during the year 2022 and shows the results of a study based on the application of a mixed methodology. It consists of a quantitative and qualitative analysis with the support of data collection instruments. The instrument used for the collection of quantitative data is a questionnaire. The results obtained from the data collection instrument suggest that private sector companies of Costa Rica that manage the thematic axis of diversity, equity, and inclusion, are directly related to some of the Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations Organization in the 2030 Agenda. It is recommended that companies in the private sector of Costa Rica carry out a meticulous work that evidences the effect that their actions have in the relational dimension of diversity, equity, and inclusion, with the afore-mentioned Sustainable Development Goals. This research offers an-input for these companies to demonstrate the existence of this relationship and its contribution to Costa Rica with the achievement of some Sustainable Development Goals.

Published in	International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (Volume 11, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsts.20231104.15
Page(s)	162-174
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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2030 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis

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María Luisa González Marín, Marco Antonio Rojo Gutiérrez. Effect of Actions Aimed at Addressing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Carried out by Private Sector Companies of Costa Rica to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in 2022. Int J Sci Technol Soc. 2023;11(4):162-174. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsts.20231104.15

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María Luisa González Marín

Postgraduate Studies Department, International Iberoamerican University, México City, México
Marco Antonio Rojo Gutiérrez

Postgraduate Studies Department, International Iberoamerican University, México City, México

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