Arturo Luque

Arturo Luque is full professor at the Technical University of Manabí, Ecuador, and member of Euro-Mediterranean Observatory on Public Policies and Democratic Quality at the University King Juan Carlos (Spain) and visiting Professor at the University of Rosario, Colombia. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences and Law and a Master of two years about Labor Relations. He supervises several doctoral theses (Ph.D.) in Córdoba (Spain) and in the Basque Country (GEZKI Institute) like a director and co-director. It has 81 indexed articles and his latest publications includes topics about digitalization (Practicality, support or premeditated calculation in the digital age: the case of Ecuador), Globalization (Analysis of the concept of informal economy through 102 definitions: legality or necessity), corporate social (Ir)responsibility (How corporate social (ir)responsibility in the textile sector is defined, and its impact on ethical sustainability: An analysis of 133 concepts), transnational companies (The transnational textile companies relationship with environment: a Delphi analysis approach) and their relations with ethics (Corruption in the transnational textile industry: an exception or the rule?), social economy and cooperative system like economic alternative (Socially responsible public management: case spinning development in Ecuador), media analysis and social conflicts (Analysis of the indigenous uprising of Ecuador, 2019: between a measured legal response and lawfare, 2019) and sustainability (Public Strategy and Eco-Social Engagement in Latin American States: An Analysis of Complex Networks Arising from Their Constitutions).

Publications

Digital Transformation Impact on Organizations' Culture and Employees' Motivation: Shaping the “New Normal” and Addressing Sustainable Development Goals
Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu, Arturo Luque González. © 2023. 17 pages.
In the digital age, the COVID-19 pandemic and the COVID-19 crisis uncovered entities' pressing top-priority to reimagine and to reinvent themselves, thus embracing the...
Analysis of the Education of the Waorani Population and Its Global Threats in Nuevo Amanecer, Shell (Ecuador)
Arturo Luque González, Franklin Roberto Quishpi Choto, Aitor Garagarza Cambra. © 2023. 24 pages.
The Waorani population of 4,000 individuals covers a large area of the Ecuadorian Amazon. The wide dispersion of their communities, the orography, and the variety of globalized...
Lawfare or the War Behind the Curtains: An Analysis of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Fernando Casado Gutiérrez, Fernando Oliván López, Arturo Luque González. © 2023. 17 pages.
This study provides a general framework of the processes of lawfare from a critical and propositional perspective. The concept deployed here derives from previous international...
The Pension System in the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS): Analysis and Perspectives in the Economic and Legal Fields
Arturo Luque, Marcelo Centeno Ponce, Ana Corrales Mendoza. © 2023. 22 pages.
The financial stability of millions of older adults around the world rests on the shoulders of well-functioning pension systems. For this reason, the sustainability of such...
Best Practice in the Use of the Water Sources of Portoviejo Canton, Ecuador, and Its Parishes
Arturo Luque González, José Humberto Ponce Ponce, Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu. © 2023. 25 pages.
Water is a fundamental element for the sustenance of all living beings in nature, hence the importance of its conservation and the correct management of its sources. In the case...
The Social and Solidarity Economics, Public Policies, and Non-Monetary Economic Practices: The Case of Associative Firms in Loja, Ecuador
Arturo Luque González, Aitor Bengoetxea Alkorta, Jaime Leonidas Ordóñez Salcedo. © 2022. 25 pages.
The prevailing economic and social model contains great inequalities. Against this backdrop, the Republic of Ecuador, in its constitution of 2008, included recognizing ancestral...
Implications and Asymmetries of the Knowledge Society: An Analysis of 82 Constructs
Arturo Luque González. © 2022. 23 pages.
The term knowledge society brings together many of the transformations that are taking place in today's society, and its definition serves as an indicator of these changes....
Fallacies of Consumerism: An Analysis of Its Impact and Depth in Today's Society
Arturo Luque González. © 2022. 24 pages.
The concept of consumerism brings together many of the social transformations that serve as predictors of present and future behaviors and act as vehicles for today's...
Analysis of the Concept of Femicide: A Study of 102 Concepts
Arturo Luque González, Aracely Berenice Apunte Guerra, Jeniffer Elizabeth Robles Briones, Jesús Ámgel Coronado Martín, Juan Carlos Morales-Intriago. © 2022. 28 pages.
Femicide is intrinsically part of gender-based violence, and the two are inevitably linked at all levels. Yet, despite having a common origin, there is a need to analyze femicide...
Analysis of the Increase in Femicide Following Its Classification as a Crime in the Digital World
Arturo Luque González. © 2022. 22 pages.
Femicide, or feminicide as it is known in some Latin American jurisdictions, is the murder of a woman because of her gender. National and international regulations agree that...
Academic Migration From Scientist Networks in the Global Environment: A Case Study
Arturo Luque González, Jesus Angel Coronado Martín, Carlos Fernández García. © 2022. 25 pages.
Academic migrations have been a constant throughout history. Nowadays, due to the complexity of the global situation, many teachers and researchers have been expelled from their...
Public Policies, Traffic Light Signpost Labeling, and Their Implications: The Case of Ecuador
Arturo Luque González. © 2022. 21 pages.
This study analyzes the traffic light signpost labeling that is included in processed foods, through which consumers are informed about added fat, sugar, and salt levels. At the...
Women Victims of Economic Violence: An Analysis of the Associative Sector Through Santa Marta Women's Association, Manabí, Ecuador
Arturo Luque González, María Andreina Salvatierra Choez, Karen Juliana Macías Macías, Frella Alejandra Macías Álava. © 2022. 20 pages.
This chapter analyzes the processes of economic violence as a social problem that is often hidden and accepted by women, families, or society in general. Consequently, it is a...
Market Economy and Good Living: Obstacles to Its Achievement in Orellana, Ecuador
Arturo Luque González, Leonor Karina Guamán, Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu. © 2022. 22 pages.
There is currently an economic metamorphosis underway that involves myriad (mis)development processes. At the same time, processes of inequality are emerging, imbued with their...
Sensationalism vs. Information During COVID-19 in Ecuador: A Framing Theory-Based View
Rebeca Sánchez-Figuera, Fernando Casado Gutiérrez, Arturo Luque González, Jorge García-Guerrero. © 2021. 22 pages.
The different frames used in the COVID-19 coverage in Ecuador by the national and international press were analyzed through their Twitter accounts. This allowed the examination...
Decent Work and the Processes of Informality: The Case of the Wholesale Market of Ambato, Ecuador
Arturo Luque. © 2021. 20 pages.
This chapter explores and analyzes the scope of decent employment in the Wholesale Market of Ambato, Ecuador, which derives from processes of informality. The first part examines...