Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Bien social
English translation:
social good
Spanish term
Bien social
Translation, and Is it the same as 'bien público'?
| 3 +8 | social good |
Jane Martin
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| 4 | Social asset |
neilmac
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Proposed translations
social good
should be provided by the state equitably for everyone, regardless of social and
economic status (Law 1397/1983).
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/373695/h...
It appears that the terms 'social good' and 'public good' both refer to the same thing.
In economics, a public good (also known as a social good or collective good) is a good that is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous, in that individuals cannot be excluded from use or could benefit from without paying for it, and where use by one individual does not reduce availability to others or the good can be used simultaneously by more than one person.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics)#:~:tex...
Social asset
(I recently did a translation about SANOFI and the term appears frequently in their blurbs and mission statements; ).
Out of curiosity, I just ran a Google search for "health is a social asset" and got over 3000 hits.
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Note added at 21 hrs (2020-06-10 08:13:25 GMT)
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PS: FWIW, a similar search for Jane's suggestion gets more than 42,000 hits.
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Note added at 23 hrs (2020-06-10 10:21:48 GMT)
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The reason I'm not posting an agree to Jane's correct answer is because, while I am happy using "goods" (pl) as a synonym for merchandise, I'm not terribly keen on the singular form. I prefer "asset", which I find slightly less abstract than the notion of "a good" in the sense of "the public good". I do, however, think that this is a PRO level query.
Sanofi believes that Health is a social asset:
First: health is a social asset and thus a social concern
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