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COSTE SOCIAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Cost Accounting
DEF

Costs that may not show up in the price system or the gross domestic product but which affect the welfare of individuals and firms.

OBS

Term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • externality

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Comptabilité analytique
DEF

Coûts afférents au transfert total ou partiel à la collectivité (clients, fournisseurs, environnement) de la responsabilité du financement de certaines activités.

OBS

Ces termes sont habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • coût externe
  • coût social

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
  • Contabilidad de costos
DEF

Compromisos onerosos difícilmente calculables que afectan a una sociedad como consecuencia de cualquier actividad económica.

Key term(s)
  • coste social
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Record 2 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
DEF

The full cost to society of economic activities. While consumers will pay the production costs incurred in a business, there may be additional costs that are not included in the price and that must be paid for by the public. Examples include the pollution of the environment and the health-care costs of injured or ill workers.

Key term(s)
  • social costs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
DEF

Perte ou inconvénient généralement difficile à mesurer, que subit parfois la collectivité en raison de certaines activités d'un organisme ou de son refus d'agir.

OBS

Il importe de ne pas confondre le terme «coût social» avec les termes «charges sociales» et «cotisations sociales» qui désignent les sommes versées par une entité aux organismes professionnels ou publics auxquels elle adhère pour la bonne marche de son activité ou pour se conformer à la loi en matière de sécurité sociale.

Key term(s)
  • coûts sociaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
OBS

En [los costes sociales] se incurre como consecuencia del crecimiento económico que se realiza sin tener en cuenta sus consecuencias negativas para la sociedad y especialmente en lo medioambiental; p.e.: excesiva densificación de la población en las grandes ciudades; los retrasos en la cobertura educacional; la contaminación del medio.

Key term(s)
  • costes sociales
  • costo social
  • costos sociales
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