The future of society: reflections on the common good

The authors question the participation of financial companies in non-financial companies, considering that the financial sector primarily aims at short-term profits and the country needs companies with a long term vision to grow and develop, as well as interest rates that favor this growth. Article 2, "BNDES 'impact on steel industry efficiency: two-stage Malmquist model usage," by Ricardo Kalil Moraes and Peter Fernandes Wanke, uses the two-stage Malmquist Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model, to evaluate how the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) affects the performance of the steel industry. Article 11, "Resocialization, labor, and resistance: imprisoned women and the production of the delinquent subject," by Eloisio Moulin de Souza, Alessandra de Sá Mello da Costa and Beatriz Correia Lopes, reveals that in recent years the accelerated growth of the Brazilian prison population brought attention to public policies aimed at the recovery and resocialization of incarcerated women. [...]adopting the concept of dispositif as a guide, this article analyzes the prison practices regarding the constitution of the imprisoned and the forms of resistance to this constitution by incarcerated women who participate in the program of resocialization through work. Article 12, "In the closet: a grounded theory of the silence of gays and lesbians in the workplace," by Romulo Gomes and Bruno Felix, points out that studies suggest that the concealment of homosexual orientation at work may lead to feelings of inauthenticity, low commitment and depression.