to Environmental impact assessments where there need to be policies, planning, and programming. Examples of social impact assessments include looking at how people live in a society (kinship or nuclear setting), culture, community, medical knowledge, and political systems. These examples showcase the emphasis on the environment and its effect on social impact. Applied anthropologists generally in SIA's identify and mitigate: who are the stakeholders, community, housing, workforce, health, and industry content. In SIA's, one needs to identify the stakeholders, the type of communities who will be impacted in a positive or negative manner. Collecting data is also an expected task by looking at indigenous communities, culture, key industries, etc. Explaining methods that will be used in your SIA, Identifying possible direct social impacts as well as the time frame of these impacts, and lastly providing government legislation and policies that related to the SIA. Just like with SIA, culture impact assessment (CIA) is essentially the same term and methodology as SIA. The only real difference is the fact that depending on what country you are in that they use the terms Social Impact Assessment (SIA) or Culture Impact Assessment (CIA). There are initially ten steps that one takes to do an effective social impact assessment, as advised by The Guidelines and Principles For Social Impact Assessment. Steps of an effective SIA Formulate a public plan or policy that involves all potential parties. Describe what your public plan is or policy . Describe the environment or area specific to your public plan or policy and its conditions. After you have formulated your practical understanding of your proposal, recognize the potential social impacts will be communicated to those who are affected. Identify the potential social impacts. Establish the consequences of social impacts. Identify future impacts and growing social impacts. Plan an alternative public plan or policy and its outcomes. Formulate a mitigating plan. Formulate a program that monitors every aspect of the plan. See also B Corporation Economic impact analysis Life Cycle Thinking Social return on investment Stakeholder analysis Systems thinking Social earnings ratio References Further reading A listing of the key citations in social impact assessment, prepared by the International Association for Impact Assessment. Barrow, C.J. 2000. Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction. London: Arnold. Becker, H and F Vanclay. 2003. The International Handbook of Social Impact Assessment. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Becker, H.A., 1997. Social Impact Assessment: Method and Experience in Europe,