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The application of this framework facilitates a systematic use of soft\u2010goals in process design.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The framework is developed on the basis of Bunge's well\u2010established ontology. It is applied to processes taken from the SCOR supply chain reference model for demonstration and evaluation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Applying the framework to the SCOR processes resulted in a set of focused relations between soft\u2010goals and processes, as opposed to the ones suggested originally in the SCOR model. This demonstrates the usefulness of the framework in process design.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The approach presented in the paper is still rather a theoretical framework than a fully validated procedure. 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