The paper presents the experiences of advisers in implementing the concept of CSR in Polish enterprises. The article presents the results of surveys covering such issues as the implementation of CSR motives and actions taken by operators in the implementation of CSR policies. CSR advisors also identified that companies can use unethical practices. This is also a characteristic of CSR advisors.
The paper presents ethical problems faced by the employees of selected banks in Poland. The theoretical section of the paper describes the codes of ethics in banking, especially those concerning the moral aspects of working in banking. The empirical part of the paper presents the results of research on the ethos of bank workers. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were carried out using a special Internet forum devoted to the banking sector. The study includes a content analysis of comments posted by the bank employees on the Internet forum.
Economics and ethics are practical sciences. The common research subject of both sciences is man. Economics is looking for an answer to the question of how to manage in business life. Ethics looks for the answer to the question of how to live. Because man is a person, his value brings consequences for all areas of human activity. This also applies to the market. The market is one of the foundations of economic life and is a great good for people and societies. The market is defined in different ways. It is worth comprehensively describing what the market is, emphasizing its personal character. In economics, attention is paid to market failure, understood mostly as the ineffectiveness of management (deviation from the model market, which is perfectly competitive). The negative impact of the market on society is also identified. Although moral aspects are increasingly taken into account in the concept of market failure, there is no general theory that attempts to capture market in moral aspects. Therefore, it is worth asking whether such a theory is possible. The construction of the moral theory of market failure can be a reference point to the analysis of market practices and institutional conditions from an ethical point of view.
An identifi cation of barriers limiting export and import activity of Polish enterprises located in south-east Poland is an object of the article. The most important factors limiting the international cooperation are: the lack of the access to the information about foreign markets, high transport costs, linguistic problems, the lack of the appropriate staff and the ignorance of export and import procedures. The lack of the international cooperation among examined enterprises results from kind of activity, satisfaction from the present profi ts and the lack of the knowledge about foreign markets.
The article emphasizes axiological and moral foundations of national insurance system. The most fundamental values connected with the insurance system are presented. It is illustrated how the moral values can be realized with the economics solutions such as retirement insurance and health insurance systems. The final aim of insurance system is to protect human dignity.
The paper presents the results of research on ethical attitudes of entrepreneurs based on a global survey (World Values Survey, six waves of research conducted in 2010–2014). More than ninety thousand interviews were analyzed. The most important values of the investigated entrepreneurs are family, work and religion. Less important are friends, leisure time and politics. Achieving material wellbeing in life is an essential goal, especially for people living in less developed continents. The respondents most often declared central political views. The great importance of God in their lives was pointed out by the inhabitants of both Americas and Africa. Research has shown that acts such as theft, tax fraud, corruption and non-payment for public transport are generally negatively assessed, but there are some differences in attitudes.
Happiness as an essential goal of human life is the subject of research of many scientific disciplines like philosophy, sociology, psychology, medicine, economics and theology. The aim of the article is to answer two basic questions: how happy can homo economicus be? and how happy can a generous man be? Firstly, a model of homo economicus is presented and then it is built into the model of generous man. The article presents results of empirical studies indicating happiness factors. On the basis of these, two main theses are formulated. The first states that money and higher income contribute to happiness, while the second one indicates that being generous also contributes to happiness. Measuring the strength of the impact of both factors on human happiness remains a methodological problem.
The article presents an analysis of the relationship between market as a social and economic sphere and morality as a fundamental aspect of human deeds. It discusses the nature of the market, with a special focus on a person as a main precondition for the existence of the market. The result of the analysis is a pro-posal for a new definition of the market: the market consists in the decisions and actions of persons concerning what product to buy or sell, at what price, where and when.
The article presents the results of research on the attitudes of the inhabitants of selected European countries towards entrepreneurship. The data obtained from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor was used. The study covers the period from 2010 to 2016. Fundamental research problems include: perceptions of entrepreneurship opportunities, self-assessments of people as potential entrepreneurs, fears stopping to start a business, participation of young people as entrepreneurs and perception of social status of entrepreneurs by the society.
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W artykule przedstawione zostały wyniki badań dotyczące postaw mieszkańców wybranych krajów Europy wobec przedsiębiorczości. Do przeprowadzenia analiz wykorzystano dane uzyskane w ramach ogólnoświatowego badania przedsiębiorczości The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Zakres czasowy badań obejmuje okres od 2010 do 2016 roku. Podstawowe problemy badawcze dotyczą dostrzegania szans na uruchomienie działalności gospodarczej, samooceny badanych pod względem własnych możliwości, lęków powstrzymujących przez rozpoczęciem działalności gospodarczej, udziału młodych ludzi jako przedsiębiorców oraz postrzegania pozycji społecznej przedsiębiorcy przez społeczeństwo.
The article contains the results of research on students' professional plans and expectations. Students of the State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sącz (currently the University of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sącz) were examined. The theoretical part discusses the concept of work in an interdisciplinary approach. The empirical part presents students' expectations regarding future work, including the location and the amount of earnings. The study made a diagnosis of the perception of work by students both in the instrumental and axiological aspect.
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Artykuł zawiera wyniki badań dotyczących planów i oczekiwań zawodowych studentów na przykładzie Państwowej Wyższej Szkoły Zawodowej w Nowym Sączu. Część empiryczna poprzedzona jest omówieniem pojęcia „praca” w ujęciu interdyscyplinarnym. W części empirycznej przedstawiono oczekiwania studentów dotyczące wykonywanej w przyszłości pracy, jej lokalizacji i wynagrodzenia. W badaniach podjęto diagnozę postrzegania pracy przez studentów zarówno w ujęciu instrumentalnym, jak i aksjologicznym.
The article contains the results of research on students' professional plans and expectations. Students of the State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sącz (currently the University of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sącz) were examined. The theoretical part discusses the concept of work in an interdisciplinary approach. The empirical part presents students' expectations regarding future work, including the location and the amount of earnings. The study made a diagnosis of the perception of work by students both in the instrumental and axiological aspect.
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Artykuł zawiera wyniki badań dotyczących planów i oczekiwań zawodowych studentów na przykładzie Państwowej Wyższej Szkoły Zawodowej w Nowym Sączu. Część empiryczna poprzedzona jest omówieniem pojęcia „praca” w ujęciu interdyscyplinarnym. W części empirycznej przedstawiono oczekiwania studentów dotyczące wykonywanej w przyszłości pracy, jej lokalizacji i wynagrodzenia. W badaniach podjęto diagnozę postrzegania pracy przez studentów zarówno w ujęciu instrumentalnym, jak i aksjologicznym.
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