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Conceptualizing Leisure Within the Highly Regimented World of Elite Hockey

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MacCosham B.

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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2016

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vol. 71

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issue 1

53-62

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The purpose of this paper is to offer a conceptualization of leisure that can help us understand what constitutes as leisure and how leisure is attained in a highly regimented context such as elite hockey. Leisure researchers are unable to agree on a definition of leisure that best represents the field, which is perhaps why leisure has lost its significance within contemporary academia. In this paper, a conceptualization is provided that was developed through research on Junior level ice hockey players. Junior level hockey has a highly structured and professionalized regiment but yet, leisure is still attainable for players despite having little control over their involvement. Traditional definitions of leisure do not capture what it means to be in leisure even though theoretically Junior level hockey players are considered to be in serious leisure as amateurs. Thus, this paper can help justify and lets us understand how leisure is attained in Junior level hockey.

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Vznik, vývoj a sociálny význam mediácie v dejinách ľudstva

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Dolinský S.

Prosopon. Europejskie Studia Społeczno-Humanistyczne

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2013

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issue 1(5)

55-70

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The emergence and development of mediation occurred in different historical periods, in different geographical areas and various categories of social practice. It also used in various forms, which are more or less approaching today's understanding of mediation. Mediation as an approach, the idea of conflict resolution by a third, independent party there for several centuries, as adversarial way. Go for mediation in the history of ideas, is to go back through many centuries, until the beginning of mankind.

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STRATEGIC CULTURE AS AN IMPORTANT WAY OF SECURITY

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ORLICKÁ EEDA n.o, JANA

Kultura Bezpieczeństwa. Nauka – Praktyka – Refleksje

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2016

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vol. 21(21)

193-209

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Roles, fears, ideas, beliefs all influence behaviour. Strategic culture is an alternative way of explaining strategic behaviour, is a part of specific culture influence behaviour. Strategic culture is an integrated system of symbols (e.g. argumentation, structures, languages, analogies, metaphors) which acts to establish pervasive and long lasting strategic preferences by formulating concepts of the role and efficacy of military force in interstate political affairs, and by clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the strategic preferences seem uniquely realistic and efficacious. political, cultural and cognitive characteristics of the state and its elites. Therefore the EU as a multicultural space has one too. It may be the case that the EU strategic culture is a ‘weak’ strategic culture, a culture that is in the process of formation. The EU is expected to have a very special strategic culture because of its nature of foreign policy. State formation implied that the army had an important role to play in forming the identity of each state. However, the EU had no military and the emphasis on foreign policy was put on soft elements of external relations. Each state and security institution has a strategic culture as a part of cultural development. Different states have different predominant strategic preferences that are rooted in the early or formative experiences of the state and are influenced to some degree, by the philosophical, political, cultural and cognitive characteristics of the state and its elites.

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Online grocery shopping: the customers´ perspective in the Czech Republic

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Bartók O., Kozák V., Bauerová R.

Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy

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2021

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vol. 16

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issue 3

679-695

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Research background: Online shopping is becoming popular among most customers thanks to quickness and easy shopping, and also due the COVID pandemic. Companies are aware of the great interest of customers and, as a consequence, e-commerce is expanding. There has been a significant increase in online grocery purchases due to economic growth in the past few years. Online shopping attracts a lot of research interest, individual authors and this is a widely discussed topic. It should be borne in mind that online purchasing of food has its own peculiarities compared to the segment of electronics or fashion from the perspective of everyday needs. Purpose of the article: The aim of the study is to analyze specific consumer behaviour in online purchasing of groceries. This study takes into account the age and purchasing preferences of online grocery purchasers. Methods: The study was conducted using quantitative research. Data (n = 171) was obtained by using a questionnaire survey done in the Czech Republic. The questionnaire survey contained 17 questions. For the statistical evaluation, Chi-square test and Pearson's correlation test were used. For the statistical evaluation, Chi-square test and Pearson´s correlation test were used. Findings & value added: The results of the study indicate that there is a relationship between the age of customers and online purchase in the grocery field. However, customers who use the e-shop for grocery purchase are still reluctant to buy perishable goods (meat, pastries) and prefer goods that are packed directly by the manufacturer. The study sheds light on understanding the customers? purchasing behaviour and their preferences in terms of quality of service, payment terms, delivery conditions, and range of assortment.

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Mindfulness programs for children and adolescents to prevent cyberbullying

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Gregorek A.

Problemy Opiekuńczo-Wychowawcze

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2018

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vol. 566(1)

30-38

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The scale of the cyberbullying problem is big and disturbing. Attempts are being made to eliminate and reduce this issue by seeking effective preventive solutions. Based on her analysis of the literature on mindfulness, the author points to the enormous potential of mindfulness-based programs in preventing cyberbullying threats. Numerous studies confirm that the practice of mindfulness is an effective program in the fight against stress, pain, and even illness; it improves mental and physical well-being. Mindfulness practitioners become more compassionate, milder, empathetic, they cope better with difficult situations, use positive thinking and behavior patterns, achieve calmness and confidence, and make positive changes in interpersonal relationships.

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Neuroendocrine and behavioral response to amphetamine challenge after exposure to an organophosphorus pesticide

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Gralewicz S., Lutz P., Świercz R., Grzelińska Z., Wiaderna D.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2011

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vol. 24

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issue 3

283-291

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Objectives: Exposure to various stressors is known to result in sensitization to psychostimulants, a state related to the psychostimulant dependence and addiction. It has been shown in some studies that the rise in corticosterone (CORT) concentration is indispensable for both the induction and the expression of behavioral sensitization. Therefore, it might be suspected that behavioral hyposensitivity to amphetamine (AMPH) is somehow related to a reduced CORT response to the psychostimulant subsequent to the chlorphenvinphos (CVP) intoxication. Materials and Methods: The male adult Wistar rats received single i.p. injections of CVP at the doses 0.5, 1.0 or 3.0 mg/kg b.w., or pure corn oil. CORT concentration was determined in samples of blood drawn from the tail vein before and then 30, 60, 180 min and 24 h after injection. The other rats were divided into two groups and tested, three weeks after the CVP injection for the effect of AMPH (0.5 mg/kg b.w. i.p.) on the serum CORT concentration. In addition, behavioral sensitivity to AMPH was assessed by measuring locomotor activity of the animals in an open-field. Results: 1) The stressor property of CVP was confirmed. The injection resulted in up to tenfold increase in the serum CORT concentration. The magnitude and duration of this response were dose-related. 2) Three weeks after the CVP exposure, the CORT response to AMPH was significantly increased. 3) The behavioral response to the psychostimulant, i.e. augmented locomotion, was significantly reduced compared to the control. Conclusions: The results confirm that CVP exposure causes behavioral hyposensitivity to AMPH. This effect, however, could not be ascribed to a diminished CORT response.

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Społeczne determinanty zaburzeń zachowania wśród młodych ludzi

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Łukowski K.

Konińskie Studia Społeczno-Ekonomiczne

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2021

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vol. 7

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issue 1

85-96

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Social determinants of behavioral disorders among young people Influencing factors on the increase in behavioral disorders in young people are taking place during unsuccessful attempts at self-reliance and life independence, which can be called the errors of youth. The article presents an introduction to various ways of preventing behavioral disorders among young people. The occurrence of behavioral disorders often has its source in experiencing violence, helplessness, loss, frustration, immaturity and addiction. The purpose of this article is to look at the cause of disorders of functioning among young people and their consequences. This work will illustrate irregularities in adolescence, environmental conditions, and the formation of educational attitudes.

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Zachowania finansowe Polek: między konsumpcją a oszczędzaniem

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Gładys-Jakóbik J.

Prakseologia

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2014

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issue 155

41-59

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Behind Poland is already more than 20 years of experience in a free market economy. New, previously little or completely unknown institutions have guided Poles’ financial decisions. In an increasingly consumerist model of society, how can Poles manage savings? What information guides rational choice? This article focuses on Polish women and the financial services available to them, and examines their current behavior.

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Smoking and alcohol drinking during pregnancy as the risk factors for poor child neurodevelopment – A review of epidemiological studies

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Polańska K., Jurewicz J., Hanke W.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2015

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vol. 28

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issue 3

419-443

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Maternal active and passive smoking and low or moderate alcohol drinking during pregnancy, taking into account the level of exposure and developmental or behavioral outcomes, are recognized as a significant issue from both a clinical and a public health perspective. The article aims at evaluating the impact of prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke constituents and low or moderate alcohol drinking during pregnancy on children neurodevelopment by reviewing the most recently published literature. Relevant studies were identified by searching the Pubmed, Medline and Ebsco literature databases. This review is restricted to 29 human studies published in English in peer reviewed journals since 2006. The studies published recently continued to show some relationship between tobacco smoke exposure, from active and passive maternal smoking during pregnancy, and children’s psychomotor development independent of other variables, but this relationship is not straightforward. The association is mostly consistent for measures of academic achievements and behavioral problems which require further attention. The results of the studies on low or moderate exposure to alcohol are not fully conclusive, but some of them suggest that consumption of alcohol during pregnancy may adversely affect children’s intelligence quotient (IQ), mental health, memory and verbal or visual performance. As the reviewed studies indicate, maternal lifestyle during pregnancy like alcohol drinking or smoking may affect children neurodevelopment. All effort should be taken to eliminate such exposure to ensure appropriate children’s development.

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Social determinants of awareness and behavior regarding STDs and HIV/AIDS among ever married women in Bangladesh

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Rana J.

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review

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2016

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issue 4

460-469

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I doveri delle donne secondo l’insegnamento di alcuni predicatori francesi

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Głusiuk A.

Saeculum Christianum. Pismo Historyczne

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2017

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vol. XXIV

75-84

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The article presents the opinions of the 13th century preacher Gilbert of Tournai about the duties of girls, wives and widows. Gilbert seeing the great lack of women’s education addressed his sermons to them and indicated which behaviors were correct and which they should change or avoid. His sermons show how the women was seen, which was her position and role in the 13th century French society.

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For an old shape of social sciences, i.e. against the „instead of” methodology

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Doliński D.

Nauka

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2020

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issue 3

EN

Since the 1970s, social psychology has investigated real human behavior to an increasingly smaller degree. The author of the article suggests that the phenomenon of cognitive revolution in psychology naturally boosted the interest of researchers in such phenomena like attitudes, values, social judgments and stereotypes; at the same time, it decreased interest in others important topics like aggression, social influence or altruism. In recent decades, we have also witnessed a growing conviction among social psychologists that explaining why people perform certain actions holds greater importance that demonstrating the conditions under which people really display particular reactions. The key question appears in this situation of whether social psychology remains of science of (real) behavior, and whether the current condiction of the discipline is desirable or rather pathological.

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Psycho-social problems in patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome – according to subjective evaluation by parents

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Cywińska-Bernas, Paśnik J., Szałowska-Woźniak D., Pilarz E., Jarosz P., Piotrowicz M., Moll-Maryńczak A., Machnia M., Zeman K.

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review

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2018

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issue 2

117-123

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Ryzyko zmaskulinizowania kobiet w dziedzinach ścisłych i technicznych

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Szymczak E.

Studia Edukacyjne

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2017

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issue 45

39-53

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Article entitled The Risk of Masculinization of Women in Science and Engineering focuses on the problem of women’s acceptance of male models and standards of behavior as a consequence of operating in the traditionally male work environment. It attempts to answer the question whether women working in the fieldsof engineering and science experience the need to get rid of or temporarily hide their essential femininity to efficientlyperform their work and meet the obligations arising from their chosen career.

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Factors influencing university students behavior in the moment of information about meat-safety hazard

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Radzymińska M., Rosak M., Jakubowska D.

Zeszyty Naukowe Ostrołęckiego Towarzystwa Naukowego

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2011

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vol. Zeszyt

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issue XXV

591-600

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The aim of the study was to explore relation between risk perception, risk reduction and likelihood to purchase meat in the moment of information about meat-safety hazard among University Students. The results of this study reveal that health and psychology motives, quality assurance and price have the strongest impact on decision of the purchase of meat in the response to meat-safety hazards.

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Celem badań było zbadanie relacji między percepcją ryzyka, redukcją ryzyka oraz prawdopodobieństwem nabycia mięsa w momencie informacji o zagrożeniu bezpieczeństwa mięsa wśród studentów. Stwierdzono, że zdrowie i motywy psychologiczne, gwarantowana jakość oraz cena mają najsilniejszy wpływ na decyzję zakupu mięsa w momencie informacji o zagrożeniu.

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Partnersky sex a masturbácia - morálna koexistencia? Eticko-deskriptívny komparačný výskum

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Marková D., Lištiak Mandzáková S.

Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne

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2014

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issue 1(13)

167-179

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In this text we present part of two complex researches. First research was orientated to constructing of sexual biographies and identification of attitudive microdiscourses in area of sexuality (also moral) and their discursive sources. Second research was orientated to sexual lifestyles and their socio-cultural contexts of men and women in Slovakia and Czech Republic. In text we present only results which concern to masturbation behavior and we analyze them from the point of view implication to sexual morality in present time.

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The Mobile Shopping Engagement: Surveys’ Review and Empirical Study

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Gkiolnta E., Saprikis V., Vlachopoulou M.

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

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2017

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issue 2(6)

77-96

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Mobile shopping (m-shopping) has become extremely signifi cant for both marketing and retail selling. Despite the fact that m-shopping has evolved into a popular alternative approach for purchasing products and services worldwide, the research regarding the extent of its adoption is still on a mediocre level and in certain countries, such as Greece, is rather limited. It is highly important to analyze and fully comprehend several factors that infl uence the acceptance of mobile technologies by consumers in order to motivate and support sellers’ mobile strategy. The objective of this research is to approach the factors that affect m-shopping with the analysis of two categories of mobile users, those who have already been involved in m-shopping and those who have not. Specifi cally, this work aims to explore and explain, in an introductory way, the critical factors that tend to infl uence m-shopping acceptance in order to predict both the consumers’ attitude towards m-shopping and their purchasing behavior via mobile devices, based on literature review and empirical survey.

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Nie-ludzkie emocje

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Cygan M. B.

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce

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2021

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issue 71

225-236

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This article is a review of Frans de Waal's book Mama's Lust Hugs. Animal Emotions and what They Tell Us about Ourselves, which was released in Polnad in 2019. The book deals with the problem of animal emotionality. One of the conclusions reached by the author and which was emphasized in the review is the thesis that there is no such thing as unique human emotions that animals would not have. Emotions are universal; they are shared both by humans and animals. The review noted that although the book is interesting, it is not new in terms of content, because it deals with issues that de Waal wrote about many times in his earlier publications. On the other hand, thanks to the collection and inclusion in one book of the issues related to emotionality in animals, the publication can be a good starting point for reflection not only on animals (their emotionality and rights), but also on humans and their place in the world. It puts the reader in facing the question of human nature. For this reason, what has been tried to show in the review, Frans de Waal's book is a good example of how scientific issues lead to philosophical reflections.

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A tribe called Europe? An “emotional” perception of reality

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Rothert A.

Przegląd Europejski

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2017

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vol. 2017 (46)(4)

118-131

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A main goal of this essay is the analysis of the contemporary phase of evolution of European “organism” by using approaches from political science and neuroscience. The transdisciplinary perspective allows for better understanding of finer points of human behavior which can be lost only in political science analysis. My simple and obvious assumption is that politics is about people. Human beings create groups, communities, etc. If it is so, maybe we should start with looking more closely into mechanisms of the most important part of ourselves. The brain. It is responsible for all human behaviour. Another crucial point is the connection between humans and environment. The concept of co-evolution is fundamental and very useful when we want to show intertwining relations between interiority (brain, body) and externality (behaviour, social and political structures). Europe may be the very context for this analysis, but it is most of all our humanity.

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Communication and Ethical Behavior in the Public Service

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Musaraj A., Gerxhi J.

Academicus. International Scientific Journal

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2010

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issue 01

11-21

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Setting up public administration which operates effectively and taking over responsibilities, both crucial on the point of view of the democracy indicators, requires great effort from all social stake holders in setting up and maintaining a public service organization. This notion implies the setting in function of the instruments and procedures that prevent undesirable behavior and provide encouragement of good behavior among operators of those services. While doing this, communication as a main component of the public service, calls for structure and control. Ethics or standards of behavior in the public sector are important political and public issues for every country, which is always held as a fundamental prerequisite for “good behavior” (good governance). The Code of ethics by which are expressed the values and standards in the civil service is one of the ethical elements of infrastructure. It enhances the function of orientation (giving instructions for action and behavior), and aims: respect for the law, respect for individuals, personal and professional integrity and efficiency in managing public resources, reinforcing the role and importance that the communication strategies and tools have. Professional association helps to develop judgment and of the necessary skills to enable white collar workers to apply communication strategy and tools and ethical principles in real circumstances. Objective progress can help create an environment where the white collar workers are willing to face and resolve communication problems and ethical disputes, they can even develop essential skills for effective communication and ethical analysis. The mechanisms of awareness about mission and processes of the public service, orientation and internal consulting in the civil service should be available to help white collar workers to apply basic communication and ethical standards in the workplace. Improvements in the legal framework is necessary for the proper functioning of public service, namely: to gain and maintain public confidence.

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