Annales. Etics in Economic Life 2019, vol. 22 No.2 http://hdl.handle.net/11089/30108 2026-04-06T15:04:57Z 2026-04-06T15:04:57Z Fiedorczuk, Monika http://hdl.handle.net/11089/30176 2019-09-17T01:18:27Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ewolucja systemu gospodarczego Rosji: uwarunkowania, etapy i perspektywy zmian Fiedorczuk, Monika The political and economic reforms in Russia since the beginning of the 1990s have made it possible to build a new economic system. Over more than 25 years, this system has evolved under the influence of, among others, economic and financial crises, which resulted in changes in the role of the state, ownership structure and the specificity of the corporate sector. The main goal of the paper is to identify the key elements and features of the economic system in Russia in the specified stages of its evolution and to indicate the perspectives of changes. To achieve this goal, an in-depth analysis was made of the literature and statistical data. The author puts forward the thesis that there are still some premises of the evolution of the economic system in Russia which resulted from the need for structural changes and the exhaustion of the current model of economic growth. However, in the immediate future, the economic system in Russia will not evolve significantly because of the economic stability and the lack of political will to make significant reforms.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Kamosiński, Sławomir http://hdl.handle.net/11089/30175 2019-09-17T01:18:32Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Firma jako wartość dla przedsiębiorcy Kamosiński, Sławomir In this paper I propose to show a problem that at first sight seems clear, and thus “non-scientific”; however, after a closer look at the source material, it proves to be an important factor for contemporary entrepreneurs conducting business activities. The scientific issue is encapsulated in a concise statement: the company as a value for the entrepreneur. In order to develop the presented thesis, one must point to the fact that a company that has been established by an entrepreneur has a particular value for him, both in the material sense (its valuation on the market), and in an immaterial sense (as a symbolic value). It seems that the symbolic value greatly exceeds the material value, if we consider the entrepreneur’s perspective. Analysis of the value of a company throughout the research allows us to perceive it as the actual fulfillment of an entrepreneur’s life plans, as a workplace and a family value (frequently called the family gem). The enterprise, which is at the same time a brand, is very often the entrepreneur’s brand certificate. The social involvement of the entrepreneur and the formation of an integrated, loyal team of employees are also values in themselves. Considering the non-material value, the enterprise allows the entrepreneur and the employees to meet their needs of self-realization and appreciation. The paper was prepared based on an analysis of answers entrepreneurs gave to specialist periodicals and popular dailies. In addition, I have used my own research, conducted in 2017, among entrepreneurs who represent the small and medium enterprise sector located in towns and villages.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Sroka, Robert http://hdl.handle.net/11089/30174 2019-09-17T01:18:28Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

„Doregulacja”. Nieprecyzyjność prawa jako nowa przyczyna wyznaczania standardów postępowania przez organizacje branżowe w procesie samoregulacji Sroka, Robert Over the last few years, a change has been noticed in the approach to shaping legal regulations in the economic field, and this has become the motive for a new approach to self-regulation. The change consists in the fact that the legislator mainly defines the purpose of a regulation, the regulatory framework, and the sanctions. However, it does not contain specific provisions indicating how an economic entity should fulfill the purpose of a given regulation. Thus, it leaves the broad sphere undefined. The legislator indicates what is expected, what the sanction for non-compliance will be, but it does not indicate exactly how business owners should achieve this compliance. The aim of the article is to describe a new trend of self-regulation, from the perspective of the role that industry organizations can play. Three examples of new acts in the field of commercial law are analyzed, which are characterized by a lack of clarity and are part of the case-law framework. Two initiatives of an industry organization which clarify unclear legal provisions are pointed out. The analyses make it possible to state that the industry organizations are able to take responsibility for interpretations of imprecise regulations in the field of commercial law. The organizations are also able to set standards of conduct and develop industry self-regulation so that they are respected by the industry and the legislator as a response to the new model of shaping the law.

2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Soin, Maciej http://hdl.handle.net/11089/30173 2019-09-17T01:18:27Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

CSR i etyka przekonań Soin, Maciej Examples of scandals related to exposing the unethical practices of companies which are classified as CSR leaders include cases where their declarations on undertaking social responsibility, as well as spending a lot of money on spectacular social campaigns and then rigorously reporting it in the appropriate documents, are accompanied by acts of abusing workers’ and environmental rights, misleading customers, i.e., abusing consumer rights, and finally “tax optimisation”, which generates measurable losses to the local communities. These cases raise the question about the reason for corporate social responsibility not being immune to abuse or opportunities to treat it as merely an image-related issue. The problem is presented using Max Weber’s widely known typology. It contrasts the ethics of conviction (ruled by the principle of intentionally keeping to the rules which have been adopted as being right) with the ethics of responsibility for the consequences of actions, including those that were undertaken in good faith but which have unintentional consequences. The usefulness of Weber’s typology when considering CSR problems becomes evident when we notice that the dominant interpretation of the corporate social responsibility concept, with its characteristic emphasis on voluntariness and positivity of actions within CSR, brings this concept closer to the ethics of conviction model. Voluntary actions in the field of CSR should go beyond carrying out regular goals of economic activities, i.e., the maximisation of profits, by providing good quality, desirable goods and services. However, what should be considered a prosocial activity –and thus, social responsibility –remains unclear in some companies. In accordance with the thesis of the paper, this ambiguity is one of the important factors that create discrepancies between declarations and real corporate activities. As we can see, the focus on voluntarily doing good which has been adopted in the current interpretation of CSR pre-empts the pursuit to avoid bad practices, both in theory and in the implementation of CSR programmes. Moreover, the CSR-dominant interpretation leads to a particular terminological confusion and replaces the companies’ responsibility towards concrete stakeholders, which is appropriate for the economic activity, with an abstractly understood responsibility towards an abstractly understood society. In this sense, the conceptual analysis of the relationship between CSR and ethics reveals that one of the important sources of problems with CSR is joining this concept with an unsuitable model of ethics. This is not because of the alleged defects of the ethics of conviction, appreciated by Weber, among other thinkers, but because it is a model that, in fact, is not suitable for business ethics. If the ethics of conviction is private, then it cannot be used to regulate social relations. In conclusion, it may be stated that, paradoxically, a dominant way of thinking about the social responsibility of corporations leads more to separation than to bringing together ethics and business. CSR, in its current form, cannot be an efficient means of implementing ethical objectives in business because it defines the issue of social responsibility as a sphere of private beliefs and arbitrary interpretations. Therefore, it undermines the relevance of the proper and socially significant notion of responsibility for economic activities and their consequences. Of course, the CSR concept can and should be modified; the question remains as to whether eliminating the elements that bring it closer to the ethics of conviction does not actually translate into giving it up entirely.

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