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INFLUENCE OF EMOTIONAL DETERMINANTS ON THE FOOD CHOICES OF THE PORTUGUESE
Get PDFFood choices are influenced by many factors, such as emotional. When people eat, driven by emotional factors, they often lose control, which may lead to eating disorders. Therefore, this work aimed at studying the influence that emotional determinants had on people’s food choices. It was undertaken a descriptive cross-sectional study by means of a questionnaire on a non-probabilistic sample of 1314 participants. The data was collected among a sample of the Portuguese population and measured if people´s food choices were influenced by emotional determinants.The results revealed that the participants’ food choices were, in general, slightly influenced by emotional determinants (mean scores between –0.5 and 0.5, on a scale from –2 to +2). There were found significant differences in all of the variables under study. The participants, who already experienced an episode of binge-eating, were the ones that obtained the highest mean score (0.63±0.79), meaning that in this case those participants’ food choices were influenced by emotional determinants. These results support the premise that emotional determinants are influenced by the characteristics of each individual and also the existence of a positive association between emotional eating and the presence of eating disorders, especially, binge-eating
Corporate social responsibility: analysis of theories and models
Get PDFVarious definitions, forms, and theories related to Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) are presented in this article. Nowadays most corporations follow different methodologies to implement CSR approach. But in most cases corporation follow CSR methodology that reflects only its shareholders’ interest neglecting its community interest. Critical analysis and comparison for the main CSR theories are presented also, followed by a conclusion about a comprehensive form of CSR that targets both shareholders and community interest.Three of the main CSR theories and models have been represented and analyzed in this article: The Carroll Theory, The Triple Bottom Line Theory, and The Stakeholder Theories. Since any business corporation has to adopt one of these theories, this study reveals the strength and challenges of every theory. There is no doubt that every theory has been well analyzed by its founder or scholar, but an advanced understanding for every theory will make it possible for a corporation’s managers and decision makers to implement long term social and environmental strategies with more accurate achievements.This article is divided into four main sections, the first section presents Carroll’s model for CSR, followed by the second, which is about the Triple Bottom Line theory for CSR, and the third represents the Stakeholder theory. The fourth section analyzes three CSR theories and sheds light on the core responsibility of every theory. Comprehensive analysis for the three recognized CSR models was represented in a table to help readers to locate and clarify systemic differences and common features between the three theories.The last section of the article reveals three main outcomes, the first outcome represents a recommendation for the implementation process of adopting any of the three theories, and which is divided into an internal and external level. The second outcome reveals the importance of addressing a specialized committee for CSR by a company, followed by the third outcome that discusses some of the implications of this analysis for future CSR research and studies
MEDIA, STEREOTYPES AND MUSLIM REPRESENTATION: WORLD AFTER JYLLANDS-POSTEN MUHAMMAD CARTOONS CONTROVERSY
Get PDFIn the 21st century media has become the dominant source of knowledge of Islam and Muslims and selectively decides what the West should know about Islam and what should be hidden. However, the underlying assumption is that, the media as an institution forming stereotypes depends on the local socio-cultural context. The goal of this paper – to find out how media (as the mediator) forms values, world view of a society, creates stereotypes in different cultural environments through analysis of Muhammad cartoons. The objectives are: to define the concepts of Neo-Orientalism, Muslimophobia and Islamophobia; to find out the connection between media representations and negative images of Islam and Muslims in the society; to reveal the main stereotypes of Muslims and Islam in online media in 4 different countries by analysing the case of Muhammad cartoons. The conducted qualitative and quantitative content analysis confirmed the hypothesis that in the specific cultures the same event is presented in different ways while forming value based orientation for a specific audience. Western media seeks to portray Muslims as terrorists / Islamists that are against West, their values and any possibility of integration in Western societies. Meanwhile, Lebanon and India (Kashmir) media does not portray orientalism and Islamophobic views, because audiences are dominated by Muslims. However there are noticeable manifestations of Occidentalism - resistance to the West and the Islamophobic portrayal of public in media. Moreover, information serves as a public mobilization function, so there are reasons to believe that violent protests in Kashmir and Lebanon could have been encouraged by the media
THE ESSENCE AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF NATIONAL-PATRIOTIC UPBRINGING: THEORETICAL ASPECT
Get PDFThe article contains the results of a study of the nature and main characteristics of the national-patriotic upbringing. The study was conducted by studying and analyzing the latest regulations and publications, related issues and identifying the nature of the main characteristics of the national-patriotic upbringing. The author of the article presents the results of scientific analysis, conclusions about the need to develop formation technologies of national-patriotic education of students at schools.National-patriotic upbringing is a complex of personality traits and actual result, achieved by an individual or collective in the process of national-patriotic upbringing, manifested in the ability and willingness to be realized as an individual and collective in the service to the Motherland: learning the experience of cognitive activity by a student involves the formation of patriotic knowledge and ideas; mastering the experience of emotional and value relationships by a student means the formation of patriotic feelings, values, beliefs; mastering the student's practical experience is manifested in the implementation of patriotic knowledge and ideas, values and beliefs in patriotic behavior and activities.The essence of national-patriotic upbringing, in our opinion, is the students' learning of the experience of cognitive activity, emotional-value relationships and effective practical experience, which are manifested in the ability and willingness to be realized as an individual and collective in the activity for the benefit of the Motherland.The article can be recommended for publication in a specialized journal
ACTUALIZATION OF METHODOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, SEPARATE FORMS AND METHODS OF NATIVE THEORY AND PRACTICE (END OF ХІХ – BEGINNING OF ХХ CENTURY) AS TO ORGANIZATION OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES UNDER CONDITIONS OF FORMATION OF THE NEW UKRAINIAN SCHOOL
Get PDFThe “foreign speaking competence” is an urgent task in the modern society. It is felt most acutely in countries of the post-Soviet space because of changing a paradigm of foreign language education, processes of integration of these countries in the world society. Organization of teaching foreign languages in the New Ukrainian school needs determining strategies and further perspectives as to the common work of pupils, parents and whole community on problems of the content and resource base for providing high-quality teaching taking into account the rich experience of teachers-practicians. The aim of the article is to use the historical experience for organizing teaching foreign languages for pupils of gymnasia. The brief analysis of substantial works of Ukrainian and foreign scientists as to the problem of organizing teaching foreign languages in tnative gymnasias at the end of ХІХ – beginning of ХХ century has been realized. Just this time there takes place a change of socio-economic conditions in the country that results in the fact that ancient foreign languages (Greek, Latin) lose their popularity. German, French and English occupy their place. It causes modernization of teaching methods and new organization of this process.We have elaborated and introduced in the working practice of secondary educational institutions: the technology of a special seminar for improving the qualification of primary school teachers “Organization of teaching foreign languages for pupils: historical aspects and modern challenges” and technology of training exercises “Rozmovlyajko” for pupils of primary schools. We think that teaching foreign languages may serve as a means of reformation of the Ukrainian school and creation of a new productive and creative personality
IMPROVEMENT OF THE MODEL OF USING ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AT INTERNAL AUDITING OF A BANK
Get PDFFrom 2014 the number of banks in Ukraine essentially decreased from 180 to 76 for 01.07.2019. The unstable situation wastraced in the country for this period of time. Liquidation of 104 banks demonstrated that they couldn’t manage their risks and makecorrect managerial decisions timely, and also the system of internal control functioned badly. Just this system includes a subdivisionof internal auditing that didn’t cope with timely revelation of inexactitudes, so reasonable recommendations as to managerialdecisions weren’t elaborated. For providing functions of internal auditing of a bank, the subdivision uses auditing procedures. Theyinclude analytical procedures that, in their turn, are principal for attaining aims of an auditing task. The article considers most urgentquestions of using analytical procedures in internal bank auditing. The essence of the definition of “analytical procedures” has beenconsidered and specified. Analytical procedures have been separated from the composition of auditing ones, and their theoreticalaspect has been analyzed. The classification of methods of analytical procedures has been analyzed for getting auditing evidences.Analytical procedures consist of methods of internal system estimation and bank financial condition analysis and also analysis oftheir business-processes. Advantages and defects of methodical components of analytical procedures have been presented and analyzed.The stages of an auditing task have been studied. Analytical procedures are considered at three stages of internal auditing:planning, performing the engagement and resulting, demonstrated through the prism of economic analysis. International standardsof the professional practice of internal auditing that regulate it are considered. Questions of working papers that generalize a resultof using analytical procedures are separated
IMPROVEMENT OF THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY OF BUSINESS ON THE BASIS OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Get PDFThis paper is a theoretical and methodological substantiation of the provisions for the transformation of business in the digital economy and the development of practical recommendations for the formation of an organization’s digital strategy. The characteristic features of changes in consumer behavior that contribute to improving the business management model in the digital economy through the development and implementation of a digital strategy are highlighted. The relevance of theoretical and methodological recommendations and organizational provisions of compositional management and the creation of a fundamentally new enterprise management subsystem are substantiated. Theoretical approaches to improving the organizational structure of enterprises in the digital economy are investigated. The goal and main trends in the field of human resources management are identified, which must be taken into account when forming the organization's digital strategy. The research models of the roadmap of digital transformation of the business, as well as the structural model of the digital development of the business model of the enterprise are presented
ELABORATION OF MAIN METHODS OF USING COLORISTICS AT CREATING THE ECOLOGICAL INTERIOR SPACE INCLUDING ARTWORKS
Get PDFThe paper analyses harmonization conditions of a color solution, obtained as a result of combining colors that create the united coloristic space-color field, able to create the esthetically full-value tonality of an accommodation. There have been elaborated main methods of using coloristics at achieving the ecological space and harmony of a color solution, including artworks.There has been proved a necessity to organize the subject-spatial environment by laws and means of coloristics at realizing ecological problems and esthetically improving the environment of human life activity. It has been noted, that under conditions of sustainable development of the environment, at searching for innovative approaches to methods of ecologization of an interior of different destinations, there is a necessity of special scientific methods, theoretical and practical steps that would be instruments for modern artists and designers.There have been defined a series of unalienable factors of the color environment, connected with each other that can be instruments of ecologization of an accommodation by means of coloristics.There has been offered a series of functional possibilities of artworks, placed in the coloristics of the spatial environment for creating optimally comfort conditions for human being in it. Using the conducted analysis and given examples, realized by the author of the paper, there are presented main methods that can be the same instrument in the work of an artist-designer that allows him/her to solve the problem of improving ecologization of the interior environment with more professionalism, and also the creative task in placing artworks in the coloristic space of an interior
EVOLUTION OF THE BACKGROUND SYSTEM OF INTEGRATION OF DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES INTO THE WORLD ECONOMY: THEORETICAL PROBLEMS
No full textModern civilization processes are due to production processes. In any management system, the enterprise is its key element. The theoretical definitions of the essence of “production” and “enterprise” concepts in certain aspects do not coincide with the corresponding legal definitions. This clearly illustrates the dynamics of domestic legislation at the stages of the adoption of relevant laws of Ukraine from the “Law on Enterprises” to the Economic Code of Ukraine. Prospects for the integration of domestic enterprises into international production networks are significantly dependent on their ability to move to modern management standards, systematically coordinated with sustainable development processes based on innovatization, focused on the requirements of entry into the information society space. In Ukraine, during the period of state independence, the adoption as a national series of key international standards is implemented. But the unevenness of the evolution of the components of both constant and technological development is also determined. This gives rise to corresponding negative consequences and requires a search for mechanisms by which the characteristics of the harmony of the above components will be determined, on the basis of which it will be possible to effectively manage them in order to bring them to the desired stat
CONCEPTUAL IDEAS AND ORIENTATORS OF THE NOTHERN AMERICAN MODEL OF ADULT EDUCATION
Get PDFThe article deals with conceptual ideas and orientators of Northern American model of adult education. It is substantiated, that Nothern American model of adult education is based on the following philosophical directions: liberalism, progressivism, behaviorism, humanism, radicalism, constructivism. Liberalism has ancient roots and comes from the fact that since man is the real source of progress in society, it is necessary to ensure his rights and freedoms, providing equal access to education regardless of social status and well-being. The basic principle of liberal education is singled out, in particular, to develop a personality that is consonant with the purpose of a liberal education in ancient times - the education of citizens who can become active participants in a democratic society. It is proved that non-formal adult education should be continuous, focus on the development of intellectual abilities, be accessible to all sections of the population, and its content must meet their needs. It was found out that the historical roots of the philosophy of progressivism associated with progressive political movement in society and education. Its basis is the concept of interaction between education and society, empirical theory of education democratization of education. It was found out that behavioral direction, whose founder was John Watson, appeared in the USA in the early XX century. Based on the theory of Pavlov's conditioned reflexes, his supporters (J. Watson, B. Sninner E. Thorndike) examined personality as a set of behavioral responses to stimuli of the environment. It is identified that the purpose of adult education - behavior modification adult-oriented changes in humans. It was proved, that unlike behaviorists, representatives of humanistic direction (J. Brown, Johnson, Maslow, M. Knowles, K. Rogers, etc.) considered man independent, active, open to change and self-actualization person. It was stressed, that the founders of the radical trend, based on theories of anarchism, marxism, socialism, considering education in general and adult education, in particular, as an important mechanism to achieve radical changes in society. It updates the social role of non-formal adult education, because it requires critical thinking and personal participation in these changes. It was found out, that according to philosophy of constructivism person is unique in his/her vision of the world, beliefs, outlook because he/she is able to construct his/her personal understanding of reality. A teacher is not just a transmitter of knowledge,he/she serves as the consultant, moderator, facilitator. The analysis of scientific literature showed that adult education in the USA has evolved with the development of society, and has a long history and some traditions, mainly seen as informal adult education, aimed at self-improvement of adult to meet his/her educational needs; mechanism of civil society formation