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Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice
Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice

Contributor(s): Antonio Sandu (Editor), Ciulei Tomita (Editor)
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Philosophy, Sociology
ISSN: 2601-2529
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: Conference; scientific conference; Rethinking Social Action;
Summary/Abstract: Proceedings Volume: 10th LUMEN International Scientific Conference Rethinking Social Action. Core Values in Practice | RSACVP 2018 | 20-21 April 2018 | Suceava – Romania

Series: LUMEN PROCEEDINGS. Scientific Conference Proceedings

  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-1-910129-17-3
  • Page Count: 301
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Language: English
Affectivity and Social Expression

Affectivity and Social Expression
(Affectivity and Social Expression)

  • Author(s):Raluca Bălăiţă
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Communication studies
  • Page Range:1-17
  • No. of Pages:17
  • Keywords:Cognition; emotion; affectivity; social communication; expression;
  • Summary/Abstract:An essential dimension not only of mental life, but also of relationships, the affectivity is built socially, its conventional manifestations varying depending on the social values acknowledged within a given group.An individual relates to the world simultaneously by cognition and emotion, so that the reason/passion dichotomy which, for a long period of time, has represented a red thread in the history of Western philosophy has been revised. Emotions are not opposed to reasonable conduct, but respond to a personal logic and certain implicit social norms, being in a direct relationship with the meaning the individual gives to events.Emotions are connected to social communication, represent “a way of affiliation to a social community” (David Le Breton) and the expression of relating to a situation, interlocutors, message. In this article we insist on the idea that affectivity, emotions correspond to certain reactions of the individual to a given situation which manifest by a series of physiological and psychological changes translated into mimicry, gestures, attitudes, words expression modalities which are acquired during a learning process and by constantly relating to the other members of the social group.
Are Romanian Employees Satisfied with their Jobs and with the Performance Evaluation Process? An Empirical Analysis based on Gender Differences

Are Romanian Employees Satisfied with their Jobs and with the Performance Evaluation Process? An Empirical Analysis based on Gender Differences
(Are Romanian Employees Satisfied with their Jobs and with the Performance Evaluation Process? An Empirical Analysis based on Gender Differences)

  • Author(s):Alexandra Beiu, Adriana Ana Maria Davidescu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
  • Page Range:18-33
  • No. of Pages:16
  • Keywords:Employees motivation; performance evaluation process; non-parametric tests; gender analysis; Romanian companies;
  • Summary/Abstract:The paper aims to identify the degree of satisfaction of Romanian employees highlighting the most important motivating factors and also to analyse the satisfaction related to the performance evaluation process using the results of an empirical research based on gender differences for a sample of 301 employees from micro, small, medium and also large companies. The main research questions of the study are: there are some significant differences regarding the employees’ satisfaction and its main determinants-the gender role? What about the differences among Romanian employees regarding the perceptions about the performance evaluation process?In order to respond to these questions, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney) were used.The empirical results revealed that if most of the employees declared to be somehow satisfied with their jobs, they tend to be also satisfied with their salaries, this factor being also the least a short-term motivating factor. At the opposite side, workplace comfort, bonuses and workplace stability were considered to be the most important factors in the process of achieving motivation of Romanian employees.
The Philosophy of Facebook Privacy

The Philosophy of Facebook Privacy
(The Philosophy of Facebook Privacy)

  • Author(s):Andreea Anișoara Bondar, Olivia Macovei
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):History of Philosophy
  • Page Range:34-39
  • No. of Pages:6
  • Keywords:Facebook; confidentiality; philosophy and communication; identity;
  • Summary/Abstract:Nowadays, the facebook network won a lot of users , thus, the interaction between these people is carried out without taking into account the privacy of each actor in the online scene of the communicational platform. New generation considers normal to expose your personal details on the facebook page, the mentality has changed and we adapt to it without thinking about its meaning.Our lives have no meaning outside of the experience, but, it is based on experience, in this case what we are currently working online it can show us who we actually are or who we want to be.Our actions in the virtualized sphere have the sense that we choose to have it, just as the philosopher Sartre claimed``…….first you choose….the choice We are responsible for what we are but obviously towards the others,our deeds will not succeed if we try to give birth to a human being as we would like to be as this thing will not have as a result the image desired by us. We are moving towards the evolution of humanity and the freedom to socialize virtually brought us closer to each other and through this approach we have revealed essential details about who we are, goals, interests that we have. I propse to answer within the vehemence of this article to the question: is there ,indeed, privacy on facebook? Confidentiality is a key component of freedom to be ourselves,to build healthy and appropriate relationships in a virtual community which this thing is appreciated and default me, as a user.
Can be the Code of Ethics an Important Piece of the Big Picture Companies’ Puzzle?

Can be the Code of Ethics an Important Piece of the Big Picture Companies’ Puzzle?
(Can be the Code of Ethics an Important Piece of the Big Picture Companies’ Puzzle?)

  • Author(s):Valentin Călinovici
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Ethics / Practical Philosophy
  • Page Range:40-48
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:Code of ethics; utility; time; influence, relation;
  • Summary/Abstract:The aim of this paper is to analyze the relevance of a Ethical Code for the efficiency and healthy developement of a business company. I know that a lot of work is required for this code to be fulfilled and a lot of studies reveal that companies need the percept and the values stated by ethics codes in order to have a healthy development. But if it does not comply with the code of ethics, what happens? These are not such laws in order to be able to suffer the consequences immediately, but are just recommendations for better development. Can a company grow in the absence of an ethical code? A company's activity is a compendium of factors that work to fulfill its purpose or in a related way. A component factor in this compendium is also ethics, transposed by the company's code of ethics. It is true that a company is a very complex compendium of factors that interact in order to generate the purpose of its being. But a theoretical point of view, like those stated in a ethical code,can be really helpful? In 1985 – 2001, Enron Company was one of the most innovative and appreciated company in the USA. However, this company has developed all these years only with few influences by its ethical code.Enron began to violate ethical values much more 5 years before bankruptcy. For five years, the company did not feel that breaking these values, the company's overall status is on a negative trend. Certain management mistakes have led the firm to bankruptcy, but if it can be considered a cause of bankruptcy failure to observe the code of ethics, why has it been so many years that these consequences take effect?
Economic Laws, Necessities or Obstacles for Growing Companies?

Economic Laws, Necessities or Obstacles for Growing Companies?
(Economic Laws, Necessities or Obstacles for Growing Companies?)

  • Author(s):Valentin Călinovici
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Business Economy / Management
  • Page Range:49-57
  • No. of Pages:8
  • Keywords:Economic laws; company; development; long-term vision; framework;
  • Summary/Abstract:The objective of this paper is to discuss about economic laws in relation with companies development. They surely exist in every country, in different manners. It is important to understand if they are really important in the process of developing a company, or they are simply obstacles. In 2001, Enron was recording the biggest bankruptcy, at that moment, in the USA history. Soon after that, Sarbanes-Oxley Law was implemented very quickly for all the companies in USA. The purpose of the law was to avoid another similar case of Enron to happen in the American economy.But was that fair for all other thousands of companies from SUA to be obliged to pay for the implementation of such a drastic law? Up until this law exists, most of them had a good trajectory of development, not to mention that they were ethical and legal in procedures. It is important for a company to have laws created by the state in order to have a good development? Where is the liberty offered by the state to companies in order to develop in a libertarian manner? Is there any? In this project I want to discuss about the importance of the Sarbanes-Oxley law in SUA based on empirical data collected from different books and specialist analysis. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of the economic laws for the life of a company in a long term vision. In particular, I will argue that the economic laws can be considered obstacles and necessities.
The Role of Game-based Learning in Career Development and Job Placement of Young People with Intellectual Disability

The Role of Game-based Learning in Career Development and Job Placement of Young People with Intellectual Disability
(The Role of Game-based Learning in Career Development and Job Placement of Young People with Intellectual Disability)

  • Author(s):Narcisa Delia Valentina Chirvasiu, Ruxandra Foloştină
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Scientific Life
  • Page Range:58-65
  • No. of Pages:8
  • Keywords:Intellectual disability; employment; business game, job placement; work;
  • Summary/Abstract:The European Employment Strategy has estabilished as a main objective the inclusion of disadvantaged people on the labor market by promoting open employment strategies. In this framework. it is desirable to identify and remove barriers that hinder the employment of people with disabilities.The most important skill needed to work in adult life for students with intellectual disability is the ability to cope with social situations. The training and the development of social skills needed to work and lead to an independent life is a major goal for students with intellectual disability. The disappearance from the curriculum for special education of some subjects such as "Education for adulthood" represents a barrier to the formation and social integration of young people with intellectual disability. Independent life skills represent the minimum of skills that allow the owner to develop a normal social life, thus limiting the need for assistance or accompaniment from social services.Forming social skills for young people with intellectual disabilities could shorten the gap between educational provision and their employment needs by allowing young people to integrate much easier.In this article, we want to analyse the importance of entrepreneurial education through virtual games. Nowadays, virtual games occupy a great deal of young people's time, being at the top of their preferences, motivating them and forming their interests. Starting from this idea, we want to present a prototype of an entrepreneurial game, accessible to young people with intellectual disabilities, through which they can develop the necessary skills for a future job placement.
Financial Behaviour of Romanian Guaranteed Minimum Income Beneficiaries

Financial Behaviour of Romanian Guaranteed Minimum Income Beneficiaries
(Financial Behaviour of Romanian Guaranteed Minimum Income Beneficiaries)

  • Author(s):Silvia Cojanu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Financial Markets, Human Resources in Economy
  • Page Range:66-79
  • No. of Pages:14
  • Keywords:Financial behaviour; perception; poverty; survey;
  • Summary/Abstract:The aim of this paper is to explore the financial behaviour of guaranteed minimum income beneficiaries in Romania, based on their responses in a survey with national representativity for this target group. The main themes of analysis are: perception of their financial situation and satisfaction with the standard of living, perceived financially induced limitations, as well as financial behavior, considering income sources, savings and debt. The results are consistent with the reviewed literature on savings and debt under the poverty context: most respondents don’t have access to mainstream credit and they financially depend on their social network of family and friends in times of need. Yet, in spite of the financial support of their social networks and of affirmed temperance in spending habits, they are faced with health endangering financial limitations - through lack of food or necessary medical treatments.
The Model of the Middle Blocker in Volleyball

The Model of the Middle Blocker in Volleyball
(The Model of the Middle Blocker in Volleyball)

  • Author(s):Adin-Marian Cojocaru, Marilena Cojocaru
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Education, Psychology, Communication studies
  • Page Range:80-87
  • No. of Pages:8
  • Keywords:Model; Middle blocker; Volleyball; Game;
  • Summary/Abstract:Finding a center-of-play game model that adapts to the objective reality of the volleyball game leads to determining the content and effectiveness of its game action. The hypothesis of this research is based on the need to model the game, which develops according to certain fundamental characteristics, based on the demand and efficiency of the gaming activities, printed by the training model, the game content model and the efficiency of the skills team members, in special middle blocker model.There have been a few tasks off our research literature including information on the state of knowledge on the chosen topic, gathering information and data on game content in zone 3, in terms of weight and overall efficiency of game actions and for the two structures, analysis of results, their interpretation and separation of the most important conclusions of the theoretical and practical, which can be helpful in charge of training specialists.Mathematical processing of data from records is preferable to meet international standards developed by the FIVB, so we can relate to them (summarized by M. Serban, 1998 and 1999).The methods used in research were the method of documentation; the method of observation and registration; modeling method; the statistical and mathematical method of data recording and processing.Research conclusions have been systemized on issues that were derived from the general hypothesis of the study.
Centre-periphery Cleavage in Ukraine

Centre-periphery Cleavage in Ukraine
(Centre-periphery Cleavage in Ukraine)

  • Author(s):Valeriu Deciu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Physical Geopgraphy, Human Geography, Regional Geography
  • Page Range:88-98
  • No. of Pages:11
  • Keywords:Collective identity; cleavage; conflict; nation-building; identity self-referencing;
  • Summary/Abstract:Once the former USSR collapsed, countries like Ukraine have construed their own collective identity aiming to differentiate them from internal and external “others” in a nation building process. New territorial boundaries have been established over the mental ones, founding myths and heroes have been recovered or reinstated. This process looked successful for a while until a census unveiled a center-periphery cleavage formation. Meanwhile, Kiev’s centralizing policy had to face upheaval in the eastern part, and conflict is ongoing. Scholars have speculated mostly over ethnic and historical factors as well as Russia’s active involvement as main reasons for the shift in identity self-referencing of Donbas region’s inhabitants. This paper aims at examining this center-periphery cleavage formation from another standpoint: an internal political struggle between two regional clans that are still controlling the resources and hence hold political power in the so-called Donbas region from Eastern Ukraine. Without minimizing the influence of historical and ethnic factors, we posit that many eastern Ukrainians’ choice for identity self-referencing had shifted when their region started to decrease in terms of economic and political power on the central level. And the Donbas clans losing the central power control over fighting each other is along with historical and ethnic factors one of the main reasons for that.
Coping with Everyday Ethical Dilemmas

Coping with Everyday Ethical Dilemmas
(Coping with Everyday Ethical Dilemmas)

  • Author(s):Valeriu Deciu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Ethics / Practical Philosophy
  • Page Range:99-106
  • No. of Pages:7
  • Keywords:ethics; compliance; ethical dilemmas; assessment models; code of ethics; ethical values;
  • Summary/Abstract:We normally need case studies to explore ethical dilemmas, always with referential principles used to define what we think is right or wrong. Said principles are usually preordained, resulting from our life experiences, and help us draw a line between good and bad. Summing up perennial values and moral virtues like honesty, fairness, and responsibility, these principles seem theoretically untouchable and flawless. Though, both time and day to day situations force us to adjust these values, rephrase those principles and reposition the line delimiting the acceptable.Same goes for real-life situations in the workplace. Values and principles stated in any Ethics and Compliance Program are not always easy to observe when tested by the unexpected and uncertainty. Is it possible to define those principles so that to withstand any test? Probably not, since managers have to cope quite often with potential conflicts of interest, mismanagement of resources, biased interpretations of contracts and agreements, to name just a few. Apart from “black and white” they have to operate in a very challenging “grey area” where things are far from being simple. Some might say that all they have to do is to consider their decision’s effects for the stakeholders while keeping a keen eye on the compliance issues. What happens when a wrongful situation is favourable for the shareholders? Or a hypothetical situation presents choices which entail ethical dilemmas, even if the expected outcome is “for the greater good”?We posit that best way to cope with ethical and compliance dilemmas is to use a combination of subjective and objective instruments for risk assessment. These should be helpful when we deal with uncharted or unexpected ethical issues falling under the category of a “grey area”. How can we assess some dimensions of said issues which are not measurable? This is the question that we try to answer throughout the present paper.
Frequent Mistakes in Romanian Management Practice

Frequent Mistakes in Romanian Management Practice
(Frequent Mistakes in Romanian Management Practice)

  • Author(s):Valeriu Deciu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Human Resources in Economy
  • Page Range:107-116
  • No. of Pages:18
  • Keywords:Managerial mistakes; management tools; Romanian managers; business culture; organizational behaviour:
  • Summary/Abstract:Throughout the past two decades, Romanian society and economy underwent some profound transformations in their attempt to assimilate modern business concepts and instruments. One such concept is that of the modern management encompassing its entire theory, practice and the available range of tools proved as viable in the western marketplace and imported from economically developed countries. Are these instruments fail-proof even in their countries of origin? Should these be customized for a certain market or there is a standard implementation mode that guarantees their success? Are there any typical mistakes that can be identified only for Romanian managers or there is a certain universal pattern of such managerial mistakes? If some of the typical managerial mistakes have greater occurrence in Romanian managerial practice what are the reasons thereof? Are there particular social, cultural or historical attributes that can be considered as influential factors in this respect? Starting from the theoretical background provided by reputed specialists, we try to identify and classify managerial mistakes currently observed in Romania according to their importance and occurrence by means of analysing specific magazines, journals and interviews available online. By interpreting the data obtained we try to find answers to the questions hereabove enunciated and provide the Romanian managers with a useful self-assessing scale of values, a “mirror” depicting their most common psychological traits.
Youth Entrepreneurship and Role Models at Local Level. Case Study: Bihor County, Romania

Youth Entrepreneurship and Role Models at Local Level. Case Study: Bihor County, Romania
(Youth Entrepreneurship and Role Models at Local Level. Case Study: Bihor County, Romania)

  • Author(s):Anca Otilia Dodescu, Ioana Crina Pop Cohuţ
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Financial Markets
  • Page Range:117-134
  • No. of Pages:18
  • Keywords:youth entrepreneurship; role models; access to finance; Bihor County; Romania:
  • Summary/Abstract:In the context of promoting inclusive entrepreneurship in Romania, the present paper addresses the issue of youth as a disadvantaged group on the labour market and under-represented in entrepreneurship from a local perspective and highlights the role models as a key instrument for encouraging youth entrepreneurship. Thus, in addition to a brief theoretical background about youth entrepreneurship and policies to stimulate business creation among young people in the European Union (EU) and Romania, we analysed the statistics on the labour market and youth business creation in Bihor County, Romania and conducted a qualitative research based on an in-depth interview applied to 12 young entrepreneurs from Bihor County, Romania. The research findings outline a local perspective about the motivations, opportunities, obstacles and difficulties of youth entrepreneurship in an EU lagging region, the access to finance, the role of education, family, support networks and the influence of models from local business environment for young entrepreneurs, their business identity in the local business environment, and how entrepreneurship changes young people's perception of business creation and self-employment. The main conclusion of the paper is that, despite the Romanian legislation and policies that are not friendly enough to youth entrepreneurship as well as local business environment, and despite erroneous perceptions of young people about financing a business, there are young models who had the courage to change their lives for good, who succeed and recommend to other young people to become business owners or self-employed. Alongside facilitating access to finance, role-models are, in our opinion, the most important tool for promoting youth entrepreneurship at local level.
What can Psychoanalysis Reveal us About Spinoza's Life and Work?

What can Psychoanalysis Reveal us About Spinoza's Life and Work?
(What can Psychoanalysis Reveal us About Spinoza's Life and Work?)

  • Author(s):Marius Dumitrescu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Psychology, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Social Philosophy
  • Page Range:135-148
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:psychoanalysis; Spinoza; thinking independence; emotions; ambivalence;
  • Summary/Abstract:Spinoza wrote the most fascinating politico-philosophical texts during his life, because these were intertwined with his life, with the events he attended and actively involved in, hoping for a reformation of the world in which he lived. Theologico-Political Treatise and On the Improvement of the Understanding reveal us that Spinoza does not belong to eternity, but to his time. He was a thinker who wrote first of all for its contemporaries, for the people of the 17th century.In this paper I will analyze in the psychoanalytic key these two texts and the context in which they were elaborated because we can better understand the philosopher's reaction to the events of his time.Firstly, I will point out that these two treaties wrote by the Dutch philosopher captured the spirit attempt to maintain its thinking independence on emotional tensions that threatened to throw the soul of man in the whirl of regrettable events and actions. Secondly, I will show that Spinoza, a man of his time, was directly involved in the complicated process that aimed solutions for a spiritual unification of the old continent in the second half of the 17th century. He was able to experience a vast array of emotional states ranging from ambivalence to fear and despair and from resignation to enthusiasm in front of scientific and political realities which were on the way to be acomplish in the favorable conditions of the new Europe that emerged after Peace of Westphalia.
Decision - Making Process in Business Using Game Theory

Decision - Making Process in Business Using Game Theory
(Decision - Making Process in Business Using Game Theory)

  • Author(s):Ana Maria German, Alexandru Codrin Ionescu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Business Economy / Management
  • Page Range:149-161
  • No. of Pages:13
  • Keywords:game theory; strategy; decision-making; competitive environment; company;
  • Summary/Abstract:These days, the business environment is dynamic, volatile, uncertain, and with multiple self-interested agents interacting, leading to various opportunities for both conflict and cooperation to appear. Gaining and sustaining competitive advantage on market became important capabilities of a company. The aim of this paper is to investigate the efficiency of game theory in the decision-making process of companies from automotive industry. Game theory is a topic of modern applied mathematics. It uses mathematical techniques for analyzing situations when managers/competitors in the same segment make decisions that influence one another’s interests/business. A key element in a game is to discover which strategy is a decision maker’s best response to the strategies chosen by the others. The concepts of game theory involve the need to formulate, analyze and understand strategic scenarios of companies from various fields. The study’s methodology is based on literature review, case studies, and mathematical methods. After a suggestive literature review framework, the study presents applications which use different types of games in various conditions. The findings prove that game theory represents an important tool for decision-makers from the automotive industry in the field of strategic planning. The results are useful both in the market, for decision-makers and managers of companies, as well as in the academic field, for students. Game theory is inspiring because the terms and ideology are simpler than those of other theories in this segment. Game theory uses mathematical models to look at how conflict and cooperation work together.
Human Resources Management In Education

Human Resources Management In Education
(Human Resources Management In Education)

  • Author(s):Ioana Raluca Golbach, Izabela Florina Barbu (Marinescu), Alina Bidireanu (Nastase)
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Education, Psychology, Higher Education , Behaviorism
  • Page Range:162-173
  • No. of Pages:12
  • Keywords:Quality; education; public services; human resources; success;
  • Summary/Abstract:Education and public service that involves direct contact between the one who offers the end user service are provided by people to people, they can not be separated in time and space.Services quality evaluation is made more difficult that evaluating the quality. Performers indicators used are those that express customer satisfaction measures, “intangible or mild” are often as important for succes as heavy and objective indicators. Among the indicators that remain lighter appearing in the customers mind: care, courtesy, tact, concern, respect and human quality in general. Training and further training of human resources in education are necessary and important to provide services to established standards, education services are services provided to people by people.
The Role of the Manager versus the Leader in Education

The Role of the Manager versus the Leader in Education
(The Role of the Manager versus the Leader in Education)

  • Author(s):Ioana Raluca Golbach, Gabriela Soare, Aurelian Ionescu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Education, Business Economy / Management
  • Page Range:174-183
  • No. of Pages:10
  • Keywords:Organization; leaders; stakeholders; managers; success;
  • Summary/Abstract:In the school education institutions each manager/leader addresses its own style to apply in professional activity, and it may be the key to the success of the organization which he runs. According to the detailed knowledge of the legislation, problems of each sector of activity, paired with personal attention to all the problems of the members of the organization, demonstrating that the “cares about them”, but also to create an environment inside the organization, can stimulate and motivate your entire organization toward achieving the target and the proposed objectives and even to obtain performance.The success within the organization may be determined by the way in which the manager is involved, and act according to the decisions which it takes in certain key moments.
Social Asymmetry - An Operative Concept of Political Philosophy

Social Asymmetry - An Operative Concept of Political Philosophy
(Social Asymmetry - An Operative Concept of Political Philosophy)

  • Author(s):Iulian Grigoriu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Political Philosophy
  • Page Range:184-195
  • No. of Pages:12
  • Keywords:Social asymmetry; social order; social mechanics; social sense; justice; freedom; legality; democracy; totalitarianism; ontological dimension of society;
  • Summary/Abstract:In this paper I discuss the concept of social asymmetry as a relation between the individual and society, but also as an intrinsic characteristic of society. I intend to analyze the relevance of the term to the fields of political science (descriptive, factually committed) and to political philosophy (normative, concerned with the difference between individuals with different values and options, the way in which factuality is regulated by the type of society).The term social asymmetry may be relevant in social ethics, as dependent on factors such as justice, freedom, truth, law, quality of life, etc. The present study highlights two types of social asymmetry: an irreversible one, one of totalitarian societies, and another, a reversible one, inherent in democratic societies.I consider that social asymmetry was at the basis of political upheaval in the communist bloc of the nineties. The balance of any society is ontological, meta-social, centered on the human person. The ontological dimension seen as an existential equilibrium among a multitude of non-quantifiable parameters is the one that sorts the type of society and determines its type of asymmetry.
Flexibility and Agility - Key Indicators in Supply Chain

Flexibility and Agility - Key Indicators in Supply Chain
(Flexibility and Agility - Key Indicators in Supply Chain)

  • Author(s):Bianca Guliman, Larisa Gavrila
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Education, Psychology
  • Page Range:196-201
  • No. of Pages:6
  • Keywords:Agility; Supply Chain; Flexibility; Added Value;
  • Summary/Abstract:In this paper, we investigate the impact of innovation on supply chain and how flexibility and agility create a real advantage for a supply chain. Under different environmental conditions, supply chain flexibility has sustainably contributed in making logistics systems efficient, agile. The results of a survey applied to 100 responders, shows that, as distinctive capabilities, both logistics flexibility/agility and relationship flexibility have great effects on the level of supply added value, customer satisfaction, level of logistics service quality.
Consequentialist Ethics and Accountability in Contemporary Society

Consequentialist Ethics and Accountability in Contemporary Society
(Consequentialist Ethics and Accountability in Contemporary Society)

  • Author(s):Viviana Ivlampie
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Ethics / Practical Philosophy
  • Page Range:202-210
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:Ethics; deontology; consequentialism; decision; accountability:
  • Summary/Abstract:Various trends and orientations stand out from the history of ethics. Our attention focuses on three major aspects in this history, which will help us in the analysis of the decision-making process, in putting these decisions in effect and in taking accountability for the consequences of the decisional act. The perspectives under the lens are: the Aristotelian ethics of virtue, the utilitarian ethics or consequentialism, and the Kantian deontological ethics. By evaluating these types of ethics, we reach the conclusion that, confronted with the changes in the contemporary society, consequentialist ethics proves operational, both at the individual level and at the group, institutional or organisational level.
Body Mass Determinations of Young People During the Period Between 2008-2017

Body Mass Determinations of Young People During the Period Between 2008-2017
(Body Mass Determinations of Young People During the Period Between 2008-2017)

  • Author(s):Nicoleta Leonte, Ofelia Popescu, Oroles Florescu, Teodora Wesselly
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Education, Psychology
  • Page Range:211-219
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:Body mass; adipose tissue; students; physical education;
  • Summary/Abstract:The physical /somatic dimension, embodied in the physical autonomy and the current anatomical-functional capacity, the vitality necessary for a normal life, subscribes to the complex concept of "quality of life". In our century, the amplitude of excessive technology (mechanization and automation) and the ease of communication and travels, led to a reduction in the physical effort made by young people. All these changes have a negative impact on the physical well-being, by increasing the percentage of sedentary people and obesity. Intercountry comparable overweight and obesity estimates from 2008 show that 51.0% of the adult population (> 20 years old) in Romania were overweight and 19.1% were obese. Adulthood obesity prevalence forecasts (2010–2030) predict that in 2020, 12% of men and 9% of women will be obese. This study aims to determine the somatic mass evolution (muscle mass / adipose tissue ratio) of the students from University “Politehnica” of Bucharest by comparing the data collected in 2008 with those of 2017 and by finding the changes occurred over time. The results of the research show a positive evolution of the students’ physical development in 2017 compared to the students in 2008, by the significant increase of the muscle mass (t=4.2932, p= 0.0001). The values recorded in the adipose tissue do not display significant differences. The evolution identification of the muscle mass-adipose tissue ratio over time could highlight the effect of the educational and training process specific to the field of physical education and sport, and raising the awareness of the young people about the systematic practice of the physical activity combined with a healthy diet aims to increase the quality of life.
Protestant Ethics and the Secularization of Vocation

Protestant Ethics and the Secularization of Vocation
(Protestant Ethics and the Secularization of Vocation)

  • Author(s):Rariţa Mihail
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Ethics / Practical Philosophy
  • Page Range:220-234
  • No. of Pages:15
  • Keywords:Max Weber; Protestant morality; vocation; conduct of life; type of man;
  • Summary/Abstract:Starting from the way Martin Luther relates to vocation and its wider implications for society, Max Weber will later develop an understanding of the relationship between the teachings of Protestant morality and vocation. Starting from the ethics of a specialized and ascetic profession, the carrier of a normative and responsible commitment in the world, Weber builds a personality model capable of responding to the political and intellectual challenges of his time. In this paper, I argue that the secularization of vocation, as the epiphenomenon of the disenchantment of the world, and its departure from an ethic of specific religious behavior allowed Weber to shape a portrait of the professional man as an ideal type of ethical personality, inspired by the archetypal example of the ascetic Protestant. It will be necessary to understand how vocation, as a way of articulation between ethics and conduct, generates a distinct type of man engaged in the social struggle. We have developed this thesis through an approach to the Weberian vocation concept, especially in terms of ethical and normative foundations, which implies a unique philosophical position, and I have come to the conclusion that this conceptual framework supports the modernity of the Protestant vocation.
Money, the Alienated Power of Humanity

Money, the Alienated Power of Humanity
(Money, the Alienated Power of Humanity)

  • Author(s):Mihail Rarita
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Political Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
  • Page Range:235-253
  • No. of Pages:9
  • Keywords:Karl Marx; capitalism; alienation; the power of money; derealization of mankind;
  • Summary/Abstract:From a chronological point of view, the original discourse of Marx on money has been marked, first of all, by the ethical tradition that considers money as a source of corruption in human relations, and connects directly to individual vices such as the greed for money and selfishness. Thus, in the Manuscripts of 1844, Karl Marx adopted the principle of Moses Hess regarding the support to the critical issues of alienation over a certain conception of money (the distorted representation of human activity, an agent of corruption of social life and responsible for a reversal of the normal order of life). In this article, we argue that through Marx's philosophical criticism of money in his third manuscript, through his report on two literature references, he tries to prove the abstraction power specific to money. I have developed this thesis by studying in three times the way in which money generates a triple abstraction-alienation: the abstraction and alienation of the object, the alienation-abstraction of the subject, and the alienation-abstraction of the generic humankind in its entirety.
Study Regarding the Use of Imagery in Dance

Study Regarding the Use of Imagery in Dance
(Study Regarding the Use of Imagery in Dance)

  • Author(s):Elena Moraru, Ileana Monica Popovici
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
  • Page Range:254-261
  • No. of Pages:8
  • Keywords:Dance; performance; technique; development; imagery;
  • Summary/Abstract:Dance imagery is a skill performed in our head using our five senses (sight, taste, sound, smell, and touch) to visualize a movement or several movements in dance. It is possible for us to use imagery on its own or while we are dancing. The images formed in your head may comprise real movements or both movements and objects. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the use of imagery among dancers aged between 16 and 18. The investigation consisted in the application of the questionnaire “Development of the Dance Imagery Questionnaire” (DIQ) elaborated by Nordin, S. M., & Cumming, J. (2006) for 40 dancers. The questionnaire contains 16 items, divided into four categories: technique, artistry, purpose and quality of the role and the movement. It evaluates the extent to which the subjects incorporate imagery in all aspects related to dance. After interpreting the results, for technique we obtained a mean and a standard deviation of 5.7750 ± 0.70438, for artistry 5.6438 ± 0.65017, for the category of purpose 5.7938 ± 0.53973, and for quality 5.5938 ± 0.76520. After analyzing the data and making correlations between the four categories, we obtained values of Pearson’s coefficient ranging between 0.05 and 0.01, which stands to show interdependence between the items of the categories. Consequently, it may be stated that the multiple answers to the questionnaire on the use of imagery in dance tend towards the value 6, which means that the subjects questioned used imagery in dance quite often.
The Characteristics of the Romanian Emigration Phenomenon

The Characteristics of the Romanian Emigration Phenomenon
(The Characteristics of the Romanian Emigration Phenomenon)

  • Author(s):Maria Pescaru
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Physical Geopgraphy
  • Page Range:262-275
  • No. of Pages:14
  • Keywords:Migration; Romanian emigrant; brain drain; cultural model; migration culture;
  • Summary/Abstract:The sociological structure of Romanians emigrating abroad has changed over time. At first, the graduated, the highly qualified or specialists from urban areas emigrated. Currently, most of the emigrants are young, poor or insufficiently qualified, coming from rural areas. Even if there have been periods of increasing the domestic demand for labor, lately, many Romanians want to go abroad to work. After 1989, the political reflection was unanimous in recognizing the issue of emigration and asylum in Europe from a new perspective, stemming from the process of political developments in the Central and Eastern Europe. The vertiginous emigration from the East to the West has engendered a complex of representations, political mentalities and pragmatic reactions. The first representations on emigration were the significance of the victory of the humanist precepts and the liberal philosophy of human rights. As the phenomenon of emigration evolved in the East-West direction and there were dysfunctions of the exercise of the right to free movement - illegal migration, involuntary migration, foreign citizens in illegal situation, unjustified asylum requests - this phenomenon constituted a source of analysis. Emigration can also be analyzed as a crucial and necessary social act, absolutely mandatory for certain social categories, thus acquiring major community significance. In Romania, we are witnessing a situation of this kind, due to the persistence of youth emigration, the mood of young people to emigrate. The perception of the profile of the Romanian emigrant, together with the study and understanding of the multiple implications of emigration, should be a reference point in the elaboration of Romania’s national policies on migration.
Ex-Ante Assessment of the Activation Component Insertion within the Guaranteed Minimum Income on the Incidence of Poverty in Romania

Ex-Ante Assessment of the Activation Component Insertion within the Guaranteed Minimum Income on the Incidence of Poverty in Romania
(Ex-Ante Assessment of the Activation Component Insertion within the Guaranteed Minimum Income on the Incidence of Poverty in Romania)

  • Author(s):Cristina Stroe, Silvia Cojanu
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):Financial Markets, Human Resources in Economy
  • Page Range:276-288
  • No. of Pages:13
  • Keywords:uaranteed minimum income; activation element insertion; poverty reduction; simulation scenarios; ex-ante assessment;
  • Summary/Abstract:The paper analyzes simultaneously two important aspects related to the adequacy of the guaranteed minimum income to reduce poverty among the vulnerable, as its main purpose and the adequacy to the size of activation among its beneficiaries to take up a job. Introducing a real pro-active element within the guaranteed minimum income, which will provide, besides the financial support for the poorest people, also a real activation of its beneficiaries, would be an important direction for improvement and modernization of this important social benefit. We also estimate that this new activation element included in the guaranteed minimum income could also have an impact on poverty reduction. The new insertion of this pro-active conditionality was simulated by swapping techniques, which allowed the introduction of this activation element within the guaranteed minimum income, meant to stimulate for work and also to reduce poverty. In this ex-ante evaluation exercise, we simulate the scenario with a 50% threshold applied to the work income (the new legislative conditionality with the 50% threshold will come into force next year); we analyze if the relative poverty will be reduced in this simulation exercise. For the ex-ante evaluation of the impact on the poverty incidence of this new activation incentive included in the guaranteed minimum income program, the classic simulation model was used. Thus, we focus concurrently on two essential aspects of this social benefit, namely poverty reduction, and increasing the social and occupational inclusion.
Relevant Aspects of National Minorities in Romania

Relevant Aspects of National Minorities in Romania
(Relevant Aspects of National Minorities in Romania)

  • Author(s):Crina Mihaela Verga
  • Language:English
  • Subject(s):National Economy, Human Resources in Economy
  • Page Range:289-301
  • No. of Pages:3
  • Keywords:National minorities; rights; legal regulation; Romania;
  • Summary/Abstract:The issue of national minorities must contribute to the correct treatment and understanding of this phenomenon, given the respect for human rights for all individuals and the principles that must be observed in inter-state relations. The topic addressed in this paper has overlapping points with history, politics, sociology, psychology and law. It presents various points of view on the protection of minorities, but without claiming to have exhausted such a complex subject. Thus, we will refer first, to some directions in defining the concept of ˮnational minoritiesˮ. Then, we will analyze the controversial issue of whether or not the rights of minorities are recognized individually or collectively. We will continue by making a succinct presentation of the legal framework on the protection of national minorities in Romania and we will conclude this study with some synthetic comments on the subject under debate.The subject is of a particular importance in the context of delaying the adoption of appropriate legislation on the matter in Romania.
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