scholarly journals Current Implementation of the Circular Economy in Enterprises in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-210
Author(s):  
Otakar Ungerman ◽  
Jaroslava Dědková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
Active Approach ◽  
Current Implementation ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Subject

Abstract The subject of this paper is the contemporary use of the circular economy in business practice. The topicality of this theme was the reason for resolving the main objectives, which were to determine how enterprises in the Czech Republic are currently involved in the circular economy. The authors focused on empirical research, the methodological framework of which contains three interrelated parts. The basis was secondary research from scientific databases, which was followed up by the primary research. The objects of the primary research were based on three research questions, which were focused on the use of standardised environmental activities, the identification of tools of the circular economy and determining their importance. The research was evaluated using the methods of content analysis, descriptive and inductive statistics. The research showed that 71 % of enterprises present themselves as taking an active approach to the environment beyond the scope of the statutory obligations. Enterprises then make most use of regulatory tools such as the ISO 14001 standard or Ecodesign. An in-depth interview was used to identify sixteen tools of the circular economy as they are perceived by enterprises. When assessing importance, the highest rated tool was reducing energy consumption in production, waste from production, the consumption of materials, emissions and minimization of waste. Statistically significant differences were also identified with these tools. The research showed that the circular economy is most used in automotive industry enterprise.

The Development of the Communication Skills of Individuals Living in Homes for People with Disabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-70
Author(s):  
Petr Kopečný
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Given

This paper concentrates on the area of special educational support provided to individuals living in homes for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic and presents partial research results illustrating the state of the provision of speech therapy to users of social services facilities falling under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The subject of the research is an analysis of support for the development of the communication skills of pupils living in social services facilities. The partial results of the research outline the approaches employed by the managerial staff of the given facilities in implementing special educational procedures, describe forms of speech therapy provision in homes for people with disabilities, and compare the attitudes of teachers and social services staff to the development of communication with the importance attributed to it by speech therapists and demonstrated by the case studies performed.

scholarly journals School injuries and their prevention from the present perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
VACLAV BERANEK ◽  
PETR STASTNY ◽  
VIT NOVACEK
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Presentation Methods ◽  
Significant Health

Background: ‪Injuries are considered worldwide to be the most significant health problem, especially in childhood. In the Czech Republic, injuries are the most common cause of death among children and young adults. The aim of the study was to provide more insight in school accidents in the Czech Republic from 2008 to 2018 and to estimate future trends. Material and methods: ‪Annual reports of the Czech School Inspectorate (CSI) from 2007 to 2017 were the main sources of data. Results: ‪A high number of injuries occur in the school environment, especially at the primary level. In the Czech Republic, there has been a trend of rising numbers in reported school injuries over the last three years, from 33,000 in 2008 to 46,000 in 2018. Over the last 5 years, the number of reported accidents has increased by 1,000 per year. The most injuries occur in primary schools, within the subject Physical Education. Conclusions: ‪There are many activities which focus on the prevention of child injuries, the incidence of which has improved in recent years. Experience shows that when prevention programs include innovations and interesting presentation methods, they are successful.

scholarly journals Poetic landscapes of Wilhelm Przeczek

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-157
Author(s):  
Libor Martinek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Warsaw Pact ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Global Result ◽  
Puppet Show ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Literary Output

Wilhelm Przeczek is a Polish writer who has lived in Karviná, the Czech Republic, since he was born in 1936. He is a member of a Polish minority and he has aimed his literary output at its members and at readers in Poland. Translations into the Czech language are aimed at readers in the Czech Republic. Having made a protest against the intervention of the Warsaw Pact armies into Czechoslovakia in August 1968, W. Przeczek was not allowed to publish and he was dismissed – he had worked as an editor of a Polish paper “Głos Ludu”. In 1970–1977 he worked as an actor, stage director, and dramatic advisor of a puppet show theatre Bajka in Český Těšín, the Czech Republic. In his article, the author deals with poems by W. Przeczek’s on the subject of journeys about Europe. The starting point is local, but a global result.

scholarly journals Certification of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Czech Republic

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 1933-1940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Abramuszkinová Pavlíková ◽  
Ivana Kuřítková
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Iso 26000 ◽  
Csr Strategies ◽  
National Quality ◽  
Corporate Social

Corporate social responsibility is in the focus of many companies in recent years. It becomes a way of sustainability for many companies on the market. It expresses a voluntary commitment of companies to behave responsibly to their surroundings within three pillars: economic, social and environmental one. The issue of social responsibility is developing in many European countries and European Commission is aiming at support for national CSR strategies. There are countries with highly developed CSR, on the other hand there are countries, such as the Czech Republic, where a public policy is being reformed, including discussions about CSR. This paper supports the idea that states should encourage social responsibility, as it allows businesses to become sustainable which leads to the stability of the economy. CSR activities can be focused on philanthropy, the care of the employees, the environment and transparency of economic activities. The process of CSR certification is important in the development of CSR in the Czech Republic. It allows companies to demonstrate their activities and visible achievements in this field. This paper describes the most popular types of certifications that are used in the Czech Republic and standards that do not have certification purposes, but they are very important. These are standards SA 8000, ISO 26000, ISO 9001, ISO 9004, ISO 9000, ISO 14001, ISO 14004, OHSAS 18001, IQNet SR 10 and the National Quality Policy.

Pre-industrial landscape of the Jeseníky region as a natural and cultural heritage

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaromír Kolejka ◽  
Eva Nováková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Local Administration ◽  
Economic Pressure ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Industrial Landscape ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Protection

Small parcels of agricultural land are rare in the present landscape of Czech Republic and become the subject of interests of the state protection of the nature, the landscape and the environment. At the same time, such areas represent interesting subjects for the local administration as attractive tourist object. In the historical territory of Moravia (the eastern 1/3 of the Czech Republic), a regional inventory of areas with preserved ancient land use structure was carried out on all individual cadastral territories (focused not only on small parcels, but also on large aristocratic estates on agricultural and forest land originated before the main wave of industrial revolution Moravia, before 1850. The sites are still subjects to topic economic pressure on land consolidation. Their existence in the future is under threat and is decreasing every year both in number and size. The inventory results are presented on example of the Jeseníky region.

scholarly journals Revised soil erodibility K-factor for soils in the Czech Republic

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vopravil ◽  
M. Janeček ◽  
M. Tippl
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
Water Erosion ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Soil Erodibility ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Complex Relation ◽  
Complex Evaluation ◽  
K Factor ◽  
The Subject

In the territory of the Czech Republic there are more than 50% of agricultural soils exposed to water erosion; it is a very urgent problem both at present and for the future. It must be solved now when there is still something to be protected. It is rather complicated to describe the soil properties in terms of soil susceptibility to water erosion because it is a complex relation in which many factors participate. For the complex evaluation of all main factors participating in erosion origination it is possible to apply the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). It consists of six factors interacting with each other and participating in the origination of soil erosion. One of these factors is the soil erodibility factor (K-factor), the revision of which for soil conditions of the CR is the subject of this study. In total ca. 5000 soil pits from the whole territory of the country were processed and evaluated in detail. The main results of this study are K-factor values (means and variances) for the soil types, subtypes and varieties (represented in the database) according to the Taxonomic Classification System of Soils of the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Comparison of Outcome Data for Shelter Dogs and Cats in the Czech Republic

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 595
Author(s):  
Veronika Vojtkovská ◽  
Eva Voslářová ◽  
Vladimír Večerek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Median Length ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Animal Protection ◽  
Shelter Dogs ◽  
The Subject

Animal protection, which also comprises the subject of abandoned and stray animals, has become a pressing and widely discussed topic. The aim of this study was to compare dogs and cats from two shelters in a selected region of the Czech Republic, based on factors that affect the length of stay. The following factors were analyzed: outcome, sex, age, and purebred status. A total of 419 cats and 2580 dogs housed in the monitored shelters from 2013 to 2016 were included in the analysis. The results show that dogs (n = 1343; 52.1%) are returned to their owners significantly more often (p < 0.001) than cats (n = 10; 2.4%). Dogs stayed in the shelter significantly (p < 0.001) less time than cats regardless of the outcome (the median length of stay of dogs were 3 days, while that of cats was 51 days). Also the length of stay in the shelter until adoption is shorter in dogs than in cats (dogs: median 27 days; cats: median 53 days). Median length of stay tended to increase with the increasing age in both species. Monitored age categories of dogs and cats differed significantly (p < 0.05) in their median length of stay (LOS) until adoption. We found that purebred status does not affect the length of stay in the shelter until adoption, either in dogs or in cats. Overall, our results suggest that dogs are preferred over cats in the Czech Republic. Shelter operators should take into account this aspect affecting animal adoption. By targeted efforts and education of public, it is possible to mitigate the negative effects of favoring a certain category of animals over others.

scholarly journals Relationship of activities in reverse logistics according to sell point in Czech Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 01016 ◽  
Author(s):  
František Milichovský
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Nominal Variables

The paper is focused on findings, if final customers in sell points reflect activities of reverse logistics. Main result of research provides relationship between sell point and reverse activity. The research was aimed at random chosen group of 811 respondents in the Czech Republic. Real participants have been 293, what is effectiveness in 36.13%. The primary research provides possible approaches for companies in sell points within reverse logistics activities to final consumers. To process the results of the questionnaire survey were used basic types of descriptive statistics on the selected data set. The data were processed by using the statistical program IBM SPSS Statistics 24, which was subsequently analysed the dependency between the two nominal variables by means of contingency tables and Pearson's chi-squared test. Limitation for this research is because of the chosen sample and targeting only on Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Knowledge Management and Czech Self-Governments: Empirical Investigations into the Application of Knowledge Management to Public Administration in the Czech Republic

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-220
Author(s):  
David Špaček ◽  
Eva Gatarik
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Enormous Quantity

AbstractAlthough knowledge management has become the subject of an enormous quantity of articles and books in recent times, certain more problematic aspects of it remain neglected. Firstly, literature addressing knowledge management concentrates almost exclusively on business organizations and fails to provide details or recommendations adequate to effective application within the sphere of public administration. This holds especially true for Czech academic literature. Secondly, despite a reasonable number of articles on knowledge management in scientific journals, information about perceptions of knowledge-management activities, procedures and tools within organizations lacks detail. The purpose of this article is to investigate and summarize the activities, procedures and tools in use for dealing with knowledge within Czech self-governments and to discuss the main empirical findings. Although the quantitative survey herein does not provide fully representative data, it is still in a position to indicate that knowledge management in Czech public administration tends to be underdeveloped as well as undervalued.

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