scholarly journals "QUALITY" OF STANDARDIZATION OF ADMISSION TO MUNICIPAL PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION AS A CORRUPTION RISK "FILTER" IN ACTIVITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 106-112
Author(s):  
Tatiana Kolomoiets ◽  
Oleksii Makarenkov ◽  
Georgiy Samoylenko
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Relevant Component

Relevance. In terms of revising the provisions of legal regulation of relations in the field of transport with the borrowing of competitive principles of the European institutes to ensure the integration of transport into European and world transport area, with revision of models of relations between relevant public administration entities and private entities, ensuring balance of their interests , including in the context of national and supranational threats and focus on expanding the implementation of rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the latter in the field of transport, strengthening of the principles of decentralization of power in the system of public authorities occurs, resulting in a significant increase in the number and diversity of regulatory and legal acts aimed at settling the above relations. Unfortunately, at the same time the processes of "growth" and a variety of forms of corruption in the activities of public servants, whose professional sphere is directly related to transport relations with the involvement of municipal transport, are also active. Analysis of law enforcement activities of anti-corruption entities in all its manifestations shows a fairly steady trend towards an increase in the number of detected acts of corruption committed by public servants directly related to the exercise of their authority over the procedure for admission to municipal passenger transportation. The specifics of the legislative regulation of the latter presupposes the presence of many "defects", which create the basis for variable manifestations, including illegal, of the activities of public servants with a subjective arbitrary interpretation of the latest provisions of the law. "Low-quality" regulation of the provisions of the activity of public servants to exercise power over the admission to municipal passenger transportation has a negative impact not only on the implementation of passenger rights (of various categories), but also provision of the public interest, and contributes to the formation of a national threat with a "corrosive" sign of power within administrative and territorial units, especially the country in general. An integrated approach to clarifying the problems of "municipal passenger transportation" with an emphasis on eliminating corruption risks in the activities of public servants at the stage of exercising their power to admit to transportation, which will contribute to the "quality" of such entities and will form an effective regulatory framework for the relevant component of transport in general, its effective existence, the realization of the public interest and its correlation with the interests of individuals. The purpose of the paper is the justification of the relationship of the "quality" of standardization of the procedure for admission of entities to municipal passenger transportation and corruption risks in the professional activities of public servants, which is related to this area, formulating proposals for their multi-balance ratio to minimize these risks and "qualitative" standardization of the relevant component of passenger transportation and transport relations in general based on the analysis of various sources. The objects of the article are public relations directly related to municipal passenger transportation. The subject of the article is the "quality" of standardization of relations in admission to municipal passenger transportation and its connection with corruption risks in activity of public servants connected with the specified sphere of relations. Methods of research. Both general legal and special methods of scientific cognition were used in research. As the basis, the dialectic method was used, which allowed to reveal problematic issues in dynamics; juridical and logical method allowed to form options for borrowing positive and avoiding negative experience of relevant rulemaking and law enforcement in foreign countries; forecasting and modeling were used for making proposals to strengthen "quality" of standardization of the procedure of admission to municipal passenger transportation in order to eliminate corruption risks in the activities of public servants. Results. Admission to municipal passenger transportation should be considered as a form of public procedure, the subjects of which are servants of local public authorities. Given the specifics of municipal transport in general, any activity associated with its use, objectively anticipates the risks of possible, including illegal, priority satisfaction of private interests of public servants and the interests of relatives during the exercise of the public authority, which causes "corrosion" of public authority. The procedure of admission to the relevant transportation, the "corruption freedom" of which depends on the "quality" of normalization of its provisions, is not an exception. The relationship between the "quality" of legislation and the "corruption risk" of professional activity of public servants, which is associated with the procedure of admission to the services mentioned, is interdependent (the lower the quality of legislation, the higher the risks of "corrosion" of professional activity of public servants and vice versa). In order to improve the "quality" of standardization of the procedure for admission to the transportation and minimize corruption risks in the professional activities of public servants associated with the above procedure, it is appropriate to strengthen the provisions of certainty of the content of relevant legislation, their systematization (including in the form of codification), streamlining the thematic definition series, meaningful consolidation of the principles of transparency, publicity, participation, public-private partnership, guarantee of all elements and admission procedures in general.

scholarly journals Theoretical and practical bases of the head's activity in formation and estimation of professional interests of public servants in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
Dmytro Osypov
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public

In the article, the author proposes the structure of the reflexive-acmeological approach to the development of professional interests from the position of acmeology in the practical activities of the heads of public authorities and heads of the public service, which includes several aspects: educational and educational, professional and creative.The importance of professional education and assessment in the context of the topic of the article has been clarified and expanded, a two-factor model (cycle) of the formation of the professional interests of public servants (acmeological approach) has been proposed, and the tasks of personnel management in the field of public administration have been clarified as a cyclic use of stimulating and activating reserves of professional interests in the form of directions of activity.It is recommended to use specific acmeological approaches in the diagnosis (assessment) of the professional interests of public servants for heads of public authorities and public service leaders: problem; situational and systemic genetic.Professional education as a practical activity of leaders provides for the development of such qualities as: proper subjectivity – the formation of the life position of a «doer», «leader»; professional learning ability, education, and therefore – professional competence; tolerance as an understanding of the values of another person, as an acknowledgment of dissent; functional literacy. The components of the professional activity of the head of a public authority or the head of the public service are: mobility of professional skills; social determination of activity; integrity and completeness of work; subjective autonomy; feedback.Specific components of the professional activity of the head of a public authority or the head of a public service, which have a competence-based nature, as well as appropriate techniques are proposed.

scholarly journals Emotional intelligence as a factor in averting on burnout in ambulance professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Yu. E. Shadrina
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Preventive Practices ◽  
Conscious Processing ◽  
The Relationship

The article examined the relationship between professional burnout and emotional intelligence in emergency medical professionals. The author of the article outlined the directions of research on the relationship between emotional intelligence and professional burnout in order to revise the forms of prevention in order to prevent unwanted consequences from professional activity. Correlation analysis was obtained demonstrates the relationship between indicators of intrapersonal emotional intelligence and professional burnout. The correct approach to organization and adherence to preventive practices measures are contributed to the formation of the skills of conscious processing of emotional states in ambulance medical workers, the identification of stress factors, on which the quality of their professional activities depends.

Professional reliability of engineering: correlation of research approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Elena Balakshina
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Modern Engineering ◽  
Engineering Activity ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
Technical Professions

The article contains the results of theoretical analysis on the problem of determining psychological factors of reliability of professional activity of the engineer. This trend is due to the interest and popularity of modern technical professions in the educational and economic spheres, as well as the need to implement tasks to train specialists able to successfully integrate into the production process, to perform job duties qualitatively. The differences and peculiarities of engineering activity are specified on the example of professionals engaged in various labour spheres (industry, education), as well as the spectrum of modern engineering professions, whose activity has significant differences from "standard" technical directions, which require additional attention in the process of disclosure of its psychological content. It is noted that despite the vast experience in the field of theoretical and practical research of professional activities of different specifications and psychological criteria of evaluation of its quality of development, revealing peculiarities of formation of professional reliability of the specialist very little. Most works pay special attention to the structure of professionally significant qualities or personal-professional qualities, ensuring the safety of activities on the example of professions with public order, public servants and teachers, but the aspects of reliability of engineering are insufficiently and generically represented, which made the developments of this direction relevant.

scholarly journals Research of ethics and deontological aspects in pharmacies

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-264
Author(s):  
T. P. Zarichna ◽  
T. S. Brytanova ◽  
T. S. Raikova ◽  
T. A. Chornii
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
High Price ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Emotional Factors ◽  
Consumer Dissatisfaction ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the study was to study the ethical and deontological aspects related to the professional activities of pharmacists. Materials and methods. To achieve the goal of the study, an analysis of scientific sources on ethical and deontological issues related to the professional activities of pharmacists (pharmacists) was carried. During the research, the methods of information search, systematization, comparison, and generalization, as well as sociological research methods were used. The object of the study was the results of questionnaires and interviews of visitors and employees of pharmacy chains of KP “Prymula”; pharmacy chains that are part of the company “Apteka-Mahnoliia”: Pharmacy ANC, Kopiika and pharmacies of the social project “Blahodiia”; pharmacy chains that are part of the company Med-service. Descriptive statistics methods were used to present the obtained data. To determine the significance of individual factors (Wij), obtained because of the questionnaire are listed to the corresponding specific weight of the component. Results. The systematization of the following factors: which determine the quality of service; related to the purchase of drugs (medicines); which determine the priority of qualities of pharmacies; determining the relationship between a pharmacist and a doctor. It was found that the most negative impact on pharmacy visitors, from the point of view of consumers, was the inattention of the pharmacist, his mistakes, irritability, rudeness, incompetence, as well as the high price of drugs, queues, and slow service. From the point of view of pharmacists, pharmacy visitors were most negatively affected by rudeness, incompetence of pharmacy employees, irritability, the price of drugs, the range of drugs, the presence of queues, and slow service. The results of the assessment of the parameters that determine the relationship between the pharmacist and the doctor showed that, in general, pharmacists maintain the authority of the doctor in the eyes of visitors and, along with the latter, carry out educational work among the population. However, a fifth of respondents assume the functions of a doctor, which is completely unacceptable. Using the technology of sociological survey, the analysis was carried out and, based on ranking, the leading rational and emotional factors that form loyalty for certain segments of the professional activity of pharmacies using ethical and deontological principles were identified. Conclusions. The systematization of the following factors: which determine the quality of service; related to the purchase of drugs that cause dissatisfaction; which determine the dissatisfaction of visitors to pharmacies; which determine the priority of qualities of pharmacies; determining the relationship between pharmacist and doctor. Using the technology of sociological survey, the analysis was carried out and, based on ranking, the leading rational and emotional factors that form loyalty for certain segments of the professional activity of pharmacies using ethical and deontological principles were identified. It is established that the views on consumer dissatisfaction with visiting pharmacies differ insignificantly from the views of pharmacists. Pharmacist visitors are most negatively affected by the inattention and rudeness of the pharmacist, the high price of drugs, the presence of queues and slow service. It is established that, in general, pharmacists maintain the authority of the doctor in the eyes of visitors and, along with the latter, conduct educational work among the population.

The Admissibility of Improperly Obtained Evidence: The Turkish Approach in Comparative Perspective

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 75-96
Author(s):  
A. Vahit Bıçak
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Criminal Investigations ◽  
The Relationship

In order to secure the necessary evidence for bringing offenders to justice, law enforcement officers are given powers to invade the freedom of individuals in the process of criminal investigations. These powers are not, however, unlimited; in modern democratic states the relationship between the public authorities and individuals is governed not by the arbitrary exercise of power but by power exercised within the constraints of law. Having said that, law enforcement officers do not always exercise their powers within the permitted limits. Where law enforcement officers exceed their powers, evidence may be obtained to incriminate the suspect in trial. The question of whether such evidence can be taken as a basis for judgement in Turkish law is the main concern of this article.

scholarly journals Problems of Community Policing in Terms of Quarantine Restrictions

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-66
Author(s):  
В. С. Селюков ◽  
В. С. Макаренко
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Enforcement Activity

There have been a large number of such events in the world over the past year that cannot be called ordinary. The most difficult of them is the public challenge of spreading the COVID-19 coronavirus. Ukraine is not an exception to the countries affected by the pandemic. Measures to overcome this problem involve the coordinated work both of all government agencies and society. The police, as one of the agencies that directly enforces certain restrictions caused by anti-epidemic measures, and the contact of the population and the authorities on law enforcement activity, must master new ways of carrying out professional activities. The pandemic has complicated all public relations in the country without exception. Forms of realization of law enforcement function did not become an exception. Thus, the powers of the police have expanded to some extent due to the need to respect human rights’ restrictions in the context of combating the spread of the disease. Such functions are necessary, but their availability and necessity are questionable from the point of view of the population. The police have the duty to stop the offenses and prosecute those who violate the law regarding certain restrictions caused by the pandemic. At the same time, the majority of the population does not take seriously the appeals of health care authorities and quarantine requirements. This complicates the difficult relationship between the police and the public, since the latter does not perceive police activity in this case as legal and necessary. This leads to exacerbation of conflicts and contradictions. The constant confrontation between these entities significantly affects the level of security and quality of law enforcement activity. The relevance of the study is explained by the importance of police actions in the context of ensuring the compliance of the population with quarantine restrictions. Besides, a large amount of negative material on the Internet provokes the population to negative perception of police activities. However, it may be successful period for the formation of trust, partnership between the police and the population in regard to the situation where solving the problem (spread of the pandemic) requires the mobilization of both the population and the government. Given the above, the authors of the article have analyzed the key problems of community policing in terms of today’s challenges. The authors have developed propositions to improve the forms, methods and techniques of policing to maintain the appropriate level of public confidence in its activities. The obtained results can be further used in scientific and practical activities. The work can become a basis for further research, ground for the implementation of new forms of activities by practical units. The results of the study should be also taken into account during further rule-making activities.

Evaluating slogan translation from the readers’ perspective

Babel ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily Lim ◽  
Kwok Ying Loi
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Word Use ◽  
The Public ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Growing Economy ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

Slogans play an important role in conveying information to targeted audiences, and the translation of slogans tends to be studied under the rubric of public-notice translation. Previous research mainly uses researchers’ expertise to evaluate the quality of this type of translation. Yet, little is known about what the targeted readers think about the translation, although their opinions present key information that helps to determine whether the translation has achieved the intended effect. This paper elicits and systematically analyzes readers’ responses. We investigate the case of Macao, a rapidly growing economy where the demand for English translation has markedly increased in recent decades. Public administration bodies in Macao have commissioned Chinese-to-English translation in varied areas such as tourism, social security and welfare, cultural and sports events. We sampled ten translated slogans that were used in the public sector, and administered survey questionnaires (n=130) to both source-text and target-text readers. The two groups of readers’ evaluations, based on the criteria of fluency, conciseness, persuasiveness and mnemonic effect, reveal that the translations are perceived significantly less favorably than the originals are. Readers most strongly disliked word-for-word translations, and pointed out numerous problems with the translations such as ungrammaticality, inappropriate word use, lack of appeal, and unintelligibility due to insufficient background knowledge. This research demonstrates the tangible value of using readers’ responses to evaluate translation quality. It also has implications for translator training, and recommends that public authorities should institute a rigorous quality assurance system.

The Relationship Between Government Popularity and Approval for the Government's Record in the United Kingdom

1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hudson
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
State Of The Economy ◽  
Degree Of Stability ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Opinion Polls

The past decade has seen the growth of a considerable literature on the link between government popularity, as reflected by the proportion of the public indicating their intention to vote for the government in opinion polls, and the state of the economy, as represented by certain key variables. The work began in the early 1970s with articles by Goodhart and Bhansali, Mueller, and Kramer. It continued through the decade; some of the more recent contributions can be found in a set of readings edited by Hibbs and Fassbender. However, despite the amount and quality of this work, problems remain. Principal amongst these, as Chrystal and Alt have pointed out, is the inability to estimate a relationship which exhibits any degree of stability either over time or between researchers. Nearly all the studies have been successful in finding a significant relationship for specific time periods, but when these are extended, or when the function is used to forecast outside the original estimation period, the relationship appears to break down.

scholarly journals Journalism and Numeracy in Context: Four Case Studies

Numeracy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Data ◽  
Quantitative Literacy ◽  
News Production ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Reporting Process ◽  
The Relationship

Although research into the relationship between quantitative literacy (QL) and news reporting is sparse, the consensus among researchers is that journalists tend not to place QL very highly among their professional values and that journalism suffers as a consequence. This paper is an attempt to provide concrete examples of the ways in which news reports systemically misinterpret, misrepresent, or misuse numerical data as part of the reporting process. Drawing on scenarios ranging from elections and healthcare to the mundane world of food preparation, it shows how a lack of rigour in the fields of reporting and news production can lead to a diminution in the quality of journalism presented to the public. It is argued that while the effect of this can sometimes be trivial, on occasion it is literally a matter of life and death.

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