scholarly journals New challenges for the defense industrial enterprises of Ukraine in the conditions of the global pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (37) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Nadiia Skliar ◽  
Vitaliy Begma ◽  
Oksana Vrublevska
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Defense Industry ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Risk Sensitive ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Contractual Obligations ◽  
Restrictive Measures

The global COVID-19 pandemic has made significant corrections to international trade in many countries around the world. The article is devoted to topical issues of identifying new challenges that have arisen at entities of the defense industry of Ukraine in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparative analysis of forced changes in defense budgets of different countries and statistical analysis of industries that are connected by supply chains with enterprises of the defense industry of Ukraine, which suffer from the introduction of quarantine restrictive measures, proves restrictions on interstate trade, disruption of domestic and global supply chains and significant losses in the economy. This situation may have medium-term consequences for the country's defense budget, and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine will be forced to apply optimization plans for effective measures of such a scale as modern sequestration. India, Thailand, and South Korea are identified as the most risk-sensitive counterparties of Ukrainian defense exporters due to the reorientation of finances to the priority segment of medicine to eliminate the consequences of the pandemic. To minimize the risk of non-performance of contractual obligations, it is recommended to review the basic terms of supply of goods under the contracts with risk-sensitive counterparties and make adjustments to force majeure clauses in regard to epidemics, as well as possible revise the contract's payment terms.

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Force Majeure Model Clause in Corporate Transactions in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
I Gusti Agung Ayu Gita Pritayanti Dinar ◽  
I Nyoman Putu Budiartha
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
World Health ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
The Will ◽  
Contractual Obligations ◽  
Health Organization

Force majeure clause is presented in various models, from the simple to the complex ones that contain comprehensive descriptions, provisions, and notifications set out in an agreement with the details of the consequences of force majeure events. Force majeure clause serves as a complementary core clause and a renegotiating tool for the parties in the case of any event occurring beyond their reasonable control, which is important enough not to be overlooked by business actors. The Covid-19 pandemic which is currently ongoing worldwide, which has been declared as a global pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, has had a huge impact on the social life and the world economy which is very unsettling for business people, banks, and the society in general. The research questions investigated in this study are: (i) What are the factors causing failures in the performance of contractual obligations? (ii) What is a comprehensive force majeure model clause for corporate transactions in Indonesia? This study employs the normative legal research method. A normative legal research is guided by the characteristics of the object of the research, yet remains limited by the expected outcome of the norms initially established. The theories applied in investigating the problems in this research are the will theory (wilstheorie), trust theory (vertrouwensttheorie), and statement theory (verklaringstheori). In this study, will be identified a comprehensive force majeure clause enables the party who experiences a force majeure event to waive some provisions in the contract agreement.

China und Lateinamerika

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (142) ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Enrique Dussel Peters
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
World Market ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
The World ◽  
New Challenges

China's socioeconomic accumulation in the last 30 years has been probably one of the most outstanding global developments and has resulted in massive new challenges for core and periphery countries. The article examines how China's rapid and massive integration to the world market has posed new challenges for countries such as Mexico - and most of Latin America - as a result of China's successful exportoriented industrialization. China's accumulation and global integration process does, however, not only question and challenges the export-possibilities in the periphery, but also the global inability to provide energy in the medium term.

Leadership for a climate resilient, net-zero health system: Transforming supply chains to the circular economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 084047042110036
Author(s):  
Neil H. Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Zero Carbon ◽  
Single Use

The global pandemic has taught us that we can focus the attention of the healthcare system on a clear intention when there is a looming threat. Climate action is required from multiple stakeholders particularly private sector suppliers in order to achieve the net-zero carbon emission by 2050 goal established by the Canadian government. Also building climate resilience among healthcare institutions and their supply chains is urgently needed, as they are already affected by a changing climate. By adopting a circular economy framework, the industry can move away from the current damaging take, make waste economic model and adopt a more sustainable model characterized by designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems. Health leaders can adopt sharing platforms, product as a service, reduce single use products, encourage extended producer responsibility, and value-based procurement in order to further these aims.

Even if politicians deal, Lebanon faces a bleak future

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Food Shortages

Significance The audit and wider structural economic reforms are preconditions for urgently needed foreign aid. Economic conditions in Lebanon are still worsening, with power cuts, food shortages and rising poverty. Impacts A new government would allow reform planning to resume and temporarily stall the decline of the currency. The easing of the global pandemic will somewhat reduce the financial strain, as Lebanon reopens its economy. Soaring poverty rates could provoke large-scale ‘bread riots’ in the coming months. Further devaluation of the currency will make poor Lebanese more dependent on sectarian protection and strengthen patronage. If the situation worsens, sectarian rural areas could revert to warlordism in the medium term.

scholarly journals COVID-19 as a Catalyst for the Transformation of Contractual and Enforcement Practices

Legal Concept ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Yuliya Tymchuk
Keyword(s):  
Civil Law ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
Logical Method ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Contractual Obligations ◽  
Settlement Of Disputes ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: the article provides an overview of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on treaty and enforcement practices. The most common methods of conclusion of civil-law contracts, as well as problems of fulfillment of contractual conditions, which arose against the background of spread of coronavirus infection, are considered. Legislative innovations were analysed, which led to a change in the procedure for the execution of certain types of civil law contracts, court practice, in which the legal position of the parties was based on arguments about the coronavirus pandemic. Methods: this study used both public science (dialectical method of cognition, analysis, synthesis, formal-logical method, prognostic, etc.) and private science methods (formal-legal, method of legal interpretation, etc.). Results: it is justified to increase the demand for digital technologies in the context of measures taken by the state to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection. New trends in contract practice have been identified and considered. The possibilities of legal qualification of coronavirus as a force majeure, the circumstance that makes it impossible to fulfill obligations, a significant change of circumstances, including taking into account the available judicial practice at the time of writing, have been determined. Online settlement of disputes arising from non-performance of contractual obligations has been proved to be useful. Conclusions: based on the results of the study, the interdependence between the level of introduction of digital technologies into public administration, the judicial system, the economic activity of business entities and the possibility of adaptation to the conduct of current activities in these spheres in the context of the spread of the crown virus has been determined.

scholarly journals Court Practice Analysis in Cases of Doping in Sport

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
M. V. Degtyarev
Keyword(s):  
State Regulation ◽  
Legal Definition ◽  
Current State ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sports Doping ◽  
Restrictive Measures ◽  
Improve State ◽  
Court Practice

The paper is devoted to the study of the possibilities of developing conceptual approaches to create a legal definition of the concept of “sports-doping drug”. Foreign court practice is examined in order to identify legal positions that suggest ways to improve the definition of the concept of «sports doping». The author explains that in the field of preventing and eliminating the illegal use of doping in sport, the administrative potential of the current state regulation is exhaustive in the framework of the modern paradigm, it has limitations to improve the efficiency of administrative and restrictive measures. The paper describes a set of regulatory and empirical materials developed by the author to develop a theoretical framework for a homologated (for new challenges and requirements) legal definition of the term “sports doping agents”. The author gives a legal definition of this concept. The legislation of 33 foreign countries became the regulatory basis of the study. The court practice of 16 foreign countries became the empirical basis of the study. Based on the aforementioned regulatory and empirical foundations, using the methods indicated at the beginning of the paper, the author has developed an author’s conceptual and in-depth legal definition of the term “sports doping agents”, which can significantly improve state regulation in this field.

scholarly journals Burnout in COVID-19 era - a literature review

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 236-246
Author(s):  
Magdalena Leśniewska ◽  
Ilona Kozioł ◽  
Julia Budzyńska ◽  
Joanna Milanowska
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Database Search ◽  
Occupational Group ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Female Nurses ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
And Task

BACKGROUND:  The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes to daily life of many people. One of those affected by the global pandemic arena was work life. One of the results is burnout due to new challenges and stress associated with them. The most exposed occupational group were healthcare workers as the frontline in the fight against the virus, but not only this group could experience burnout due to the pandemic. AIM OF THE STUDY: The aim of this study was to review the most recent available literature on burnout associated with COVID-19. PubMed, SCOPUS, and Google Scholar databases were reviewed. The Phrase "burnout and covid" was used to search the database. Search criteria were: all open access, 2020 and 2021, psychology and English. After Screening titles and abstracts 21 articles were analyzed in detail.RESULTS:  Many studies have shown that healthcare workers experienced burnout. The most vulnerable group were young, female nurses working with COVID-19 patients.  Burnout was also observed among parents, who started working remotely from home or who had to commute to their workplace despite the pandemic. Remote schooling also contributed to burnout among students and teachers.SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS: To reduce the possibility of experiencing burnout there are several actions that could be taken. First of all a positive attitude and task oriented actions are helpful in coping in new, stressful situations. Other solutions are social support and psychotherapy.

Russia and Sanctions: The Transformational Domestic and International Effects of Unilateral Restrictive Measures

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-502
Author(s):  
Anastasia Likhacheva
Keyword(s):  
National Development ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Official Discourse ◽  
Risk Sensitive ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Us ◽  
Collateral Effects ◽  
International Projects ◽  
Restrictive Measures

Abstract Most studies of the US, EU and Ukraine’s sanctions against Russia and Russian counter sanctions focus on their immediate and intended effects and apply these to make judgements about their efficacy. However, the complex consequences of sanctions go far beyond the target countries’ immediate reactions, as sanctions have positive and negative spillover effects that are rarely acknowledged in official discourse, which focuses on issues of the sanction regimes’ legitimacy and effectiveness. Vulnerability to sanctions leads target countries to reposition their domestic and international priorities. This article will examine three critical ‘collateral effects’ of Western sanctions and Russian counter sanctions. First, they serve as a catalyst for Moscow’s efforts to diversify economic relationship through international projects such as the EAEU, BRICS, and the “Pivot to the East.” Second, they have triggered more risk-sensitive policies in the provision of national economic security, particularly when it comes to finance. Finally, they serve as a transformational tool for national development strategies both at the industrial and regional levels.

Key performance indicators for a sustainable recovery strategy in health-care supply chains: COVID-19 pandemic perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Towfique Rahman ◽  
Md. Abdul Moktadir ◽  
Sanjoy Kumar Paul
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Recovery Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Sustainable Recovery

Purpose Supply chains’ (SCs’) sustainability practices and recovery strategies are attaining popularity in academia and industries to improve the resilience of the SCs and to manage large-scale disruptions. The global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 has raised the question of the sustainability of essential health-care products’ SCs of Bangladesh. It is an essential avenue for making the life of people safe and secure. Despite its importance, most of the health-care SCs in Bangladesh are struggling to meet the demand of its nation due to capacity shortage, technological backwardness of the manufacturers, delivery capacity shortages and less advanced forecasting capabilities. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the key performance indicators (KPIs) of a sustainable recovery strategy in the context of health-care SCs considering the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This study used a dynamic method named graph theory and matrix approach to evaluate the most critical KPIs of a sustainable recovery strategy in the context of Bangladeshi health-care SCs. Findings The result revealed that dynamic forecasting and planning with a smooth delivery and distribution support system, production capacity diversification and having alternative or multiple suppliers during extraordinary disruptions may aid in the sustainability of the health-care SCs in Bangladesh. Originality/value This study is unique as no previous study has identified and examined the sustainable recovery strategy perspective KPIs considering the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of Bangladeshi health-care SCs. This study will also add value by guiding decision-makers of the health-care SCs of Bangladesh to adopt strategies toward the sustainability of SCs.

Coronavirus Pandemic and Contractual Justice: Legal Solutions and Realistic Approaches: A Study in Qatari Civil Law and Comparative Practices

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Abdullah A. Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Economic Burden ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Flexible Approach ◽  
The Core ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
The World ◽  
Contractual Obligations

Abstract This article examines challenges and proposes legal solutions for the enforcement of contracts especially after the transformation of the economy following Covid-19 and related governmental measures that have swept throughout the world since December 2019. Maximising the role of the judge and increasing the contractual parties’ involvement in phases of contractual disputes constitute the core of this research. This article argues for strengthening the contractual guarantees by advocating for the use of the two contract doctrines of force majeure that normally lead to termination of contractual obligations, and changed circumstances that may trigger intervention of the judge to lift the economic burden of the debtor and reach a fair solution. This article also argues for adopting a more flexible approach to the application of the doctrine of change of circumstances during the performance of the contract that not necessarily relies on this traditional distinction between force majeure and hardship.

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