PRINCIPLES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL MECHANISM OF BULLYING PREVENTION IN UKRAINE: CONCEPT AND SYSTEM

The article defines and analyzes the principles of the administrative and legal mechanism to prevent bullying, to distribute them. The general principles of law, as well as the principles of administrative law are studied. It is indicated that the principles in the system of the administrative and legal mechanism of bullying prevention occupy a decisive place among other elements of the normative-legal block. It is proposed to divide the principles of the administrative-legal mechanism of bullying prevention into two groups: organic and organizational and functional. It is emphasized that organic principles are the fundamental basis and determine the very nature of bullying and the corresponding rights of participants in the educational process, which are violated in its implementation. It is stated that without these principles, in general, it is impossible to talk about the need to ensure the rights and freedoms of participants in the educational process in general and children, as the main category of these participants in particular. It is noted that the organic principles of the administrative and legal mechanism of bullying prevention should include: the principles of equality, non-discrimination, tolerant behavior, ensuring the best interests of the child, zero tolerance for bullying. It is determined that the organizational and functional principles follow from the purpose, purpose and activities of public administration entities and directly affect the implementation of the administrative and legal mechanism to prevent bullying. These include: the principle of priority of ensuring, observing and protecting human and civil rights and freedoms (participants in the educational process), the principle of rule of law, legality, competence, cooperation and interaction, prevention, responsibility, good governance, humanism and justice.

Organic Beekeeping Practices in Romania: Status and Perspectives towards a Sustainable Development

Romanian beekeeping faces a lot of challenges nowadays due to the problems related to climate change, the use of pesticides in agriculture, but also to the pandemic crisis. In this context, organic beekeeping represents an important alternative to traditional apicultural practices. The purpose of the study was to present the current situation of organic beekeeping in Romania, but also to identify some aspects related to sustainability. The research methodology was based on secondary and primary data. An online survey was conducted in 2020 on a sample of 433 Romanian beekeepers. The main findings showed that the majority of participants were aware of organic principles and were familiar with the concept of sustainability in beekeeping. However, only a small percentage of beekeepers were certified in the organic system. The evaluation of the concept of sustainability showed that the most important factor for the surveyed beekeepers was the environmental aspect, followed by the economic and social components. The pandemic crisis has negatively impacted the beekeepers’ activities due to travel restrictions and the limited access to the apiaries. If, in economic terms, they were affected by the sales drop in the first months of the crisis, there were also some positive effects such as the increase in demand for health-related products.

The phenomenon of collaboration in a life science network

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to outline the operative meaning of collaboration in a life science network.Design/methodology/approachData were collected through participatory observations and interviews between 2014 and 2015. The data presented were derived from field notes from participant observations, interviews and documents within a life science network in the Öresund region (southern part of Sweden and the Copenhagen area).FindingsThe findings suggest that collaboration within the life science network should be viewed as a lively, organizational assembly in the process of becoming, in contrast to the idea that it is operating on the basis of organic principles. Collaboration thus could be viewed as consisting of self-subsistent parts (participants and organizations) that are detached and plugged into different collaborative networks.Originality/valueIn the context of the emerging idea of re-building the state welfare system with the economic support of producing and selling knowledge, there seems to be a growing interest, especially from the point of view of policymakers, in the phenomenon of collaboration. This paper offers exclusive ethnographic illustrations into the heterogeneity of collaboration.

Basic principles of organic agriculture: principles of fairness and care

Introduction. Adherence to the principles (health, ecology, fairness and care) is a top priority in organic agriculture aims not only at growing and producing quality food products, feed and raw materials for food and textile industries, but also at ensuring the balance between the system of agricultural production and natural processes, preserve exhaustible resources and leave one of the most important means of production. Aim and tasks. The aim of this research is scientific and methodological substantiation of the need for the principles of fairness and care to be taken into account in the activity of the national organic agricultural producers at all stages of implementation and application of organic management practices. Results. Specifies that economic, ecological and social expediency of organic is laid down in basic organic principles: health, ecology, fairness and care. Retrospective of the formation and improvement of the basic principles of organic agriculture by the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements is presented. The essence and main characteristics of four organic principles are considered and emphasis is placed on the principles of fairness and care. It is determined that the principle of fairness is characterized by objectivity in decision-making, respect for nature and society. It is noted that the principle of care, in its turn, implies that the management of organic farming should have preventive and responsible character to protect the health and well-being of both present and future generations and the environment. The structural-logical scheme of the essence and significance of the principles of fairness and care that are no less important than others for the sustainable development of the agrarian sphere is presented. It is emphasized that all principles have extremely close interconnection and interdependence; they complement each other and form a solid basis for the innovative balanced development of agriculture and the economy. Conclusions. Summing up, it is noted that the basic principles are necessary in order to help to consciously manage the development of organic agriculture and to focus, coordinate organic movements in different countries. The principles of organic agriculture relate to how farming and food production are to be conducted. They should serve directly as guiding principles for practice and development, as well as the basis for developing more detailed principles, decision criteria, standards and rules.

Countermovement in Organic Agriculture

Organic agriculture is an ideology built on general principles that have evolved over time. In Canada, the organic practices are regulated through the Organic Product Regulations, 2009, that enforce the Canadian Organic Standards (2015) on products under Federal jurisdiction. Contrary to what the policies suggest, organic producers are not a homogenous group and therefore, the conception of what is organic and what should be the regulations, if there should be any, differs. The conventionalization debate within the movement, as well as the concept of Organic 3.0, address important questions regarding sustainability, minimum requirements, recognized agricultural techniques, the certification process and social responsibility. Academic and grey literature suggests that those questions arise because of a gap between the organic principles and the minimum requirements of organic policies. To identify this hypothetical gap within the Canadian context, I will be using Polanyi’s concept, the countermovement.