Visockaitė, Audra

Corporate social responsibility in Lithuania is often understood not as a business strategy, but as a marketing tool for communication. The article deals with the system of social responsibility measures in companies manufacturing disposable packaging in Lithuania. The question of environmental protection has been relevant since the times when people undertook manufacturing; therefore, the value of economic indicators to the social responsibility in the field of environment protection for companies producing disposable packaging is considerable. Obviously, companies are allocating more funds to the environmental protection and investments; however, the available investments are not sufficient and they are not being planned with enough of responsibility or thoroughness. Given the development in production scopes, the harmful effect on environment is rapidly increasing. Therefore, the main economic indicators of environmental protection in the context of social responsibility, based on which the company should be considering this issue, covers such indicators as the amount of investments, creation of infrastructure related to this topic, quantities of resources consumed and handled, as well as, the dynamics of their changes, direct and indirect usage of energy, and the consumption of resources according to their weight and size.

Bendruomeninių ir nevyriausybinių organizacijų vykdoma veikla užima svarbią vietą valstybės valdyme. Pastarųjų metų iniciatyvos parodė, kad valstybė nėra pajėgi pati viena užtikrinti gerovės savo piliečiams, o šioje srityje tai gali padaryti būtent neformalios organizacijos. Lemiamas šiuolaikinės visuomenės raidos, susireguliavimo procesų vaidmuo atitenka subjektams, kurie atstovauja neformalioms struktūroms bei bendruomeninėms organizacijoms, todėl, galima teigti, kad įvairios neformalios struktūros ir bendruomeninės organizacijos pamažu tampa ypač reikšmingais visuomenės raidos ir pažangos procesų valdymo subjektais. Tam reikia holistinio požiūrio ir sisteminių daugiafunkcių, daugiasektorinių pastangų, kad asmenys, veikiantys socialiniame lauke, suprastų bendruomeninių paslaugų svarbą ir gebėtų dirbti visuomenėje, sukuriant kūrybiškumu ir pasitikėjimu grįstą tarpinstitucinio bendradarbiavimo kultūrą, skatinančią centrinės ir vietos valdžios, privačių institucijų ir bendruomenių bendradarbiavimą siekiant visuomenei naudingų pokyčių. Vienas svarbesnių bendruomenininkių nevyriausybinių organizacijų paslaugų rinkoje įsitvirtinimo požymių – jų santykiai su vietos valdžios institucijomis. Norint stiprinti vietos bendruomenes ir tuo pačiu užtikrinti jų teikiamų paslaugų sėkmę savivaldybės turėtų (i) planuoti savo bendradarbiavimo su bendruomeninėmis organizacijomis ir NVO finansavimą; (ii) numatyti lėšų socialines paslaugas teikiančių bendruomeninių organizacijų ir NVO rėmimui; (iii) planuoti lėšas taikant projektinį finansavimą, paslaugų pirkimą. Siekiant užtikrinti socialinių paslaugų teikimo efektyvumą, svarbu skatinti partnerystę tarp nevyriausybinio ir valstybinio sektoriaus bei vietos valdžios institucijų. Ir toliau reikia inicijuoti intensyvias diskusijas ir konferencijas, kuriose bendruomenių nariai, mokslininkai, valstybinių institucijų, nevyriausybinių organizacijų atstovai turėtų galimybę dalintis patirtimi, konkrečiais pasiūlymais, kaip būtų galima šiuos procesus dar labiau efektyvinti.

The twenty-first century in Europe is related with large changes which are the most noticeable in the economy and in the social life. New technologies are changing public social relationships, approach to business, dictating the conditions, in order that Europe would keep pace with the other major economies of the world and would be competitive, it is necessary to take measures to adapt to new challenges. There is an important task in Europe and in Lithuania - to educate young people, who understand what is business, who effectively integrates into public life, and capable of their skills and knowledge to adapt to the changing economic and social environment. This paper examines that youth entrepreneurship education today became one of the most important development directions. In the European Commission Communication ”Implementing the Community Lisbon program: Fostering entrepreneurial mindsets through education and learning” is accented an entrepreneurship education in primary and secondary education of young people. Entrepreneurship education is very important, because it is important for economic growth, job creation and means of expression. In nowdays modern personality is not enough sufficient just to gain knowledge and learn how to apply them in practice in their activities, he must have competencies which would actively allow participate in the various events of life, would allow to have their own opinion, to predict changes, to choose and create.

The aim of each state - to ensure social and economic progress, to increase the welfare of the population... Therefore various measures are fulfilled, which accelerating economic growth, enabling conditions to take care for residents own well-being. Personal finance has become particularly relevant for population nowadays so it is important to learn how to manage them effectively – the proper allocation of income and to minimize costs, to find ways not only to preserve, but also increase the value of personal property. Finance is based on behavior because somebody‘s costs, savings and investment leads not only the present financial situation, but also the expectations, attitudes and emotions. Identify the main financial behavioral characteristics and the factors that determine the return of investment, provides that personal financial understanding is formed on the basis of economic, psychological and sociological principles set.

This paper examines the employment and economic growth in Lithuania and other Europe countries – key macroeconomic indicators (gross domestic product (GDP), GDP per capita, inflation, unemployment and employment, revealing of Lithuania and other European Union (EU) Member States macro-economic trends and employment problems. A comparative analysis was performed using the Eurostat statistics database and Lithuania statistics database in order to rating EU Member States in accordance 2012 and in 2013 indicators as well as a comparison with the EU-28 average. In 2013 and early 2014, growth and employment in Lithuania remained strong despite a challenging external environment. According to the data from Statistics Lithuania, real GDP in Lithuania increased by 3.0 percent on an annual basis. Particular attention to employment problems in Lithuania and ES countries devoted to the labour market policies towards the lower-skilled and long-term unemployed, increasing the conformity of education system with the business needs and supporting lifelong learning. Furthermore, suggested to increase scope of unemployment benefits and relate them to activity promoting measures.

When damage to a private person is committed by public authorities or any of their officers, the private party, which is considered the weaker party of the relation with the public administration of the state, must be provided with a prompt and fair compensation. Otherwise, it may result in public distrust of the state as well as preconditions for state institutions and their officers to behave irresponsibly and avoid liability. However, to the majority of the public, it is still difficult to grasp the state as being an equivalent opponent in a dispute therefore the number of individuals addressing to court with complaints for redress of non-pecuniary damage for the unlawful actions of public administration entities is relatively not big yet the numbers are increasing. What is more, the reason for the aforementioned problems is the uncertainty of non-pecuniary damage as well. The aim of this research is to evaluate the peculiarities of compensation for moral injury to individuals caused by unlawful actions of the public administration entities in Lithuania.

The article analyses the problem of school work efficiency. The research of efficiency is provided with evaluation criteria offered by various authors, the possibilities of their application in Lithuanian schools are being analysed in the aspect of work efficiency. Modern comprehension of efficient school in Lithuania should be clear and understandable for all groups of interest: students, teachers, parents, school leaders and founders, education institutions and the society. During the continuous changes and reforms, school education in Lithuania is often based on the traditional model of institutional education, which is based on the principles of discipline, obedience and competitiveness. However, in the modern stage, characteristics of analytic thinking, creativity are appreciated. Therefore, emerges a need to change the attitude to requirements for efficient school, evaluate the work fields of school as an organization by improving them with regard to the needs of ever-changing society. In the end of the article, conclusions are presented which distinguish the peculiarities of school work efficiency.

Design/methodology/approach - analyses of the scientific literature Findings and originality –borrowing in name of the state maintains an important influence on strengthening it’s financial systems and supplying them with necessary funds, while available interior recourses are limited. State debt management is an integral part of general state economy politics.