Cultural Values and Their Importance for Ethical Codes in Banking Sector

The book fits into a multidisciplinary research approach. The articles are the result of research conducted by eminent international economists, authors representing academic centres in different countries. The articles address current phenomena observed in the global economy. The authors do not aspire to comprehensively explain all the very complex and multi-dimensional economic developments, but illustrate many of these phenomena in an original way. The multi-threaded and multi-dimensional nature of the discussion in particular articles deserves attention. These include theoretical and methodological articles as well as the results of empirical research presented by the authors. The book is addressed to those persons interested in issues of economics, finance, regional economy, and the management sciences. It can be valuable for economic practitioners, members of management and supervisory boards of companies, and financial analysts, and the articles may also be useful for academicians and students.This article is one of the results of an interdisciplinary research project between the Department of Civic Education, University of Ostrava and Department of Economics, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava. The main goal of this research project is the description of relations between society and ethical codes in companies. The initial phase of the project is focused on the banking sector, because we assume that in this sector is the code of ethics mostly used. The aim of this article is analyzing the banking sector in the Czech Republic, its history and present, ownership structure and identifying bank leaders in the Czech Republic, its ethical codes and consistency with cultural values. The final analysis focusses on economic efficiency and the ethical content analysis of selected entities

From Pilgrim to Local. The Problem of Unity in Postmodern Philosophy

In this article, the author outlines the problem of unity from the perspective of postmodern philosophy. Basically, unity of the human being is one of the most important problems of philosophy. Ancient philosophers identified human being as identical with citizenship. Man as a citizen of Athens was able to prove his citizenship of Athens by pointing to his ownership of family tombs and fireplace. Medieval philosophy continued the ancient idea but added one new aspect, hope. A medieval man was a citizen of the empire, but at the same time he or she was a citizen of Kingdom of Heaven. He or she was a pilgrim who travelled to God. Modern philosophy develops unity in an absolutely different way of thinking. First, what we have to know is that unity is a problem. Second, if we would like to solve this problem, it is absolutely necessary to use a new terminology. In this article I emphasize like to highlight the phenomenon of identity through an analysis that the Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman did in the past three decades. He divided a modern man into two categories. First, Bauman characterized a modern man as a global, very rich and well educated and can invest capital in all countries of the world. The second type is a local. He is a type of modern man who is not necessarily poor, but who is bound to only one place where he resides. The problem of the locals is that they cannot freely travel and invest in their own capital. Locals live in one place, they have not enough power to influence local politics, economy, infrastructure, religions. Globals are able to influence the local community by means of politics, economy, social structures, and religion. Zygmunt Bauman describes the identity of modern man as a tension between locals and globals

Problém náboženství z pohledu etiky hodnot

Současný filozof Arno Anzenbacher navrhl tabulku hodnot. Tato tabulka vrcholí tzv. filozofickou vírou, kterou Anzenbacher chápe jako druh spirituality. Naproti tomu úplně přehlíží náboženskou praxi jako jednu z hodnot každodenní lidské praxe. Článek se zabývá otázkami, které souvisí jak se spiritualitou, tak také s religiozitou či náboženskými projevy. Autor článku si klade otázku, zda můžeme pohlížet na náboženství jako na jednu z hodnot, a pokud ano, jak tato hodnota koreluje s ostatními etickými hodnotami. Dále si autor klade otázku, je-li možné kromě hodin výuky náboženství přenést etickou problematiku hodnoty náboženství do výuky etiky. Jaké předpoklady by pak taková výuka o hodnotě náboženství musela splnit, aby se předmět, ve kterém se tato problematika objeví, tématicky neroztříštil