Business via technology: the price of progress

Capitalism inspires a fascination with increasing productivity and globalization that is contingent upon the parallel growth of this speed through communication technology. When one examines the broader implications of communication technology, however, it is clear that professionals are working longer hours and being afforded less personal time. In the process, they often experience an increase in productivity, and are confronted with the desire for even more of the same. This creates a cycle of increasing workload that often becomes overwhelming. Overworking is not without its shortcomings, and stress is directly bred from increasing responsibilities and deadlines. When stress becomes too much to bare, professionals are tasked with means of alleviating pressure. As a result, while communication technology has increased the speed and global realization of business, it also creates an environment of heightened stress and reduced ethical practice

Jeszcze w sprawie wielostronności, kauzalności i braku wzajemności umowy spółki cywilnej

By this article authors have opportunity to take part in the discussion on multilateralism, causality and non-reciprocity of civil partnership agreements in Polish legal regulation. The article provides an in-depth, normative analysis of the legal nature of a so called “civil law company” in the context of its complex, practical and theoretical organizational nature. Authors took up the civil law firm as a legal entity. As a result of the changed legal and economic context in Poland after the period of political transformation, it became necessary to redefine many issues. An example of this is the discussion on the legal status of a civil partnership as well as the controversy about its qualification as an entrepreneur or as an organization. The intention of the authors is to try to draw attention to the fact that, with such diversity of potential application of a civil law partnership in business, the maintenance of one broad regulation, which is currently included in Art. 860–875 of Polish Civil Code is non-functional