June 2022
The project entitled “Programme for Exchange of Best Practices in Social Responsibility” was successfully completed in June 2022. We would like to express our thanks for the financial support we received from the Fund for Bilateral Relations within the framework of the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021. We would also like to thank staff at the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic for their assistance and cooperation with implementation of the project.
The e-book “Modern Trends in Corporate, University and Municipal Social Responsibility: Examples of Good Practice from the Czech Republic and Norway” was published in June 2022, this being the result of joint efforts made by the Czech-Norwegian project team.
May – June 2022
Representatives of the Norwegian partner - prof. Atle Midttun and Ellen Heggelund from the BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway will be visiting the University of Pardubice at the end of May and beginning of June. They will be participating in a series of excursions, bilateral meetings, workshops, a seminar and a round table.
Please feel free to attend the following events if you are interested:
- Seminar entitled “Sustainability in the Context of New Economic and Social Challenges” (Part 2). The topics “Circular Economy in Practice”, “Socially Responsible Behaviour and Communication of Universities” and “Socially Responsible Behaviour and Communication of Municipalities" will be presented and discussed there. (31 May 2022 at 9.00 a.m., University of Pardubice, FCHT, classroom G-04005)
- Workshop with academics, representatives of business and public administration on the topic “A Quarter Century of Corporate Sustainability: What Have We Achieved? And Where Are We Going?” – lecturer prof. Atle Midttun from the BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway. (31 May 2022 at 1.30 p.m., University of Pardubice, FCHT, classroom G-04005)
- Workshop with students and academics on the topic “Greening of European Petroleum Industry” – lecturer prof. Atle Midttun from the BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway. (1 June 2022 at 8.00 a.m., University of Pardubice, FCHT, classroom G-04005)
We look forward to your participation.
Thanks to all of the presenters and discussion participants for taking part in the individual events !
May 2022
A seminar entitled “Sustainability in the Context of New Economic and Social Challenges” (Part 1) will be taking place on 9 May 2022 in classroom HA-C2 at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice. The topics “Benefits of Socially Responsible Behaviour”, “The Context of Corporate Social Responsibility and Industry 4.0”, “Sustainable Services” and “Green Human Resources Management” will be presented and discussed there. We look forward to your participation.
Thanks to all of the presenters and discussion participants for taking part in the seminar.
March – May 2022
The Czech-Norwegian team is preparing an e-book “Modern Trends in Corporate, University and Municipal Social Responsibility: Examples of Good Practice from the Czech Republic and Norway”.
February 2022
The article “Scope and Channels of Communication of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities in Czech Chemical Companies” by Jan Vávra, Atle Midttun a Oskar Bakeš was published in “Przemysl Chemiczny” journal in February 2022.
December 2021 – March 2022
A poster presentation documenting our project activities and the results of our work has been running since December 2021 and will run until March 2022. It can be viewed in the Department of Economy and Management of Chemical and Food Industry, Building G, 2nd – 4th floor.
October 2021
The first students entered the first year of the doctoral study programme “Economics and Management of Businesses with Process Manufacturing Operations” in October 2021. Among other things, they will examine corporate social responsibility in the Czech Republic and abroad. The topic of the dissertation by Jan Kopřiva is “Assessment of the level of CSR communication of businesses with process manufacturing operations”. The topic of the dissertation by Alexandra Záhorská is “The customer approach to CSR communication by business with process manufacturing operations”.
October 2021
The article “Customer Attitudes towards Communication of the Socially Responsible Activities of Sugar Factories” by Martina Jelínková and Liběna Tetřevová was published in “Listy cukrovarnické a řepařské” journal in October 2021.
September 2021
Dr. Liběna Tetřevová presented, among other things, the project at the Regional Innovation Platform - Chemistry, organized by the Parádní kraj platform on 14 September 2021 at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice.
September 2021
Dr. Kateřina Myslivcová from the Faculty of Economics and Administration of the University of Pardubice became a new member of the project team. She replaced David Vlček.
June and August 2021
Defence of diploma theses is currently underway by students in the 2nd year of the master’s study programme Economy and Management of Chemical Industry Enterprises and bachelor’s theses by students in the 3rd year of the bachelor’s study programme Chemical and Process Engineering, in the field of study Economy and Management of Chemical and Food Industry Enterprises, which are, among other things, devoted to the topic of the “Corporate social responsibility”.
May 2021
In May 2021, Dr. Marie Bednaříková and Dr. Jana Košťálová presented the contribution “Green Human Resource Management in Companies of Czech Chemical Industry” within the framework of the virtual conference “8th International Conference on Chemical Technology (ICCT 2021)”. This contribution was published in the conference proceeding.
Link: https://www.icct.cz/en/Amca-ICCT/media/content/2021/proceedings/ICCT2021-Proceedings.pdf
April 2021
Regular meetings of the project team still continue online.
April 2021
The topics for bachelor’s and diploma theses have been announced for the academic year 2021/2022, these being, among other things, focused on the topic of the project which is currently underway. This concerns the diploma thesis topics “Sustainable aspects of packaging for consumer chemical products” and the following bachelor’s thesis topics “Green human resources management in enterprises in the chemical industry”, “Impacts of work from home on the employee and the employer in the chemical industry and other sectors”, “Sustainable aspects of packaging for consumer chemical products with a focus on recycling”, “Sustainable aspects of packaging for consumer chemical products with a focus on saving resources”, “Sustainable aspects of packaging for consumer chemical products with a focus on reusability”, “Sustainable aspects of packaging for consumer chemical products with a focus on information and user friendliness”, “Services provided by manufacturing enterprises with an emphasis on the chemical industry in the context of sustainable development”, “Services provided by manufacturing enterprises, in particular in the chemical industry, in the context of social responsibility”.
March 2021
Members of the research team participated in the international on-line scientific conference Hradec Economic Days 2021 on 25 – 26 March 2021 with the following contributions:
Branska, L., Patak, M., Hromadnikova, K., & Pecinova, Z. Sales of Consumer Chemicals in Zero-packaging Stores – a Challenge for Small and Medium-sized Chemical Companies.
Jelinkova, M., Lostakova, H. & Machackova, K. The Use of PR Tools and Analysis of Their Effectiveness as Viewed by Managers of Czech Chemical Companies.
Kopriva, J., & Tetrevova, L. CSR Web Communication by Controversial Companies: The Example of Chemical Companies Operating in Norway.
Vlckova, V., Vlcek, D. & Kanovska, L. Strategy of Servitization as a Tool for Achievement of Sustainable Development.
March 2021
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the anti-epidemic measures which have been adopted, regular meetings of the project team and of the individual working groups are held on-line.
February 2021
The issue of the social responsibility is one of the topics for diploma and bachelor’s theses resolved in the Department of Economy and Management of Chemical and Food Industry under the guidance of members of the project team.
Under the guidance of Dr. Lenka Branská, Aleš Frohlich, a student in the 2nd year of the follow-up master’s study programme Economy and Management of Chemical Industry Enterprises, is working on a diploma thesis on the topic “Environmentally oriented packaging innovations“.
Under the guidance of Dr. Jan Vávra, Michaela Hemelíková, a student in the 2nd year of the follow-up master’s study programme Economy and Management of Chemical Industry Enterprises, is working on a diploma thesis on the topic “Sustainable production in chemical industry”.
Under the guidance of Dr. Liběna Tetřevová, Jan Kopřiva, a student in the 2nd year of the follow-up master’s study programme Economy and Management of Chemical Industry Enterprises, is working on a diploma thesis on the topic “CSR communication of chemical companies in Norway”.
Under the guidance of Dr. Simona Munzarová, Adam Benda, a student in the 3rd year of the bachelor’s study programme Economy and Management of Chemical and Food Industry Enterprises, is working on a bachelor’s thesis on the topic “Environmental management tools in business practice“.
Under the guidance of Dr. Simona Munzarová, Hoang Anh Pham, a student in the 3rd year of the bachelor’s study programme Economy and Management of Chemical and Food Industry Enterprises, is working on a bachelor’s thesis on the topic “Waste to energy in the circular economy“.
Under the guidance of Dr. Zuzana Pecinová, Gabriela Hvězdová, a student in the 3rd year of the bachelor’s study programme Economy and Management of Chemical and Food Industry Enterprises, is working on a bachelor’s thesis on the topic “Packaging in the context of a sustainable supply chain“.
Under the guidance of Dr. Vladimíra Vlčková, Tereza Vrbická, a student in the 3rd year of the bachelor’s study programme Economy and Management of Chemical and Food Industry Enterprises, is working on a bachelor’s thesis on the topic “The relationship between servitization and sustainable development in the chemical industry“.
January 2021
The article “Communication of Socially-Responsible Activities by Higher Education Institutions” by Liběna Tetřevová, Jan Vávra and Simona Munzarová was published in “Sustainability” journal in January 2021.
October 2020
From 15 to 23 October 2020, the final dissemination event for the institutional cooperation project EHP-CZ-ICP-1-002 took place at the Department of Economics and Management of the Chemical and Food Industry of the University of Pardubice. As part of this event, the project "Program for Exchange of Best Practices in Social Responsibility" was presented in the form of posters.
July 2020
On 29 July 2020, the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic – National Focal Point for the EEA and Norway Grants in the Czech Republic – approved the application for a grant from the Fund for Bilateral Relations (No. EHP-BFNU-OVNKM-3-134-01-2020) for implementation of the project “Programme for Exchange of Best Practices in Social Responsibility”.
Within the framework of this project, collaboration will be developed between the University of Pardubice and BI Norwegian Business School based in the Norwegian city of Oslo. Research will be performed into examples of good practice in social responsibility by enterprises, universities and municipalities.
