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Emil Nikolov
Global Reporting Initiative
Summary:
The article explores the most popular and dynamically developing structure for measuring corporate social responsibility, namely, the Global Reporting Initiative. Its first appearance and historical development are herewith scrutinized and investigated. GRI’s main principles and indicators are equally considered. Moreover, based on empirical research in terms of dynamics and territoriality, the article touches upon GRI’s expansion speed. The reasons for the relatively small number of companies in Bulgaria using this particular structure for reporting are also discussed.
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Vanya Grigorova
The Covid-19 Crisis: a Stress Test for Corporate Responsibility in Bulgaria
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The study looks into the specifics of corporate social responsibility during the state of emergency, imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. This study aims at scrutinizing and systematizing how CSR targeted both internal and external stake - holders (employees and wider society, respectively) during the COVID-19 induced state of emergency in Bulgaria. The analysis is based on an overview of corporate social responsibility in Bulgaria, comparisons with practices in other countries, as well as a survey with employees from 82 companies. The collected data illustrates the practices applied towards employees, business partners and society. The estimated total index of CSR allows to highlight economic sectors where social responsibility is higher. Acomparison between employee-oriented practices and practices oriented at other stakeholders can show whether the company is equally socially responsible inside and outside the enterprise. The findings can provide guidelines for future more comprehensive studies and can be used to propose further recommendations for business and governmental policies in future extreme economic events.
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Ivan Marinov
Corporate Social Responsibility of Bulgarian Banking Sector – Mission and Business Practice
Summary:
As a consequence of legal regulation, the organization of bank activity and established traditions, society often treats commercial banks only as subjects, absorbing and redistributing monetary resources in order to obtain financial advantage which benefits both banks and their owners. However, a similar perception is not applicable to the vision of modern banks which demonstrate aspirations of harmony with the surrounding socio-economic environment and a desire to improve their image in the corporate community. In this respect, corporate social responsibility of banks is a way to voluntarily integrate their business into national and international processes.
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Maya Lambovska
A Model for Performance Evaluation of Responsibility Centers in the Organization
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This article presents a model for performance evaluation of responsibility centers in the budgetary management process of the organization. The model is based on sophisticated instruments, including classical management tools and contemporary mathematical tools of theory of fuzzy logic and fuzzy subsets. The model is presented conceptually and methodologically (by algorithm for implementation). One possible application of the model is illustrated in four versions by an example for a cost center operating in uncertain and stable / dynamic environment.
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Branimira Assenova Koleva
Audit Procedures and Inventory Verification Techniques
Summary:
This work is aimed at supporting the work of auditors by providing theoretical knowledge and illustrative examples regarding the inspection of inventories. Determining the actual amount of available inventory is an object of very high audit risk. It is a labour-intensive procedure; therefore, more attention should be paid to it. The paper discusses the issues, techniques and procedures that an auditor and other inspection bodies can use to get the most reliable evidence of the real size and ownership of inventories.
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Elitsa Petrova
Support for the Small and Medium Business in the EU
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The purpose of the paper is to present at various national and European legislative and desirable instruments and initiatives aimed at supporting small and medium businesses. Subject of the study are small and medium-sized enterprises, European policy. The present design consists of three main modules: the first "Modern Policy in SMEs", the second module, "Entrepreneurship and public-private partnerships", the third module, "Support for EU businesses."
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Diyana Ivanova
Current State of Internal Control in Public Sector Organisations in the Republic of Bulgaria
Summary:
In the conditions of a global economic crisis, the need to protect public financial interests through effective, efficient, economical, legal and transparent management of public resources has become a topical issue we have been increasingly aware of. The application of these fundamental principles in the practice of public management is achieved by optimisation of the management responsibility towards an adequate and effective internal control. The present paper discusses issues related to the need to control the management of public resources and in particular to the role, the importance and the practical application of financial management and control as a key mechanism in the management of public sector organizations in the Republic of Bulgaria.
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Elena Yordanova
Values and Managerial Communication
Summary:
The material that is presented focuses on the development of the human thought from the collective to the individual consciousness and their harmonious unification in the field of contemporary management. The companies are the environment in which different values are to be encountered, and in which the necessity of agreement between the personal and the collective interests is of major importance for the effectiveness of the managerial communication. The material also emphasizes on values that are vital for the manager and the employees – responsibility and tolerance, and it discusses their application in the process of the managerial relationships.
