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This article considers the image of a corrupt official as perceived by young Russians. The object of this study was represented by students from three Moscow-based universities. The survey was carried out in 2018. The sample consisted of 118 people ages 17 to 21. The results of the analysis show that, in order to develop anti-corruption measures in the field of education, it is necessary to study those personal, professional and behavioral image characteristics of a corrupt official which are relevant to young people. With this goal in mind, a sociological study was conducted in 2018 utilizing the unfinished sentences method, with students from three Russian universities participating in the study. The results of the study reflect a multilevel collective image, defined by the behavioral characteristics of a corrupt official. A conclusion was drawn that, while describing individual traits of a corrupt official, personal qualities, field of professional activities and means of interacting with others bear special significance. In recreating an image, the mentality and willpower of corrupt officials are shown in a light which points to mixed attitudes towards the person initiating acts of corruption. Meanwhile certain areas are highlighted where said image becomes somewhat blurred, with corrupt officials being regarded as "regular" people without any distinctive traits. It is suggested that these thoroughly analyzed substantive qualities of the image of a corrupt official should be considered while developing measures for cultivating intolerant attitudes among young people towards the main subjects of acts of corruption.

This article examines matters associated with social-humanitarian professions in the emerging "digital society" as regarded by current college students, who are slated to look for jobs in the near future and, consequently, to adapt to swiftly changing conditions on the labor market. Based on material from a sociological study conducted by the authors in 2019, it is shown how students who are absorbing professional social-humanitarian knowledge perceive and assess the role and significance of their own profession in a digital world, with their expectations, apprehensions and methods of social adaptation being subject to analysis. The basis for analyzing subjective representations was 26 semi-structured interviews with Moscow students mastering educational programs of social-humanitarian professional training orientation. The respondents admitted that the world is quickly changing, and that in a digital society we should expect a restructuring of the professional realm. Young people assume that social-humanitarian professions will be in demand in the future, though they could gain new substance as a result of the extensive adoption of digital technologies in professional practices. The study allowed for determining young students' views on what sort of competences will be the most demanded of specialists in the social-humanitarian field once we build a digital society.

Within the model of competencies formulated by the respondents, the highest ranking turned out to be skills of the cognitive, communicative and digital variety. However, students are concerned with potentially excessive demands for qualification on behalf of employers when it comes to the "digital" competencies of humanitarian college graduates. According to respondents, encountering such demands will be the most serious risk when the time comes to find a job. Also, in the minds of respondents, the traits required of modern specialists also include adaptability and the ability to continuously learn. Surveyed students emphasized the growing role of professional mobility among specialists with a social-humanitarian education, with them having to be able to attain qualification in neighboring professional fields if the situation calls for it. This affects the means of respondents' professional adaptation, within which guidelines are shaped for continuous education, which is in turn linked to retraining, and independently attaining new competencies, reinforcing the digital component of one's professional knowledge and skills.