Suchergebnisse

The purpose of this article is to analyse the opportunities for change (scientific assumptions) that determine the transformations of consumer behaviour in the context of sustainable development needs. The article describes the dilemma of consumption and sustainability, since the increasing scale of consumption, as one of the major purposes of the well-being of the society, organisations and the state, is also one of the major risk factors to the environment, equality and health. That is why the article provides an overview of the influence of consumption on ecology, health, social aspects and inequality, also discussing the positions of the consumer, the company and the government, as well as their opportunities to transform the unsustainable consumer behaviour into sustainable consumer behaviour. The authors believe that a framework, based on interdisciplinary understanding and collaborative knowledge, is needed to identify and relate research questions, theories, and conclusions. Therefore, it must be a result of an integrated attitude, because efficient advancement in the field of sustainable and productive consumption may be achieved only by joint effort of producers and consumers and by including the interested groups of the consumption and production system. Such cooperation would promote changes in the consumer and producer behaviour.

The problem of poverty and exclusion, and income inequality in Lithuania has reached a critical verge. It is signalled by our income inequality index, along with the discontinued poverty reduction progress, having rocketed to the top level among the EU member states. The survey results contained in the present article point to the fact that the perception of social justice as an aspect of a official fair salary is of utmost importance to the society and it is closely related to the nature and matter, and the size of the salary paid for the work performed in a specific organization. The conducted survey supports the conclusions that the interests of groups which exercise control over the property and influence governmental decisions appear to be the principal factor obstructing to set the salary, which would satisfy the notion of social justice. Research objective – upon examining the conceptions of wages and social justice, to highlight the reasons, determining the perception of wage fairness. Research methods: scientific literature analysis, questionnaires, dispersion analysis, and regression – correlation analysis.

The problem of poverty and exclusion, and income inequality in Lithuania has reached a critical verge. It is signalled by our income inequality index, along with the discontinued poverty reduction progress, having rocketed to the top level among the EU member states. The survey results contained in the present article point to the fact that the perception of social justice as an aspect of a official fair salary is of utmost importance to the society and it is closely related to the nature and matter, and the size of the salary paid for the work performed in a specific organization. The conducted survey supports the conclusions that the interests of groups which exercise control over the property and influence governmental decisions appear to be the principal factor obstructing to set the salary, which would satisfy the notion of social justice. Research objective – upon examining the conceptions of wages and social justice, to highlight the reasons, determining the perception of wage fairness. Research methods: scientific literature analysis, questionnaires, dispersion analysis, and regression – correlation analysis.